Explosion Turns Kabul Wedding Into Carnage; Dozens Feared Dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — An explosion ripped through a packed wedding hall in Kabul late on Saturday evening, and dozens were feared dead. Nasrat Rahimi, a...
Category: Asia Pacific News
Trump Administration Approves F-16 Fighter Jet Sales to Taiwan
The Trump administration is moving forward with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, American officials said Friday. The move is certain...
North Korea Launches 2 Projectiles, Snubbing South’s Call to Stop Weapons Tests
SEOUL< South Korea — North Korea launched two projectiles yet again off its east coast on Friday, a day after President Moon Jae-in of South...
Joseph Tsai Nears Full Ownership of the Nets
Joseph Tsai, a co-founder of Alibaba, the Chinese internet giant, is closing in on a record-breaking deal to gain sole ownership of the Nets, continuing...
Priyanka Chopra Came to Talk About Beauty. It Got Political.
When the actress Priyanka Chopra stepped onstage this weekend to speak in Los Angeles at Beautycon, the cosmetic industry’s traveling more-than-a-trade-show event, she might have...
Protests Put Hong Kong on Collision Course with China’s Communist Party
HONG KONG — As anti-government demonstrations escalate in Hong Kong, each side is staking out increasingly polarized positions, making it difficult to find a path...
Cathay Pacific, Kashmir, Jeffrey Epstein: Your Monday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering Beijing’s increasing control of the Hong Kong economy, an atmosphere of...
Inside Kashmir, Cut Off From the World: ‘A Living Hell’ of Anger and Fear
SRINAGAR, Kashmir — On the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir’s biggest city, security officers tied black bandannas over their faces, grabbed their guns and took positions...
In China, Where ‘Education’ Is Indoctrination and ‘Students’ Are Muslim Detainees
HOTAN, China — The muscular young Uighur man sat uncomfortably, glancing occasionally at three Chinese officials in the room, as he described his state-mandated salvation...
Australia’s ‘Unbreakable,’ and Worrisome, Alliance
This week’s Australia Letter is written by Damien Cave, the Australia bureau chief.Sign up to get it by email. ______ Mike Pompeo, the United States...