UN Security Council Sanctions More North Korean Companies, Individuals The U.N. Security Council increased international pressure on North Korea on Friday to give up its pursuit of a nuclear… 06/02/2017 Aimas
Afghans Angered by Lack of Security Clash With Police; 4 Dead At least four Afghans were killed when protesters demanding better security clashed with riot police in Kabul Friday. Witnesses say… 06/02/2017 Aimas
Cambodia’s Ruling Party Faces Tough Test in Wooing Urban Voters In the run-up to commune elections on Sunday, Cambodia's ruling party has been promising residents of the capital it will… 06/02/2017 Aimas
Taliban Threatens Retaliation If Afghan Government Executes 11 Jailed Insurgents Sources within the Afghan presidential palace confirmed Friday to VOA’s Afghan Service that President Ashraf Ghani has signed an execution… 06/02/2017 Aimas
EU, China Renew Commitment to Fight Climate Change The European Union and China recommitted Friday to the 2015 Paris climate deal, one day after the United States announced… 06/02/2017 Aimas
Dozens Die From Smoke in Philippines Casino Attack A gunman stormed a casino in the Philippine capital and torched gambling tables in the crowded space, creating a choking… 06/02/2017 Aimas
Trump’s Climate Pullback Opens Door to Chinese Leadership President Donald Trump's pullback from a global climate pact could accelerate China's unlikely ascent toward leadership in stemming global warming… 06/02/2017 Aimas
Concerns in the Philippines of an Islamic State Nucleus Ease Moments after the first reports of gunfire and flames at a resort in the Philippine capital of Manila, social media… 06/02/2017 Aimas
US Sanctions 12 Over North Korea Weapons Programs The United States on Thursday blacklisted nine companies and government institutions, including two Russian firms, and three people for their… 06/02/2017 Aimas
Pakistani Senate Chastises Government for Joining ‘Anti-Iran’ Coalition Pakistan's senate demanded to know why the administration had sent its former army chief to head what some called an… 06/01/2017 Aimas
From Home Help to Driver, New Class of Indian Homeowner When Rajnish Dhall's driver wanted to borrow money to buy a home, Dhall suggested he go to a bank. But… 05/31/2017 Aimas
Sri Lanka Battles to Get Relief to Stranded Flood-hit Villages Heavy rains and highway obstructions are hampering efforts to get food, water and medicine to thousands of flood survivors in… 05/30/2017 Aimas
Self-proclaimed Peacemongers Push India, Pakistan to Talk More than 900 people, most of them from India and Pakistan, have signed a resolution calling on the two governments… 05/30/2017 Aimas
Court Blocks India’s Cow Slaughter Ban A high court in Southern India temporarily blocked a government ban on the sale of cows for slaughter that was… 05/30/2017 Aimas
3 Indian Ruling Party Leaders Charged with Criminal Conspiracy Three senior leaders of India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, including a cabinet minister, have been charged with criminal… 05/30/2017 Aimas
Report: Banned Islamist Groups in Pakistan Freely Operate on Social Media Dozens of banned militant, sectarian, terrorist and anti-state groups in Pakistan reportedly operate freely on social media, particularly on Facebook,… 05/30/2017 Aimas
Floods, Mudslides Kill 180 in Sri Lanka Search and rescue teams in southwestern Sri Lanka worked Monday to locate and evacuate people affected by days of floods… 05/30/2017 Aimas
Border Closure Hurts Afghan-Pakistan Produce Trade Cross-border fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has suspended trade worth millions of dollars and stranded hundreds of trucks loaded with… 05/29/2017 Aimas
Pakistan Arrests Afghan Women Traveling on Fake Passports Immigration authorities in Pakistan have arrested three Afghan women before they boarded a flight to London using fake British passports. Officials… 05/29/2017 Aimas
India’s Limits on Selling Cattle Could Hurt Industry, Diets A new ban imposed by India's government on the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter to protect animals considered… 05/29/2017 Aimas