March 16, 2017 Car bomb kills 2 soldiers, wounds 3 others in Afghanistan An Afghan official says a suicide car bomb has killed at least two soldiers and wounded three others in southern Helmand province.
March 16, 2017 Democratic senators criticize Trump on Chinese trademarks Democrats in the Senate are telling President Donald Trump his acceptance of a valuable trademark from China without asking Congress first is unconstitutional.
March 16, 2017 Report: German spy agency targets foreign reporters' phones The German weekly Der Spiegel reports that the country's spy agency had at least 50 numbers and email addresses of journalists among its surveillance targets.
March 16, 2017 Cambodia seeking $400 million to complete demining Cambodia's leader says his country needs more than $400 million in aid to remove by 2025 all of the land mines that are a legacy of years of civil war.
March 16, 2017 Philippine court orders arrest of president's leading critic A Philippine court has issued an arrest warrant on drug charges for a senator and former top human rights official who is one of the most vocal critics of President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs.
March 16, 2017 Tillerson: Asia allies 'critical' for addressing North Korean threat U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday cooperation with allies Japan and South Korea is "critical" to addressing the threat from North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
March 16, 2017 North Korea calls Malaysian investigation 'full of holes' After more than a week of silence in its state-controlled media, North Korea on Thursday slammed the investigation into the death of one of its citizens in Kuala Lumpur, saying Malaysia's probe is full of "holes and contradictions." The report from the highly-selective official outlet KCNA did not acknowledge the victim was Kim Jong Nam, an exiled scion of Pyongyang's ruling family, and it largely echoed previous comments by North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia.
March 16, 2017 Indonesian authorities shutter minority Ahmadiyah mosque An Ahmadiyah mosque has been shuttered by authorities in Indonesia after Muslim groups called for protests against a minority they regard as heretical.
March 16, 2017 Bangladeshi Muslim hardliners seek removal of Justice statue Thousands of people have marched in Bangladesh's capital demanding a Lady Justice statue be removed from the Supreme Court complex.
March 16, 2017 China, France overtake US as top German trade partners New statistics show that China and France have overtaken the U.S. as Germany's largest trading partners.
