November 16, 2016 China's Arctic ambitions take shape in remote Iceland valley In a remote valley near the Arctic Circle where the wind whips the coarse yellow grass, China and Iceland are preparing to look to the sky — and a shared future.
November 16, 2016 India's currency swap sets off endless lines of frustration The first people showed up at the bank long before dawn, forming a line in the cold and the smog and silently waiting for the chance to withdraw their own money.
November 16, 2016 Indonesia police name Jakarta governor as blasphemy suspect Indonesian police on Wednesday named the minority Christian governor of the country's capital as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation in a major test of the Muslim-majority nation's reputation for religious toleration.
November 16, 2016 Australia takes delivery of first P-8A anti-submarine jet Australia's prime minister on Wednesday took delivery of the air force's first Boeing P-8A surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft which will take a front-line role in preventing asylum seekers from reaching the Australian coast by boat.
November 16, 2016 Prince William arrives in Vietnam for wildlife meeting Britain's Prince William has arrived on his first visit to Vietnam where he will take part in an international conference on illegal wildlife trade in the fight to protect elephants, rhinos and other endangered species from extinction.
November 15, 2016 Study: Corruption seen as a great challenge in Europe, Asia One in three people in Europe and Central Asia see corruption as one of the greatest challenges for their countries, but a similar number fear retaliation of they speak out against it, according to a study released Wednesday by an international corruption watchdog.
November 15, 2016 Russia bombards Syria hours after Putin speaks with Trump Russia announced a major air offensive in Syria on Tuesday as Syrian opposition activists reported the first airstrikes in three weeks in the besieged, rebel-held part of the northern city of Aleppo.
November 15, 2016 ICC prosecutors: US forces may have committed war crimes U.S. armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says in a report, raising the possibility that American citizens could be indicted even though Washington has not joined the global court.
November 15, 2016 Chinese firms have 'big enthusiasm' to invest in Philippines A Beijing trade official says Chinese companies have "very big" enthusiasm about investing in railways and airports and other major infrastructure projects in the Philippines, and his government will encourage them to build an industrial park.
