Girls’ School Enrollment Rises in Afghan Province Despite Challenges Afghan provincial officials reported a rise in girls’ enrollment rates across eastern Nangarhar Province, despite constant attacks and threats by… 02/12/2017 Aimas
Cambodian Opposition Names Acting Chief After Leader Resigns Executive members of Cambodia's beleaguered opposition party on Sunday accepted the resignation of Sam Rainsy, its charismatic leader, and named… 02/12/2017 Aimas
Four Militants, Two Soldiers Die in Kashmir Gunfight Four militants and two Indian soldiers were among seven people killed in a gun battle in Kashmir Sunday, a police… 02/12/2017 Aimas
Egyptian Woman, Believed to be World Heaviest, Seeks Lifesaving Surgery A 36-year-old Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500 kilograms, has been brought to an Indian… 02/12/2017 Aimas
South Korea: North Korea Launches Unidentified Type of Ballistic Missile North Korea test-fired a projectile toward the Sea of Japan early Sunday, the South Korean military said. The object, launched… 02/12/2017 Aimas
India Protests China Move to Keep Islamic Militant Leader Off UN Terror Blacklist India has lodged a protest with China for its opposition to a proposal at the United Nations to put Maulana… 02/10/2017 Aimas
Australians Urged to Conserve Electricity in Heat Wave Major energy users on Australia’s east coast shut down Friday, and residents were asked not to go home and cook… 02/10/2017 Aimas
A Timeline of US-China Developments Since Trump’s Election President Donald Trump agreed to honor the longstanding "one China" policy in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping,… 02/10/2017 Aimas
Freebies, Symbols, Funding: India’s Key Election Features At 1.3 billion people, India is the world's largest and arguably the most chaotic democracy. Elections are a complicated logistical… 02/10/2017 Aimas
Taiwan President Balancing US Ties With China Despite Line to Trump Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is showing signs of steering a middle course between China and the United States, despite a… 02/10/2017 Aimas
Trump Administration Reaffirms Afghan Mission Afghanistan was missing from the list of U.S. election campaign issues, but while condemning Tuesday's deadly attack in Kabul, White… 02/08/2017 Aimas
Abductees Remain Casualties of Nuclear Stand-off with North Korea Human rights and abductee advocacy groups say time is running out for many desperate and frustrated South Korean families seeking… 02/08/2017 Aimas
Militants Kill 6 ICRC Employees in Afghanistan Authorities in northern Afghanistan say Islamic State terrorists have killed at least six local employees of theInternational Committee of the… 02/08/2017 Aimas
AIIB Helps Silk Road Plan, But May Fail to Protect China Against Trump Multilateral banks based in China have defied critics over the past year with strong performances that include financing projects across a… 02/08/2017 Aimas
Boom in Tourists Helping Stabilize China-Vietnam Relations China has emerged as the top single-country source of tourism for Vietnam over the past year, a status that could… 02/08/2017 Aimas
‘Weak’ Taliban Leadership May Present Opportunity for Peace Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose to a new high in 2016 amid the ongoing Taliban insurgency, with 3,500 killed and… 02/08/2017 Aimas
China: US Should ‘Brush up on’ South China Sea History The United States needs to brush up on its history about the South China Sea, as World War II-related agreements… 02/08/2017 Aimas
‘Weak’ Taliban Leadership May Present Opportunity for Peace Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose to a new high in 2016 amid the ongoing Taliban insurgency, with 3,500 killed and… 02/08/2017 Aimas
Beijing Residents See Opportunity in Polluted Air Gray, smoky skies are a familiar sight in Beijing, and authorities promising to spend billions of dollars to fix the… 02/08/2017 Aimas
Deadly Suicide Blast Hits Near Kabul Supreme Court Afghan officials say a suicide bomb attack near the Supreme Court building in the capital, Kabul, has killed at least… 02/07/2017 Aimas