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Late last week, a Myanmar journalist who was seriously injured when a military vehicle drove into an anti-coup protest in 2021 was sentenced to 10...
Malaysia’s maritime agency said yesterday that it had found what it believes is a World War II-era artillery shell aboard a China-registered...
Shootings and arson continued Monday in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, where clashes between security forces and tribal insurgents the...
“It was fantastic,” “The king is back,” and “It was so good to see Shah Rukh Khan on the big screen.” These are some of the comments from...
An ongoing investigation into the Bhutanese refugee scam reveals the involvement of senior political leaders, bureaucrats, middle-men and prominent...
The apex moment of Japan’s G-7 presidency was the summit in Hiroshima from May 19-21. It was a moment of personal triumph for Prime Minister...
Prospects for a renewed high-level military dialogue between China and the United States remain dim, with Beijing saying their defense chiefs will...
In the first quarter of 2023 , 350,000 Tajik citizens migrated to Russia — 100,000 more than in the same period in 2022. More than 630,000 Uzbek...
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for...
On the sidelines of the Hiroshima G-7 Summit on May 21, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol...
In the late 1980s, the United States, supported by its dominant position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, proposed and...
The Beijing LGBT Center closed on May 15. With it went the empowering community events, safe space networking, workshops, and counseling that made...
On May 24, Pakistani authorities in Quetta hosted a press event with Gulzar Imam, the captured leader of the Balochistan National Army insurgent...
The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers are expected to meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc in Cape Town on Thursday, a...
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West had high hopes for the success of democracy in Central Asia. Central Asian leaders, although...
Iranian border guards and Taliban fighters opened fire on one another, killing three, near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan in...
A delegation from the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) will visit China in July, while members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will...
An apparent rift among allies of Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. could undermine his “unity” government barely a year...
The victory of the anti-military Move Forward Party (MFP) in Thailand’s general election on May 14 came as a surprise to many analysts. While...
It can never be said of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that he doesn’t let the public in on his dictatorial thinking. Maybe it’s the way his...
Who is funding and delivering arms to the military junta in Myanmar is emerging as a hot-button issue within the Association of Southeast Asian...
Thailand has just welcomed its 1 millionth visitor from China since the beginning of the year, marking another step forward for the recovery of the...
The crisis involving a pilot taken hostage in Papua has taken a turn for the worse, with the rebel group holding the New Zealand national Philip...
Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a three-part series about Myanmar’s escalating political crisis. The first part offered an overview of...
Earlier this month, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the assembly elections in the southern state of Karnataka by a significant...
India’s major opposition parties on Sunday boycotted the inauguration of a new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a rare show...
Peaceful protesters can face up to two years in prison. Legislation rammed through parliament by lawmakers that increases fines for protest...
Nepal is reeling from a corruption scandal involving some of the country’s top political leaders, who were fraudulently certifying Nepali citizens...
The events of May 1998 form an indelible chapter in Indonesia’s history, marked by profound struggle and heart-wrenching grief, which continues...
Yesterday, Cambodia’s Constitutional Council confirmed that the country’s largest opposition party will not be able to participate in national...
A Vietnamese noodle vendor who made a viral video mocking a senior minister for eating a $2,000 steak has been imprisoned for five-and-a-half years...
There is not a day that goes by without breaking news on escalating tensions in the South China Sea, as regional powers like Vietnam, the...
A Uyghur student has been missing in Hong Kong for more than two weeks since he sent a message saying he was being interrogated by Chinese police...
A parliamentary election and the climax of a month of celebrations marking the anniversary of independence came and went last weekend in Asia’s...
On the morning of April 11, the first day of Myanmar’s New Year celebrations, the Myanmar air force dropped over 1,500 kilograms of ordnance...
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu didn’t mince his words when asked about any potential conflict with China in early May. “We think that war...
Left-wing political parties have returned to power in Latin America and are currently ruling the five most populous countries in the region:...
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Staying true to its historical trend, Pakistan is yet again in a cataclysm. But this time, it is faced with a polycrisis: political, economic,...
When is a watch not just a device strapped to one’s wrist designed to tell the time? Apparently when it bears “LGBT connotations,” according to...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have become synonymous with modern warfare. During the early phases of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,...
There was much for Beijing to dislike in the publicly-announced results of the G-7 Summit held in Hiroshima from May 19 to 21. In addition to...
On May 21, the G-7 Summit concluded its three-day meeting in Hiroshima, Japan. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio chose his hometown – the first city in...
China has a new ambassador to the United States: Xie Feng, previously the vice foreign minister. Xie arrived in Washington on May 23, officially...
As is often the case, religion, and ethnicity closely correspond in India. Conflicts that erupt centered around race can quickly morph into...
Indonesia’s increasingly aggressive counterterrorism operations in Sulawesi have yielded significant results in the past two years. In early...