March 21, 2017 Pakistan-Afghanistan border opens after a month of closure A Pakistani border official says hundreds of trucks have crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan after the border reopened for the first time in more than a month, ending the protracted closure of one South Asia's busiest trade routes.
March 21, 2017 Hong Kong set to pick leader anointed by Beijing The three candidates vying to be Hong Kong's next leader squared off in a feisty debate in front of hundreds of voters who peppered them with questions.
March 21, 2017 China: Australia should look beyond the nations' differences A senior Chinese official says China hopes Australia will continue to look beyond the countries' ideological differences and focus on bilateral business ties and other forms of cooperation.
March 21, 2017 Contrast in style as Duterte meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi Regional politics makes for strange bedfellows, and at first glance, it is hard to imagine more of an odd couple than tempestuous Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his cerebral de facto Myanmar counterpart, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who met Monday in Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw.
March 21, 2017 Former guerrilla fighter set to win East Timor presidency An unofficial vote count shows a former guerrilla leader has won East Timor's presidency in the first election without U.N.
March 21, 2017 Group appeals to China for access to farm goods market A foreign business group is appealing to China to ease import restrictions on animal feed additives and other agricultural goods, highlighting complaints Beijing blocks market access despite its vocal support for free trade.
March 21, 2017 S. Korea's Park says 'sorry' as she undergoes questioning South Korea's just-ousted president said Tuesday she was "sorry" to the people as she underwent questioning by prosecutors over a corruption scandal that led to her removal from office.
March 20, 2017 South Sudan plane crashes, all passengers and crew survive An airport official in Wau, South Sudan, says that a passenger plane crash-landed and burned, but all passengers and crew survived.
March 20, 2017 North Korea tests new type of high-thrust rocket engine North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country's space program.
March 20, 2017 Anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny sprayed green in attack Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been doused in bright green liquid by an unknown assailant in the Siberian city of Barnaul.
