Taliban Kidnaps at Least 60, Kills 7 in Southern Afghanistan Taliban insurgents have kidnapped at least 60 people from a village in southern Kandahar, Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Saturday, with… 07/22/2017 Aimas
Afghan Chief Executive Welcomes Home All-girl Robotics Team Afghanistan's all-girl robotics team returned Saturday to Kabul after its successful trip to Washington for the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge,… 07/22/2017 Aimas
Aid Group Opens Clinic at Afghan Site of Deadly US Airstrike The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has opened an outpatient clinic in northern Afghanistan. The new facility… 07/22/2017 Aimas
Indonesian President Orders Officers to Shoot Drug Traffickers Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has instructed law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with a narcotics emergency facing… 07/22/2017 Aimas
South China Sea Dispute Smolders as Trump Administration Weighs Approach The first six months of the Trump administration saw relatively few confrontations over the territorial disputes in the South China… 07/22/2017 Aimas
Australian Death May Be 18th Linked to Takata Air Bags An Australian man who died in a Sydney car crash may be the 18th death linked to faulty Takata air… 07/22/2017 Aimas
Philippine Lawmakers Extend Mindanao Martial Law Philippine lawmakers Saturday voted to extend martial law on the southern island of Mindanao until the end of the year,… 07/22/2017 Aimas
Trump Taps Veteran Diplomat for Afghan Envoy President Trump said he intends to nominate John Bass as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. The longtime diplomat has been the… 07/21/2017 Aimas
Liu Xiaobo Supporters Step Up Pressure on China to Free His Widow Late Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s supporters abroad and at home have vowed to exert the maximum amount of pressure… 07/21/2017 Aimas
Army Fire Kills Kashmir Man During Anti-India Strike The Indian army fired at worshippers outside a mosque in disputed Kashmir on Friday, killing one man and injuring another,… 07/21/2017 Aimas
Pakistan Court Concludes Sharif’s Corruption Hearing Pakistan’s Supreme Court concluded hearings Friday in a high-profile corruption case that could unseat Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and disqualify… 07/21/2017 Aimas
North Korea Snubs South Korean Outreach North Korea has so far not responded to a South Korean offer made earlier this week to engage in military… 07/21/2017 Aimas
UN Rights Chief Expresses Concern for Liu Xiaobo’s Widow The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Thursday that he planned to discuss with Chinese officials the situation of… 07/20/2017 Aimas
UN Slaps Sanctions on 8 Linked to Islamic State, Al-Qaida The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose sanctions against eight individuals and businesses linked to the Islamic State… 07/20/2017 Aimas
Duterte Flies to Besieged City, Warns of Other Attacks The Philippine president flew for the first time Thursday to a besieged southern city to cheer troops who have been… 07/20/2017 Aimas
Amid VPN Crackdown, China Eyes Upgrades to Great Firewall A Chinese telecoms carrier said it had begun closing virtual private networks (VPNs) and other tools that can bypass the… 07/20/2017 Aimas
US Bank Card Companies to Seek Licenses to Operate in China in Months U.S.-based payment card companies, including American Express, MasterCard and Visa, are preparing to submit license requests to operate in China… 07/20/2017 Aimas
Australia Helping Sri Lanka Fight Dengue Outbreak Australia is contributing funds to help Sri Lanka combat its worst outbreak of dengue fever, which has claimed 250 lives… 07/20/2017 Aimas
Indian Builders Pledge ‘Green’ Homes in Race to Meet Climate Goals India's top builders have pledged to make at least a fifth of their new housing developments sustainable by 2022, as… 07/20/2017 Aimas
East Timor Offers Hope for LGBT Rights Marching through the streets of East Timor’s capital Dili with a rainbow flag in his hand, Natalino Guterres was overwhelmed… 07/20/2017 Aimas