Aid Cuts Aimed at Increasing Afghan Accountability, US Officials Say A senior U.S. diplomat explained to lawmakers Thursday that the U.S. cut more than $160 million in aid for Afghanistan… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
Huawei Faces Public Test as it Unveils Sanction-Hit Phone Chinese tech giant Huawei launched its latest high-end smartphone in Munich on Thursday, the first of its mobile devices not… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
Japan Court: TEPCO Execs Not Guilty in Fukushima Disaster A Japanese court ruled Thursday that three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company were not guilty of professional negligence… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
Public Transport Drivers Strike in Delhi Over Higher Fines Commuters in India's capital faced difficulties Thursday as much of the city's public transportation, including private buses, auto-rickshaws and some… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
US, Chinese Trade Deputies Face off in Washington amid Deep Differences U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators were set to resume face-to-face talks on Thursday for the first time in nearly… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
Jaipur, India’s Tourist and Shopping Hub, Cracks Down on Child Labor In cramped workshops in the inner city in Jaipur in northern India, young boys bend over low tables behind closed… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
India’s Tourist and Shopping Hub Jaipur Cracks Down on Child Labor In India’s tourist city of Jaipur, state authorities and civil society groups have launched a major campaign to end the… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
Ex-Japanese Energy Company Executives Acquitted in Fukushima Disaster Three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. have been acquitted in Tokyo District Court on criminal charges related to… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
Taliban Attack on Afghanistan Intelligence Agency Compound Destroys Hospital A car bomb attack claimed by the Taliban near a compound used by Afghanistan’s intelligence agency in Qalat, the capital… 09/19/2019 Aimeast
US Lawmakers Pledge Support for Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists VOA Mandarin Service's Xu Teng contributed to this report.CAPITOL HILL — U.S. lawmakers will move next week to begin passing… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
Malay Muslim Parties’ Pact Rattles Nerves in Multiethnic Malaysia A new political alliance between Malaysia's two largest Malay Muslim parties is rousing fears the move could further stall the… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan Rules Out Talks With India Over Kashmir Pakistan has ruled out talks with India until India reverses recent controversial actions in the disputed Kashmir territory. Pakistan also… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan PM Will Urge Trump To Resume Talks With Taliban Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will urge U.S. President Donald Trump to resume talks with the Taliban to… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
India’s Government Approves Ban on E-Cigarettes India's government on Wednesday decided to ban e-cigarettes, expressing concern at the alarming rate at which vaping is becoming popular… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
South Korea Removes Japan from Fast-Track Trade List South Korea has followed through with a pledge to remove Japan from a preferred list of nations that enjoy fast… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Cancels China National Day Fireworks Amid Protests An annual fireworks display in Hong Kong marking China's National Day on Oct. 1 was called off Wednesday as pro-democracy… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
Fighting in Myanmar Leaves Young Women Vulnerable to Trafficking, Forced Marriage On-going fighting between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has led to economic hardships resulting from land… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
ICC Judges Authorize Appeal Against Afghanistan Rejection International Criminal Court judges said Tuesday that the court's prosecutor can appeal against the rejection of her request to open… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
Rights Groups Urge UN Chief to Condemn China Over Treatment of Muslims VOA's U.N. correspondent Margaret Besheer contributed to this report.Leading international human rights organizations are asking U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to… 09/18/2019 Aimeast
India Grappling With Sharp Economic Downturn Since being laid off from a garment factory when it downsized two months ago, 35-year-old Shrawan Kumar Mandal has been… 09/17/2019 Aimeast