Belgian Company Bows to Pressure to Cut Ties With Myanmar Military Over Rohingya Atrocities Report A Belgian company has become the first to announce it is cutting ties with Myanmar’s military after a United Nations… 08/12/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Police Deploy Greater Force, New Tactics To Thwart Protests Enraged Hong Kong protesters blocked roads and defied police orders to disperse early Monday after riot officers fired tear gas… 08/12/2019 Aimeast
Ex-President’s Brother Formally Launches Sri Lanka Leadership Bid Former defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse formally launched his bid for Sri Lanka's presidency Sunday, vowing to battle "extremist terrorism" in… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas Amid Continuing Pro-Democracy Rallies Suzanne Sataline contributed to this report from in Hong Kong.Last update: 8:09 a.m. Hong Kong police fired tear gas at… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
India Flood Toll Jumps to 144 as Roads, Highways Cut off Indian authorities on Sunday mounted major rescue and relief efforts as the death toll from monsoon floods which cut off… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
Myanmar Battles Rising Floodwaters after Landslide Kills 52 Myanmar troops and emergency responders scrambled to provide aid in flood-hit parts of the country Sunday after rising waters forced… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
India Eases Restrictions; Kashmir Communication Still Cut Off Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir said that they eased restrictions Sunday in most parts of Srinagar, the main city, ahead of… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
Thousands Defy Police Ban, Rally in Hong Kong Thousands of Hong Kong protesters rallied Sunday, defying a police ban on marches in the Chinese-controlled territory and continuing a… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
Myanmar Landslide Toll Rises to Nearly 50 Myanmar troops deployed to flood-hit parts of the country Sunday to help with relief efforts after the death toll from… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
Citing Trump, North Korea Defends Ballistic Missile Tests U.S. President Donald Trump has said for weeks he has “no problem” with North Korea testing short-range missiles, insisting they… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
Press Groups: Regulations, Violence Constrain Indonesia’s Journalists Leonard Triyono contributed to this report, which originated on FILE - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto sits in his home in… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
India’s Congress Party Appoints Sonia Gandhi Interim Chief NEW DELHI — India's main opposition Congress party on Saturday appointed Sonia Gandhi to serve as interim president until it… 08/11/2019 Aimeast
More Than 500,000 Rohingya Refugees Receive Fraud-Proof Identity Cards The U.N. refugee agency reports more than half-a-million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh have received identity documents that will give… 08/10/2019 Aimeast
NKorea Fires 2 Missiles Into Sea in Likely Protest of Drills North Korea on Saturday extended a recent streak of weapons displays by firing what appeared to be two short-range ballistic… 08/10/2019 Aimeast
Landslide in Southeast Myanmar Kills at Least 10 People A landslide buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar, killing at least 10 people and injuring nearly… 08/10/2019 Aimeast
At Least 42 Killed in Indian Landslides, Flooding Indian officials say at least 42 people have been killed in landslides and flooding caused by heavy rains. Emergency officials… 08/10/2019 Aimeast
Typhoon Causes Eastern China Landslide, Deaths Eighteen people were killed and 14 were missing in eastern China Saturday in a landslide triggered by a major typhoon, which… 08/10/2019 Aimeast
Families Participate in Hong Kong Protests Pro-democracy demonstrations are continuing in Hong Kong for a 10th straight weekend, despite the government’s refusal to issue permits for… 08/10/2019 Aimeast
North Korea Fires More Missiles After Trump Receives ‘Beautiful Letter’ Updated: Aug. 9, 2019, 9:30 p.m.North Korea has launched more ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, its… 08/10/2019 Aimeast
China Waiting out Hong Kong Protests, but Backlash May Come China’s central government has dismissed Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters as clowns and criminals while bemoaning growing violence surrounding the monthslong… 08/10/2019 Aimeast