Japan and South Korea show enduring rift over sexual slavery issue in letters to UN
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described…
Nepal’s new prime minister urges calm after deadly protests
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s new prime minister took office Sunday and “urged calm and cooperation to rebuild”…
Travel ban keeps international students from attending US colleges
With the Taliban barring women from college in her native Afghanistan, Bahara Saghari set her sights on pursuing…
Military airstrike on schools in western Myanmar kills at least 18 people, most of them students
BANGKOK (AP) — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on two private schools in a village in Myanmar has…
Curfew is lifted in Nepal as calm returns after deadly mass protests
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese authorities lifted the curfew in the country’s capital and surrounding areas on Saturday…
China’s Fujian aircraft carrier transits Taiwan Strait
BEIJING (AP) — China’s newest aircraft carrier has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the navy said Friday. The…
South Korean workers return home after days of detention in Georgia following immigration raid
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the…
Islamophobic incidents in Australia ‘skyrocketed’ since Israel’s Gaza war | Islamophobia News
Anti-Muslim incidents in person have increased by 150 percent – and by 250 percent online — according to…
Grieving families of protesters killed in Nepal seek justice as some people try to leave
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Grieving families of protesters killed by police in Nepal gathered in the capital Thursday,…
Trump’s investment push runs into his immigration crackdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to revitalize American manufacturing by luring foreign investment into the U.S.…
Photos show violent protests in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A short-lived ban on social media in Nepal prompted violent protests in the capital,…
China approves national nature reserve at disputed Scarborough Shoal
BEIJING (AP) — China has approved the establishment of a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal, a hotly…