Protesters in India Call for Release of Anti-Modi Activist Protesters in India's financial capital Mumbai on Monday demanded the release of a critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who… June 27, 2022 Aimeast
The Bolsheviks to Putin: A History of Russian Defaults In 1918, Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky told Western creditors aghast at the Bolsheviks' repudiation of Russia's external debt: "Gentlemen, you… June 27, 2022 Aimeast
Destruction Everywhere, Help Scarce After Afghanistan Quake When the ground heaved from last week's earthquake in Afghanistan, Nahim Gul's stone-and-mud house collapsed on top of him. He… June 26, 2022 Aimeast
WHO Boosts Surveillance Amid Disease Outbreak Risk in Quake-Hit Parts of Afghanistan The World Health Organization said Sunday it was stepping up surveillance of infectious diseases in earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan following… June 26, 2022 Aimeast
Cover Stories and Burner Phones: How Myanmar Journalists Report Under Military Rule From cover stories to burner phones, Myanmar’s journalists are resorting to unconventional methods to report on life under military rule.… June 25, 2022 Aimeast
Bangladesh Unveils Padma River Bridge Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country’s longest bridge, which took eight years to build and was plagued… June 25, 2022 Aimeast
Millions of Children At Risk from Bangladesh Floods The U.N. Children’s Fund is warning that millions of children at high risk from devastating floods in Bangladesh are in… June 25, 2022 Aimeast
Aid Begins Reaching Quake Victims in Eastern Afghanistan Aid began reaching parts of eastern Afghanistan on Friday to help those injured and left homeless by this week’s deadly… June 25, 2022 Aimeast
Russia, Afghanistan Seek to Enhance Trade Amid Sanctions A new agreement signed by commerce officials from Afghanistan and Russia calls for expanding trade relations between the countries at… June 24, 2022 Aimeast
Taliban: US Frees One of Last Two Afghans from Guantanamo Afghanistan's Taliban announced Friday that the United States had freed one of the last two Afghans from the U.S. military… June 24, 2022 Aimeast
UN Refugee Agency Rushes Aid to Afghan Quake Victims U.N. aid agencies are rushing tons of relief items to aid thousands of people hit by a powerful earthquake Wednesday… June 24, 2022 Aimeast
Shifting Monsoon Patterns Worsen South Asia’s Flood Menace Devastating floods that have washed away homes, drowned rice fields and stranded millions of people in northeast India and Bangladesh… June 24, 2022 Aimeast
India Sends Humanitarian Assistance and Technical Team to Kabul India has sent relief assistance to Afghanistan to help the victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked the country… June 24, 2022 Aimeast
At UN, Taliban Are Pressed to Reverse Rights Restrictions The U.N. Security Council expressed sympathy for the Afghan people on Thursday in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake, while… June 23, 2022 Aimeast
Taliban Urge International Aid as Afghanistan Deals With Aftermath of Deadly Quake Afghanistan’s Taliban appealed for international aid Thursday as the war-ravaged country struggles to deal with the aftermath of a powerful… June 23, 2022 Aimeast
India’s Ruling Party Picks Tribal Woman as Presidential Candidate India’s ruling party has nominated a woman from the country’s tribal community as its nominee for president. Members of the… June 23, 2022 Aimeast
US Eases Immigration Requirements for Afghans The U.S. government has eased some of the stringent requirements Afghans have to navigate as they apply to resettle in… June 22, 2022 Aimeast
Deadly Earthquake Hits Afghanistan An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 130 people. Officials said the magnitude 6.1 quake hit Paktika… June 22, 2022 Aimeast
Dozens Dead, Thousands Homeless in Bangladesh, India Floods Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh crowded makeshift refugee centers and scrambled to meet boats arriving with food and fresh water as… June 21, 2022 Aimeast
Afghan Taliban Free 5 British Nationals From Custody Afghanistan’s Taliban confirmed Monday they had freed several British men after holding them for about six months. The confirmation came… June 20, 2022 Aimeast