India Revoking Kashmir’s Special Status Story updated at 3:50 AMIndia's government said Monday it is revoking the special status of disputed Kashmir. The announcement early… 08/05/2019 Aimeast
General Strike Underway in Hong Kong, Leader Refuses to Resign A general strike has paralyzed Hong Kong Monday, preventing people from getting to work and forcing cancellation of more than… 08/05/2019 Aimeast
Bus Carrying Afghan Journalists Attacked in Kabul VOA’s Ibrahim Rahimi contributed to this report from Paktia, Afghanistan. A mini-bus carrying the employees of a private television station… 08/05/2019 Aimeast
New US Defense Chief Slams China on 1st Asian Visit Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has slammed China’s “destabilizing” actions in the Indo-Pacific region during his first trip to the… 08/04/2019 Aimeast
Kashmir Tensions Intensify Amid India-Pakistan Skirmishes Tensions have soared along the volatile, highly militarized frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir,… 08/04/2019 Aimeast
China Media to Hong Kong Protesters: Beijing’s Patience Wearing Thin Thousands of protesters took to Hong Kong’s streets Sunday, a day after violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police, and… 08/04/2019 Aimeast
25 Dead, 55 Rescued After Boats Capsize in Philippines Rescuers plucked more bodies from rough seas where three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce wind and waves… 08/04/2019 Aimeast
Physical, Sexual Violence Against Children Surging in Indonesia In 2019, Indonesians saw a surging number of cases of violence involving children.In April, a 14-year-old girl was bullied and… 08/04/2019 Aimeast
India Orders Students, Tourists Out of Kashmir for Security SRINAGAR, INDIA — Thousands of Indian students and visitors were fleeing Indian-controlled Kashmir over the weekend after the government ordered tourists… 08/04/2019 Aimeast
Trump Defends Stance on China Trade After New Tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that things are going well with China, insisting U.S. consumers are not paying… 08/03/2019 Aimeast
US Defense Secretary Wants INF-range Missiles in Asia U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he wants to see American ground-based intermediate-range conventional missiles deployed to Asia.Speaking to… 08/03/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan Alleges India Used ‘Cluster Munitions’ in Cross-Border Fire Pakistan has accused rival India of breaching international humanitarian laws by using “cluster munitions” in the latest cross-border skirmishes in… 08/03/2019 Aimeast
UN: Monthly Afghan Casualties Highest Since 2017 July saw the highest number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan in a single month since 2017, the U.N. mission said… 08/03/2019 Aimeast
Former Maldives VP Deported From India India has deported a former Maldives vice president.Ahmed Adeeb was deported Saturday.He tried to enter India's southern port of Tuticorin… 08/03/2019 Aimeast
Three Summits. Five Launches. One Bromance. After three summits and several exchanges of letters between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,… 08/03/2019 Aimeast
Weekend of Hong Kong Protests Begins as Beijing Accuses US Hong Kong civil servants and supporters crowded into a public park Friday to join a pro-democracy movement that China’s top… 08/03/2019 Aimeast
India Exporters Fear Loss of American Business After US Scraps Trade Privileges Simmering trade tensions between the United States and India have heated up as Washington presses India to lower tariffs and… 08/02/2019 Aimeast
Quake Hits Off Indonesia Coast; No Major Damage Reported Indonesian authorities lifted a tsunami alert issued after a strong earthquake that hit off the coast of Java island Friday,… 08/02/2019 Aimeast
Conjoined Bangladeshi Twins Separated by Hungarian Doctors Two Bangladeshi girls who were born conjoined at the head have been successfully separated by a medical team led by… 08/02/2019 Aimeast
Canadian, Chinese Ministers Meet Amid Tensions, Pledge to Continue Talks Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Friday that she met her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, to discuss tensions following… 08/02/2019 Aimeast