January 24, 2017 Kyrgyzstan hikes fines for public drinking, swearing Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has signed a decree increasing fines for swearing and drinking in public.
January 24, 2017 Official: Taliban launch nearly 19,000 attacks in 10 months An Afghan Defense Ministry official says the Taliban have launched nearly 19,000 attacks throughout the country in the last 10 months.
January 24, 2017 AP PHOTOS: Burned out migrants in Greece try to keep sane Kawa Mohammed lives in a small tent with his wife and his three children in the Kalochori refugee camp on the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki's outskirts.
January 24, 2017 Banned from boats in Myanmar, Rohingya fish on rafts of junk Every day before sunrise, dozens of fishermen, shivering against the cold, shove out onto the Bay of Bengal on makeshift rafts made out of plastic jugs, bamboo and twine, just steps away from the sturdy and much safer wooden boats they had used for years.
January 24, 2017 Syria talks focused on cease-fire set to begin in Kazakhstan Talks between Syrian rebel factions and the government they are trying to overthrow are set to begin in Kazakhstan.
January 24, 2017 Indian army: 3 suspected rebels killed in Kashmir fighting The Indian army says three militants were killed in two gunbattles with government forces in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.
January 24, 2017 Germany deports 26 rejected Afghan asylum-seekers Germany has deported 26 Afghan migrants as part of the government's efforts to increase the number of rejected asylum-seekers leaving the country after an influx of more than 1 million migrants in the last two years.
January 24, 2017 Indonesia probes alleged gun smuggling by peacekeeping unit Indonesian authorities are investigating allegations of weapons smuggling against dozens of its peacekeepers who were arrested in Sudan.
January 24, 2017 'Trump in Asia:' Region poised for change as new era dawns People across Asia are poised for a potentially dramatic change in relations with Washington under President Donald Trump after decades with the United States as a major military and economic presence.
January 24, 2017 China, Philippines to roll out $3.7B in cooperation projects China and the Philippines have agreed on $3.7 billion worth of projects to boost cooperation, state media cited a senior Chinese official as saying, highlighting the improvement in their formerly frosty relations.
