Asia & Pacific

Asia & Pacific 09/12/19, 09:07

Firefighters in New Zealand performed a traditional haka dance under Auckland's Sky Tower on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown, who tweeted videos of the event, said it was in tribute to the "bravery ...

Asia & Pacific 09/08/19, 14:38

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday, Sept. 8, that the Taliban “overreached” with its car bomb attack in a diplomatic area near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, killing an American soldier. He asserted ...

Asia & Pacific 09/08/19, 00:57

President Donald Trump said on Saturday, Sept. 7, that he had called off a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing this week in Kabul killed 11 people, ...

Asia & Pacific 09/06/19, 22:56

Pro-democracy protests continued in Hong Kong on Friday, Sept. 6, with people taking to the streets and some lighting fires as a burning barricade on city streets. Police retaliated by firing rubber bullets, tear gas, and ...

U.S. 09/05/19, 20:38

The U.S. Navy's spy plane P8-Alpha Poseidon conducted a reconnaissance, flying over the Gulf of Thailand Thursday, Sept. 5, and displaying the increased military co-operation between the United States and Southeast Asian countries. The P8-Alpha’s reconnoiter ...

Asia & Pacific 09/04/19, 21:50

Pro-democracy legislators and activists on Wednesday, Sept. 4, denounced Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s announcement to withdraw the controversial China extradition bill that triggered months of massive demonstrations. They said Lam’s concession came “too little” ...

Asia & Pacific 08/30/19, 20:39

Hong Kong police arrested well-known activist leader Joshua Wong and core member Agnes Chow of the pro-democracy party Demosisto, on Friday, Aug. 30. They were released on bail later in the day. In a clampdown on ...

Asia & Pacific 08/29/19, 20:16

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent in fresh military troops and armored tanks into Hong Kong at Huanggang Port in the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 29. The move came a day after the Hong Kong ...

Asia & Pacific 08/29/19, 09:42

Some 30,000 people participated in a rally in Chater Garden, Hong Kong, on Wednesday night, Aug. 28, to condemn alleged sexual harassment by police. 30,000 gathered for the #MeToo rally tonight in Central, Hong Kong, per ...

Asia & Pacific 08/28/19, 20:31

Some 2,000 people gathered in Hong Kong for a peaceful rally on Wednesday to denounce Cathay Pacific Airways for firing airline employees who participated in or support the pro-democracy rallies that have been ongoing on ...

Asia & Pacific 08/27/19, 20:30

Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Aug. 27, condemned Hong Chief Executive Carrie Lam for “trashing all the conventional, traditional values" of the territory. The legislators denounced Lam for threatening to silence pro-democracy voices with ...

U.S. 08/26/19, 23:23

U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Monday Aug. 26, spoke about the new U.S.-Japanese trade deal during his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Biarritz, France, at the G-7 summit. The United States and ...

Asia & Pacific 08/24/19, 19:53

After the CEO of Hong Kong's largest airline resigned—Britain's Rupert Hogg—due to political pressure exerted by the Chinese regime on the company in an attempt to condemn anti-government protests, the head of the Cathay Dragon ...

U.S. 08/23/19, 13:05

The Trump administration is ready to resume nuclear talks with North Korea, said the U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun on Wednesday, Aug. 21. This message came a day after the U.S. and South ...

Asia & Pacific 08/18/19, 16:30

Hong Kong streets were turned into rivers of umbrellas on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched through heavy rain down a major road in the Chinese territory, where massive pro-democracy demonstrations have become ...

Asia & Pacific 08/18/19, 13:33

Tens of thousands of protesters have braved the rain to come out for 11th consecutive weekend of mass demonstrations in Hong Kong. Activists and police have clashed over the past 10 weeks, but this weekend's rallies ...