Spain’s Civil Guard says it has brought down a criminal network making lucrative profits by smuggling glass eels to Asia, a burgeoning illicit traffic that is worrying both law enforcement agencies and scientists.
Read moreA passenger plane carrying 71 people from Bangladesh crashed and burst into flames as it landed Monday in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, killing dozens of people, officials said.
Read moreThe most comprehensive study of Borneo’s orangutans estimates their numbers have plummeted by more than 100,000 since 1999, as the palm oil and paper industries shrink their jungle habitat and fatal conflicts with people increase.
Read moreThe president of the Maldives said Tuesday he ordered a state of emergency to investigate “this plot, this coup” involving a Supreme Court ruling last week that ordered the release of imprisoned opposition leaders, including many of his political rivals.
Read moreOpening arguments Monday in the criminal trial of a woman accused of smuggling 250 pounds of rare and endangered sea creatures into the United States from Mexico raised questions about what she knew about her boyfriend’s seafood business.
Read moreThe political crisis in the Maldives deepened Monday, as the president of the island nation said the Supreme Court had overstepped its authority in ordering the release of a group of imprisoned opposition leaders.
Read moreThe United States is declaring the Zhao Wei network that operates a casino in Laos to be a transnational criminal organization.
Read moreGiant manta rays now have federal protection in response to the Asian market demand for their body parts for purported health benefits.
Read moreTwo French rights groups have filed a lawsuit against electronics giant Samsung, accusing it of misleading advertising because of alleged labor abuses at factories in China and South Korea.
Read moreConservationists have found a nest of the endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other animal and plant life have been discovered in the greater Mekong region.
Read moreDespite misgivings at a hearing last month, a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday declined to revive malicious prosecution claims brought by former Hmong rebels who had been suspected by U.S. authorities of plotting to overthrow the communist government of Laos.
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Authorities in Beijing have launched sweeping evictions of workers who have migrated from elsewhere in the country, triggering a public outcry over the treatment of people the city depends on to build skyscrapers, care for children and take on other lowly paid work.
Read moreA lawsuit claiming the United States maliciously prosecuted former Hmong rebels suspected of plotting to overthrow the communist government of Laos may have been unfairly dismissed, a Ninth Circuit panel suggested Tuesday.
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Promising to put “America first” in his trade practices, President Donald Trump used a speech in Vietnam Friday to denounce multi-nation agreements embraced by the region and deliver what appeared to be a rebuke to China, railing against trade practices he says have put Americans out of work.
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Talks aimed at salvaging a Pacific Rim trade pact rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump continued Thursday on the sidelines of a regional summit, but prospects for an agreement remain uncertain.
Read moreForeign and trade ministers of 21 Pacific Rim economies meeting in Danang, Vietnam, appeared to be struggling for a consensus on open markets and other strategic issues ahead of a regional summit.
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Friday he doesn’t “remember much” about a March 2016 meeting with the former campaign foreign policy adviser now at the center in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
Read moreBillions of pounds of plastic waste enter the ocean every year, and new evidence shows that runoff from just 10 rivers are responsible for a large amount of the waste.
Read moreThree men pleaded guilty Thursday to trafficking juvenile American eels — a species at risk of overfishing as harvesters try to meet demand in the East Asian markets.
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The White House announced Friday that President Donald Trump will take a five-nation trip to the Asia Pacific region in November as the U.S. seeks to curb North Korea’s growing nuclear threat.
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