Pakistan has issued sweeping orders enforcing financial sanctions against Afghanistan’s Taliban, just as the militant group is in the midst of a U.S.-led peace process in the neighboring country. Paki ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano spews new burst of hot ash
Authorities are closely monitoring Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s main islands, after sensors picked up increasing activity in past weeks. The volcano in North Sumatra province was ... ( read original story ...)
Fire rips through attorney general’s office in Indonesia capital
A fire engulfed the office of Indonesia's attorney general Saturday evening in downtown Jakarta. There were no immediate reports of casualties and officials did not say what might have caused the ... ( read original story ...)
AP Explains: How India’s fast-growing cases topped 3 million
India's coronavirus caseload topped 3 million on Sunday, with the country leading the world in new infections as the disease marched through impoverished rural areas in the ... ( read original story ...)
Experts flag risks in India’s use of rapid tests for virus
In June, India began using cheaper, faster but less accurate tests to scale up testing for the coronavirus — a strategy that the United States is ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Communist Party is a threat to the world, says former elite insider
Cai Xia is no stranger to defying expectations. During her years at the Chinese Communist Party's top training center and think tank, the outspoken professor had surprised many with her liberal ideas ... ( read original story ...)
With China tensions rising, U.S. joins Taiwan to mark battle anniversary
The de facto U.S. ambassador in Taipei joined for the first time on Sunday a Taiwanese leader, amid rising tensions with Beijing, to commemorate a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces ... ( read original story ...)
China plans new real estate financing rules
China will institute new rules in real estate financing, its central bank said on Sunday. The move comes after China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the People’s Bank of China ... ( read original story ...)
Shadows over Qatar’s sporting project as PSG plays CL final | Charlotte Observer
The grand and costly ambitions of a sporting project entangled in political objectives will reach new heights when PSG plays Bayern Munich in its first Champions League final. “Tomorrow is an ... ( read original story ...)
Agency faults Georgia lawmaker over missing campaign reports
ATLANTA (AP) — A high-ranking Georgia state lawmaker says she is working to file two years of missing campaign finance records after the state ethics commission decided earlier this month ... ( read original story ...)