Body of Chinese Scholar Murdered in Illinois May Never Be Found, Family Says The grieving father of Yingying Zhang, the Chinese scholar murdered near the University of Illinois, says he realizes he may… 08/08/2019 Aimeast
‘Rainbow Wedding’: Indian Transgender Couple Marry in Emotional Ceremony An Indian transgender couple who both underwent sex re-assignment have tied the knot in a traditional Bengali ceremony, in what… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Shots Fired as Special Forces Raid Former Kyrgyzstan Leader’s Home MOSCOW — Special forces in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday raided the residence of the former president, who… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
US Formalizes Ban on Government Contracts to China’s Huawei, Others The U.S. administration unveiled rules Wednesday formally banning technology giant Huawei and other Chinese firms from government contracts, in the… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Chinese Tariffs Rock US Lobster Exports Tom Martin has been a lobsterman for 35 years.He started lobstering as a summer job when he was 14 years… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Heightened Security Keeps Kashmir in Lockdown Indian Kashmir remained in a state of heightened security to prevent protests, but despite a heavy deployment of troops, scattered… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan Government Expelling Indian Envoy, Suspending Trade Over Kashmir Pakistan announced Wednesday it is expelling the Indian High Commissioner and suspending bilateral trade with its nuclear-armed neighbor, days after… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Tiny Loans Lead to Bigger Debts, Land Losses in Cambodia The rapid rise of tiny loans aimed at helping poor Cambodians has led to more debt, with many borrowers forced… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Australian Publisher Jailed for 13 Years in Myanmar over Drugs A Myanmar court on Wednesday sentenced a veteran Australian media publisher to 13 years in jail after a police raid… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
PNG Seeks Chinese Help to Refinance Debt, Boost Trade Papua New Guinea's new leader has asked China to refinance its entire 27 billion kina ($7.8 billion) government debt and… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Water Bankruptcy Looms for One in Four People Worldwide, Researchers Warn A quarter of the world's people are just a few dry spells away from facing dangerous water shortages, a U.S.… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Volatility, Uncertainty as US-China Trade War Escalates U.S. financial markets struggled to rebound Tuesday after their biggest drop since December. U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Amid Lockdown in Kashmir, Indian Parliament Approves Resolution to Revoke Its Special Status Ayaz Gul in Islamabad, Pakistan, contributed to this report.As Kashmir remained locked down for a second straight day, India’s parliament… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Economist: Volatility, Uncertainty as US-China Trade War Escalates President Donald Trump this week declared China a currency manipulator after Beijing stopped purchasing U.S. agricultural products and allowed its… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Displaced Hindus from Kashmir Eye Return After India’s Scrapping of Special Status Indian Hindus forced out of Muslim-majority Kashmir decades ago are jubilant at the government's decision to allow all citizens the… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
Heat Headache for 2020 Planners as Tokyo Swelters Year Before Games Soaring temperatures in Japan have killed at least 57 people since late July, authorities said on Tuesday, highlighting the health… 08/07/2019 Aimeast
India’s Chennai Rapid Growth Threatened by Water Shortages Dozens of billion-dollar companies. Thousands of high-paying IT and manufacturing jobs. Luxury apartments towering over the Bay of Bengal. The… 08/06/2019 Aimeast
India’s Former Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, Dies at 67 Sushma Swaraj, India's former external affairs minister and a leader of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday… 08/06/2019 Aimeast
North Korea Conducts 4th Launch in Two Weeks North Korea launched a fresh round of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea early Tuesday and warned it could take… 08/06/2019 Aimeast
Philippines Rejects Dengue Vaccine as Outbreak Leaves Hundreds Dead The Philippines stood firm Tuesday on its ban on the world's first dengue vaccine while declaring a nationwide epidemic from… 08/06/2019 Aimeast