March 20, 2017 Myanmar investigators question Rohingya in Bangladesh camps A Bangladesh official says an investigating team formed by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has visited two makeshift camps in southern Bangladesh and questioned some of the thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled from Myanmar, alleging mistreatment by soldiers and majority Buddhists.
March 20, 2017 Russia says US missile systems a risk to regional security Russia views U.S. missile defense systems being deployed in northeast Asia as a threat to regional security, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks Monday with Japanese officials in Tokyo.
March 20, 2017 Pakistan and India discuss their water dispute in Islamabad Pakistani and Indian experts have opened round-table talks in Islamabad over water disputes between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
March 20, 2017 Hindu hard-liner sworn in as leader of India's largest state A hard-line Hindu religious leader has been sworn in as the chief minister of India's most populous state.
March 20, 2017 Thai police search for more firearms in said plot to kill PM Thai police say they're looking for more weapons believed to be part of a plot to assassinate the prime minister, after police discovered guns and thousands of bullets allegedly belonging to an anti-establishment leader.
March 20, 2017 Pink diamond worth millions shown in London ahead of auction Sotheby's is displaying the startling "pink star" diamond in London before it's auctioned in Hong Kong next month.
March 20, 2017 North Korea says 6 died in mining accident in January North Korea says six people died when the roof of a mine collapsed in January, in a rare admission of a deadly accident.
March 20, 2017 Pakistani PM orders the reopening of border with Afghanistan Pakistan's prime minister has ordered the reopening of the country's border with Afghanistan, ending a protracted closure that has cost businesses on both sides millions of dollars and deepened tensions between the two neighbors.
March 20, 2017 Afghan official: Taliban kill 3 soldiers in attack in south An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked a military checkpoint in a southern province, killing three Afghan soldiers.
March 20, 2017 East Timor votes for president in test for young nation East Timor is voting for a new president in an election that will test Asia's newest and poorest nation.
