At Least One Dead, Scores Missing After New Zealand Volcano Eruption One person is confirmed dead and the toll is likely to rise after a volcano began erupting Monday afternoon off… 12/09/2019 Aimeast
Health Experts Warn of Emerging Threat of Nipah Virus A deadly virus called Nipah carried by bats has already caused human outbreaks across South and South East Asia and… 12/09/2019 Aimeast
A Glimmer of Hope for Online News in Cambodia Minutes before a recent show, “VOD Roundtable” host Lim Thida readied notes and warmed up the day’s guests. Control room… 12/09/2019 Aimeast
Philippines Bamboo Entrepreneur Digs In on Poverty and Climate Threats Mark Sultan Gersava grew up in poverty, one of 12 children of a slash-and-burn subsistence farmer in the Philippines province… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
Trump Warns North Korea’s Kim on Hostile Actions U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un against hostile military actions, even as Pyongyang… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters Pack Hong Kong Streets Hundreds of thousands of protesters packed the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to mark six months of an unprecedented,… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
Devastating Fire Kills at Least 43 in Indian Capital Indian authorities were investigating the cause of a devastating fire that killed at least 43 people in a factory in… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Police Recover Weapons Ahead of Rally Hong Kong police have conducted raids ahead of Sunday afternoon's protest rally, uncovering several weapons, including a pistol with more… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
Myanmar Leader Suu Kyi Departs for Genocide Hearings Amid Fanfare at Home Myanmar leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi departed on Sunday for the U.N.'s top court in… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
Devastating Fire Kills at Least 35 in Indian Capital At least 35 people have died in a factory fire in India's capital New Delhi, with the toll still expected… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
North Korea Reports ‘Very Important Test’ at Rocket Launch Site North Korea conducted "a very important test" at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, the country's state media said Sunday. The test… 12/08/2019 Aimeast
Pro-government Protesters Denounce Hong Kong ‘Rioters’ Only after finding safety in numbers, joining hundreds of other pro-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday, did Reddy Lin… 12/07/2019 Aimeast
Trump Calls for World Bank to Stop Loaning to China U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China, one day after… 12/07/2019 Aimeast
Australian Firefighters Confront ‘Mega Blaze’ Near Sydney One hundred forty bushfires continue to burn across eastern Australia. A huge blaze near Sydney is bigger in size than… 12/07/2019 Aimeast
US Relaunches Peace Talks with Afghan Taliban The United States has formally restarted peace negotiations with the Taliban, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly stopped the… 12/07/2019 Aimeast
Indian Gang Rape Victim Set on Fire on Way to Court, Dies A woman in northern India who was on her way to a court hearing of a rape case she had… 12/07/2019 Aimeast
Afghans Mourn Slain Japanese Doctor Known as Uncle Murad He came to Afghanistan as Dr. Tetsu Nakamura in the 1980s to help treat leprosy patients in Afghanistan and refugee camps… 12/07/2019 Aimeast
Vietnam, China Start Talks Again as Part of 20-Year Fight-Make-up Cycle Maritime sovereignty rivals China and Vietnam have started talking again after a prolonged standoff earlier this year, entering what analysts… 12/07/2019 Aimeast
Deadly Clashes Erupt in Volatile Northern Afghan Province New clashes between government security forces and the Taliban in northern Afghanistan are said to have killed around 20 combatants… 12/06/2019 Aimeast
South Korea, US Fail to Strike Defense Cost-Sharing Deal The United States and South Korea failed to reach a defense cost-sharing agreement after holding a fourth round of talks… 12/06/2019 Aimeast