Australian Bloggers Arrested in Iran Australia insists its support for the U.S.-led mission to protect tankers in the Persian Gulf is not to blame for… 09/13/2019 Aimeast
Pope Francis to Visit Thailand, Japan in November Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear… 09/13/2019 Aimeast
US House Panel to Force Testimony from Trump’s Afghan Envoy The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday it will subpoena President Donald Trump's special Afghanistan envoy, Zalmay… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
Taliban Want US Deal, But Some in Bigger Hurry Than Others Afghanistan's Taliban leaders agreed they wanted a deal with the United States, but some were in more of a hurry… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
Belting Out Protest Song is Latest Act of Hong Kong Movement Thousands of people belted out a new protest song at Hong Kong's shopping malls in an act of resistance that… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
State Funeral Held for Ex-Indonesian President Habibie Thousands of Indonesians gathered in Jakarta Thursday to bid their final goodbyes to former President B.J. Habibie.President Joko Widodo led… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
China Considering US Agricultural Purchases as Trade Rivals Exchange Good Will China on Thursday extended the latest gesture of good will in the ongoing trade dispute with the United States, as… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
Trump: US ‘Hitting the Enemy’ in Afghanistan Harder After Canceled Talks On the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, President Donald Trump says the U.S.… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
Prime Minister Who Brought Democracy to Tonga Dies Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva, who is credited with helping bring democracy to the small Pacific island nation, has died.… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
Trump Postponing Tariffs on China as a ‘Good Will’ Gesture President Donald Trump is postponing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods as a “gesture of good will.”Trump made the… 09/12/2019 Aimeast
Trump: Bolton a ‘Disaster’ on North Korea, ‘Out of Line’ on Venezuela U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that John Bolton, dismissed a day earlier as national security adviser, had been a… 09/11/2019 Aimeast
South Korea Wants Japan’s ‘Rising Sun’ Flag Banned at Tokyo Olympics South Korea has formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban the Japanese rising sun'' flag at next year's Tokyo… 09/11/2019 Aimeast
Indonesian Province Shuts Schools Due to Forest Fire Haze Authorities shut most schools in parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island to protect children from a thick, noxious haze as deliberately… 09/11/2019 Aimeast
Japan’s Leader Taps New Cabinet Ministers to Freshen Image Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday, adding two women and the son of a former leader… 09/11/2019 Aimeast
China Stockpiles Options for Taiwan Charm Offensive China, despite its pressure against Taiwan’s military and foreign relations, is stocking up ways to charm the self-ruled island that… 09/11/2019 Aimeast
Pakistani Official: Kashmir Issue Forced Troop Pullback From Afghan Border The renewed tension with India has pushed Pakistan to move some of its troops from the border region with Afghanistan… 09/11/2019 Aimeast
Data Shows Global Military Spending Rising Eighteen years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil, the world's military spending is at an all-time high.According to… 09/11/2019 Aimeast
Environment Minister: Japan May Have to Dump Fukushima Water into Ocean Tens of thousands of tons of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant might have to be released into the… 09/10/2019 Aimeast
US Declares Pakistani Taliban Chief as Global Terrorist The United States has designated a top Pakistani militant commander as a global terrorist for directing deadly attacks against Pakistan.The… 09/10/2019 Aimeast
UN: Direct Talks Needed Between Afghan Government, Taliban As negotiations between the U.S. and Taliban collapsed this week, the top U.N. official in Afghanistan called Tuesday for direct… 09/10/2019 Aimeast