Pakistan Cracks Down on ‘Blasphemous’ Social Media Content Pakistan is cracking down on "blasphemous" content on social media, with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urging swift punishment for those… 03/16/2017 Aimas
South Korea Says China Lacks Understanding About THAAD China is retaliating over South Korea's agreement to host the U.S. THAAD missile defense system because it does not understand… 03/16/2017 Aimas
Report: Banks Can Help Fight Against Trafficking and Slavery Banks could revolutionize the fight against human trafficking and modern slavery by reporting suspicious transactions and other financial activity that… 03/16/2017 Aimas
Australian Aid Worker Released in Afghanistan An Australian aid worker, kidnapped in Afghanistan in November, has been released. Najib Danish, the deputy spokesman for the… 03/16/2017 Aimas
Trump’s Planned Reduction in Refugees May Hit Myanmar Worst Tin, her husband and five children have cleared years of refugee hurdles to come to the U.S.: blood tests, interviews,… 03/16/2017 Aimas
Saudi Arabia, China Sign Deals Worth $65 Billion China and Saudi Arabia Thursday signed memorandums of understanding and letters of intent potentially worth about $65 billion during Saudi… 03/16/2017 Aimas
Britain Attempts to Defuse Afghanistan’s Tensions With Pakistan Britain will host top officials from Afghanistan and Pakistan to discuss Afghan and regional security and try to resolve Kabul’s… 03/14/2017 Aimas
Trump Planning to Host April Summit With China’s Xi U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a two-day summit next month at his… 03/14/2017 Aimas
Philippines’ Duterte Quips with American Twang to Mock Minister’s Downfall Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday poked fun at the dismissal of his foreign minister by lawmakers, delivering jokes in… 03/14/2017 Aimas
Chinese CEOs Protest Curbs on Foreign Investments China is witnessing a rare protest from heads of some major Chinese companies who say government controls on the outflow… 03/14/2017 Aimas
Pakistan Ready for Long Overdue Census Pakistan will soon start its sixth population census after a delay of nine years. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem explains why it… 03/14/2017 Aimas
UN Report Warns Myanmar May Try to Expel Rohingya A new report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council accuses Myanmar of “institutionalized discrimination and long-standing persecution” of its… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Reports: Trump Plans to Host China’s Xi in April at Florida Resort U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at a two-day summit next month at his… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Afghan, Pakistani Traders Demand Reopening of Joint Border Business representatives from Pakistan and Afghanistan have called on Islamabad to immediately reopen the border between the two countries, saying… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Deadly Roadside Bomb Blast Hits Kabul Separate roadside bomb blasts in Afghanistan Monday killed at least one person and wounded 22 others, including three American soldiers.… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Experts: N. Korea Must Be Held Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity A group of independent experts is calling for the government of North Korea to be brought before the International Criminal… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Malaysia Says it Will Give Kim’s Family Time to Claim Body Malaysia's health minister said Monday that the government will give relatives of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Malaysia Arrests Five Filipinos for Suspected Islamic State Links Malaysian police said on Monday they had arrested seven people, including five Filipinos, for suspected links to the Islamic State… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Vietnam Demands China Stop Cruises in South China Sea Vietnam demanded on Monday that China stop sending cruise ships to the South China Sea in a response to one… 03/13/2017 Aimas
Devotees Rejoice Over Hindu Festival of Colors Hundred of devotees in northern India's holy city of Mathura rejoiced over the Hindu festival of colors, 'Holi', on Sunday,… 03/13/2017 Aimas