China Presses North Korea to Halt Missile, Nuclear Tests China pressed North Korea on Sunday to halt its missile and nuclear tests, saying Pyongyang should not "provoke international society's… 08/06/2017 Aimas
Turkish Police Say Working with Australia on Foiled Etihad Bomb Plan Turkish police said they were working with Australian authorities to investigate a foiled plot to bomb an Etihad Airways flight… 08/06/2017 Aimas
Myanmar Rejects Allegations of Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya Myanmar on Sunday rejected allegations of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during a crackdown against Rohingya Muslims last year,… 08/06/2017 Aimas
UN to Investigate Violence Against Women in Samoa United Nations investigators said Thursday they will examine rising levels of violence against women in Samoa for the first time… 08/04/2017 Aimas
Satellite Images Could Identify Slave Labor in India Researchers in England are hoping to help root out modern-day slavery in northern India by using detailed satellite imagery to… 08/04/2017 Aimas
Rights Group Slams Myanmar’s Upper House for Defamation Law Amendment A leading human rights group is criticizing Myanmar's legislators for backing a new amendment to the telecommunications law, saying the… 08/04/2017 Aimas
Charity: India’s Chakma Refugees Forgotten in Floods Tens of thousands of undocumented Chakma refugees in India's remote northeast desperately need basic aid such as shelter, food and… 08/04/2017 Aimas
Floods in Thailand leave 23 dead, $300 million in losses Floods in Thailand’s northern and eastern regions have killed at least 23 people and left two missing with damage estimated… 08/03/2017 Aimas
Brother of Ousted Pakistani PM to Bring New Style Politics is a family business in Pakistan and ousted leader Nawaz Sharif has looked no further than his brother Shahbaz… 08/01/2017 Aimas
World’s ‘Highest’ Village Runs Dry as Warming Hits the Himalayas With a backdrop of the snow-capped Himalayas stretched out across a vibrant blue sky, it is hard to dispute the… 08/01/2017 Aimas
China Urges Support for New Israel-Palestinian Peace Plan China's U.N. ambassador urged the international community on Monday to support President Xi Jinping's new four-point proposal to end the… 08/01/2017 Aimas
North Korea ICBM Test Strengthens US Alliances North Korea’s latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile is solidifying U.S. alliances in East Asia while exacerbating already difficult… 07/31/2017 Aimas
4 Vietnam Activists Arrested Vietnam police have arrested four activists. Critics say the arrests on Sunday demonstrate Vietnam's ruling Communist party's growing intolerance for… 07/31/2017 Aimas
Pakistan’s Northwest Region Continues its Struggle against Terror Financing Pakistan’s restive northwest province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has issued directives to its administrative and security departments to make serious efforts to… 07/30/2017 Aimas
US Confirms Killing of Additional IS Leaders in July 11 Airstrike U.S. military officials have confirmed the death of four additional senior Islamic State leaders in a July 11 airstrike in… 07/30/2017 Aimas
Australia Disrupts Plot to ‘Bring Down an Airplane’ Police disrupted a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men Saturday in raids on homes in… 07/30/2017 Aimas
Al-Qaida Announces Establishment of Group in Indian Kashmir Indian police say they are investigating a claim by al-Qaida that it has established a new group in Indian Kashmir.… 07/28/2017 Aimas
Critics: Hong Kong Sets Bad Precedent With Mainland Police in Rail Station The joint checkpoint plan introduced by the city government of Hong Kong earlier this week that would allow mainland Chinese… 07/28/2017 Aimas
Communist Parties Expected to Ease Latest China-Vietnam Maritime Quarrel China has gone back on the verbal offensive against Vietnam, its strongest adversary in the disputed South China Sea, after… 07/28/2017 Aimas
Pakistan Supreme Court Disqualifies Sharif; He Steps Down Pakistan’s Supreme Court has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office and ordered him to step down immediately.… 07/28/2017 Aimas