Israel-Hamas deal sparks cautious optimism from Asian American leaders

President Donald Trump hailed the release of the final hostages held by Hamas as a “historic dawn of a new Middle East” after brokering a ce...

New Pope Leo XIV urges compassion for immigrants and poor in 1st papal exhortation

In his first major document as pope, Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You), Pope Leo XIV called on the world to confront inequality and embrace those...

USA Basketball men’s team appoints its 1st Asian American head coach

Filipino American NBA coach Erik Spoelstra has been officially named head coach of the U.S. men’s national basketball team, USA Basketball a...

Trump and Beijing exchange fresh threats as trade war intensifies

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to ban Chinese cooking oil imports in retaliation for Beijing’s refusal to buy American soybean...

Indian national detained by ICE upon release from 43 years of wrongful imprisonment

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers immediately took an Indian national into custody on Oct. 3 after he left a Pennsylvania p...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after arrest over ‘Opium’ perfume

An Indian immigrant detained by ICE after Arkansas police mistook his bottle of “Opium” perfume for narcotics is pleading with federal autho...

US Army vet sues Pennsylvania police over ICE protest arrest

A Filipino American and Mexican American business owner filed a federal lawsuit last week against Pennsylvania police following his arrest d...

Police arrest 11 suspects in organized burglary rings targeting Asian Americans

Authorities in Oregon and Ohio have arrested 11 people on suspicion of involvement in organized theft operations that specifically target ho...

Rolling Stone’s ‘Greatest Songs’ list exposes persistent Asian artist gap

While Rolling Stone’s “250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far” list features several standout tracks from Asian and Asian-heritage ar...

Asian American ‘Love Is Blind’ contestants reveal how race still shapes dating

Patrick Suzuki and Anna Yuan’s experiences on “Love Is Blind Season 9” show how internalized bias and representation continue to influence a...

Tariffs compound mounting pressures on Asian American grocers nationwide

Asian American grocers across the country are confronting a perfect storm of economic pressures, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs push im...

Leah Lewis speaks out following sexual assault allegation against ‘Matlock’ co-star

“Matlock” star Leah Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time since a sexual assault allegation she reported against her co-star David De...

Oregon lawmaker Hoa Nguyen dies at 41 after battling cancer

Oregon State Rep. Hoa Nguyen, a Portland-area Democrat who dedicated her career to education equity and supporting at-risk youth, died Thurs...

Ramaswamy hit with racism, Hinduphobia at Charlie Kirk event

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy faced racist and Hinduphobic questions at a Turning Point USA event in Montana last week, with ...

Trump admin fires diplomat over romance with Chinese national

A foreign service officer lost his job Wednesday after acknowledging he concealed a romantic relationship with a Chinese woman alleged to ha...

Steven Cheung: Nobel Committee chose ‘politics over peace’ with Trump snub

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of putting “politics over peace” early Friday after ...

Trump admin continues deporting Asian nationals to Africa

The Trump administration sent 10 individuals to Eswatini last week, including three Vietnamese, one Filipino, one Cambodian and five others,...

Oklahoma man with cancer dies a year after police slammed him to the ground

Lich Vu, 72, died on Oct. 3 surrounded by family, nearly a year after former Oklahoma City police officer Joseph Gibson slammed him to the g...

The FBI has a wizard problem

“Only the wise Wizard Kash could uncover the truth and save King Donald from the tangle of lies.” — “The Plot Against the King” When Rep. Ja...

Asian students bear brunt of historic US international enrollment drop

The month of August saw international student arrivals from Asia fall by 24%, while overall global entries declined 19%, the steepest record...

SF’s Asian American officials unite to train next generation of leaders

Current and former Asian American elected officials in San Francisco have joined forces to create the city’s first formal leadership trainin...

Beijing denounces Taiwan president for ‘prostituting himself’ to Trump

Beijing accused Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te of “prostituting himself” to foreign powers after he praised U.S. President Donald Trump dur...

Mamdani faces backlash for condemning both Hamas and Israel

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani marked the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack by condemning Hamas’ “war crime” while ...

‘No Other Choice,’ ‘A Useful Ghost’ lead Asia’s Oscar submissions

South Korea’s tense thriller “No Other Choice,” Thailand’s surreal “A Useful Ghost” and Taiwan’s “Left-Handed Girl” headline Asia’s submissi...

Harvard appoints South Asian drag queen to teach on race and performance

Harvard University has appointed Kareem Khubchandani, a South Asian drag artist and associate professor at Tufts University, as the 2025–26 ...

Japanese scientist awarded Nobel Prize for immune tolerance discovery

Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was named one of three laureates for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. He sha...

Chinese national dies in ICE custody

An undocumented Chinese national died at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Calexico, California, on Sept. 2...

Trump suffers another defeat on birthright citizenship

A federal appeals court ruled last Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the Cons...

Duckworth leads pushback against National Guard deployment in Chicago

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is leading aggressive congressional opposition to President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops...

Vietnam urged to free journalist jailed for 5 years over government criticism

Five years after Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang was arrested at her home in Ho Chi Minh City, an international coalition of human rig...

Hawaiian activist among hundreds detained after Israeli interception of Gaza aid

Jasmine Ikeda, an activist born in Hawaii, was among 479 people detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla carrying humanitarian ai...

Apple caves to Trump by removing ICEBlock app

An app used to report possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement sightings was removed from Apple’s App Store on Oct. 2 after the Trump ad...

LA restaurant Great White accused of segregating Asian diners

A viral video posted by a content creator last week has drawn scrutiny to Los Angeles restaurant Great White after she alleged that Asian cu...

Japan to confirm its 1st woman leader

Japan is set to appoint its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership elec...

Mamdani faces pushback over plan to end gifted program

Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism for proposing to end gifted programs for kindergartners in New York City ...

Kash Patel fired longtime FBI employee over Pride flag display

FBI Director Kash Patel, one of the Trump administration’s highest ranking Asian American officials, reportedly fired a longtime bureau empl...