Police Fire tear Gas as Large Crowds Defy Hong Kong Mask Ban Hong Kong police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters on Sunday after tens of thousands hit the streets once more… 10/06/2019 Aimeast
Thailand’s Anti-Fake News Center Fans Fears of Censorship Rights groups and opposition parties in Thailand are warning that a new center authorities plan to open by next month… 10/06/2019 Aimeast
Anger Grows at Civilian Deaths by US, Afghan Forces The workers were sleeping on the mountainside where they had spent a long day harvesting pine nuts in eastern Afghanistan.… 10/06/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Court Rejects Challenge to Mask Ban; Protests Continue Hong Kong police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters Sunday after tens of thousands hit the streets once more to… 10/06/2019 Aimeast
After North Korea Walks Away From Talks, Experts See Familiar Tactic North Korea angrily walked away from working-level nuclear talks with the United States on Saturday, with Pyongyang’s top negotiator saying… 10/06/2019 Aimeast
US Senator Barred From Kashmir as Lockdown Enters 3rd Month A U.S. senator and a well-known Indian activist were barred from visiting Indian-administered Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan territory where at… 10/06/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Metro Partially Reopens as City Braces for More Protests Hong Kong’s rail operator partially reopened the city’s metro system Sunday after an unprecedented shutdown but kept many typically busy… 10/06/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Lawmakers Seek to Block Mask Ban; Protests Persist A group of pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators filed a legal challenge Saturday against the government's use of a colonial-era emergency… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
US-North Korean Nuclear Talks Come to Abrupt End, Pyongyang Negotiator Says North Korea's top nuclear negotiator says working-level nuclear talks Saturday with the U.S. in Stockholm ended shortly after they began."The… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
India, Bangladesh Stress Safe Return of Rohingya Refugees The prime ministers of India and Bangladesh have agreed on the need for greater efforts to facilitate the safe return… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
Thousands Begin ‘Freedom March’ in Pakistan-Held Kashmir Toward Disputed Border With India Thousands of residents of Pakistan-held Kashmir rallied Saturday on board vehicles and motorbikes to press for their demand that India… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
US, North Korean Officials Set to Resume Nuclear Talks in Stockholm U.S. and North Korean officials are set to resume working-level nuclear talks in Stockholm.They will be the first formal negotiations… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Shuts Trains, Banks, Again Rallies After ‘Dark Day’ All subway and train services were suspended, lines formed at the cash machines of shuttered banks, and shops were closed… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
Australian Couple Released in Iran After 3 Months The Australian foreign minister said Saturday an Australian-British blogger and her finance were released in Iran after three months of… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
Experts: North Korea’s Submarine-Capable Missile Poses Threat to US Allies North Korea's underwater-launched missile has a longer-range than the missiles the country tested earlier this year and is designed to… 10/05/2019 Aimeast
Cambodian Reporters’ Legal Limbo Traumatizes Their Families Surrounded by a scrum of journalists bristling with equipment and shouting questions, 8-year-old Yeang Socheata has the been-here-done-that air of… 10/04/2019 Aimeast
Vietnam Solar Supporters Plan a ‘Million Green Homes’ Vietnamese advocates of solar power have begun a "Million Green Homes" project, aimed at spreading the use of solar power… 10/04/2019 Aimeast
Putin’s Meeting with Philippine President Signals Bigger, Trickier Russian Role in Disputed South China Sea Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting this week with Vladimir Putin in Russia signals Moscow's interest in playing a tricky but… 10/04/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Bans Masks in Hardening Stance on Protests Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam banned protesters from wearing masks Friday in a hardening of the government’s stance on the… 10/04/2019 Aimeast
N. Korea-themed Bar Stretches Limits of S. Korea’s National Security Act VOA's William Gallo contributed to this report.SEOUL — A plan to open a controversial, North Korea-themed bar in Seoul is… 10/04/2019 Aimeast