North Korea Steps Up Work on Reactor Parts, IAEA Says North Korea has increased its efforts to produce parts for a new nuclear reactor it is building while continuing to… 08/25/2017 Aimas
Bangladesh Museum for ‘Founding Father’ to Get Virtual Upgrade Many years have passed, but traces of the killings are still visible. Dried blood on the walls, bullet holes, an… 08/25/2017 Aimas
Naval Accidents No Setback to South China Sea Operations, US Pacific Air Chief Says Recent U.S. naval accidents in the Asia Pacific region will not interrupt "freedom of navigation" movements in the disputed South… 08/25/2017 Aimas
Dozens Killed in Protest After Indian Court Convicts Guru of Rape Police in northern India say at least 28 people have been killed and 250 more wounded in riots that broke… 08/25/2017 Aimas
Defamation Case Dropped Against BBC Reporter in Thailand A Thai lawyer has withdrawn a criminal defamation case against a British BBC journalist involving a report on foreigners being… 08/24/2017 Aimas
Hong Kong Braces for Hato; Flights Canceled, Schools Close Hong Kong braced for severe tropical storm Hato Wednesday with hundreds of flights and other transport services canceled. Schools and… 08/23/2017 Aimas
Scholars: Refuse to Bow Down to China Censorship Pressure Scholars are using an online petition to urge Cambridge University Press to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles removed… 08/21/2017 Aimas
US, S. Korea Seem to Scale Back War Games The U.S. and South Korea on Monday began 10 days of large-scale joint military exercises, but a reduced number of… 08/21/2017 Aimas
Nepal to Hold National, Provincial Polls in November Nepal will hold elections on Nov. 26 for both the national parliament and the assemblies of the seven provinces that… 08/21/2017 Aimas
Afghanistan’s Special Operations Forces Transition from Division to Corps Afghanistan’s elite Special Operations Forces officially transitioned from a division to a corps, as part of a four-year security plan… 08/20/2017 Aimas
Tens of Thousands Protest in Hong Kong Over Jailing of Democracy Activists Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against the jailing of… 08/20/2017 Aimas
UN Probe Concludes Taliban, Islamic State Jointly Killed 36 Afghans A preliminary United Nations probe has concluded Taliban insurgents and local “self proclaimed" Islamic State militants jointly killed at least… 08/20/2017 Aimas
IS Atrocities Spike in North, East Afghanistan Recent terror attacks claimed by the Islamic State militant group in Afghanistan indicate an increase in the atrocities it's committing… 08/19/2017 Aimas
Derailment in Northern India Kills at Least 23 At least 23 people were killed and scores of others injured when a passenger train derailed Saturday in northern India,… 08/19/2017 Aimas
Top US General Visits Pakistan’s Waziristan Region U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel has concluded two days of talks with civilian and military leaders in Pakistan,… 08/19/2017 Aimas
Trump Says Decisions Made on War in Afghanistan U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that his administration has made decisions on how to deal with the 16-year war… 08/19/2017 Aimas
Top US General Commits to Work With Tokyo to Strengthen Missile Defense The top U.S. general and his Japanese counterpart have agreed to work together to strengthen missile defenses for Japan, as… 08/18/2017 Aimas
Pakistan’s Khan Calls for ‘Open Borders’ With Afghanistan Pakistan’s populist opposition leader, Imran Khan, says the future of long-term relations with landlocked Afghanistan lies in the two countries… 08/18/2017 Aimas
Amid Protests, China Enforces Tougher Sanctions Against North Korea Seafood importers in northeastern China took to the streets as they watched frozen product melt in trucks blocked from crossing… 08/18/2017 Aimas
At Global Competition, Girls Push Frontiers of Technology A group of Cambodian girls who recently traveled to California to compete in a mobile app competition offered inspiration for… 08/18/2017 Aimas