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Wed, 11/06/2025 - 15:04
Bangladesh has long been dominated by a two-party system. Will a surge in new parties offer citizens meaningful alternatives?
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 14:44
Confronted by U.S. trade pressure and a polarized Indo-Pacific, South Korea is recalibrating its economic diplomacy at a moment of strategic uncertainty.
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 14:19
Uyghur Language Day matters, not just as celebration, but as defiance of the attempt to extinguish our civilization.
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 14:13
The past three years were a unique period in the relationship between the two nations. Will Lee’s presidency mark a return to the mean?
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 08:15
The NUG's close association with the ousted NLD government has prevented it from bringing the country's various armed groups under a single umbrella.
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 08:01
The decision came hours after senators were sworn in as judges in the impending impeachment trial against the vice president.
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 02:24
Sui Khar, the vice-chairman of the Chin National Front (CNF), says that Myanmar's civil war is approaching a tipping point, both within and beyond Chin State.
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 02:15
Environmental groups say that Indonesia's nickel industry has caused significant environmental degradation and social displacement.
Wed, 11/06/2025 - 01:29
Border tensions with Cambodia, a Shinawatra in power: the current situation bears an alarming resemblance to the country's last two military takeovers.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 23:42
As in other areas of the country's energy sector, the state is playing a leading role in developing renewable energy projects.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 18:44
The new requirement essentially upends the visa-free regime for Central Asian countries, which are severely dependent on labor migration to Russia.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 16:51
Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry called the decision to partially ban arrivals from the country a "hasty step."
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 15:17
In another first, two Chinese aircraft carriers were simultaneously spotted in the West Pacific.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 15:07
Previously, only bureaucrats and low-level politicians had been implicated in corruption cases. That has now changed.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 14:52
By asserting that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal no longer provides blanket immunity for cross-border terrorism, India is discarding old constraints.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 14:47
What is unfolding in Iran today is not simply a tightening of migration controls, but the implementation of a policy that is deepening a human protection crisis.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 14:20
Within a week after his election, Lee Jae-myung talked with the leaders of the United States, Japan, and China over the phone.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 11:46
Myanmar's tallest mountain is overdue for a height check.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 06:23
The two sides have strong economic and strategic incentives to finalize an agreement that has been under negotiation for nearly a decade.
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 03:54
Many outside observers argue that Putrajaya has been sleeping on the Chinese threat in the South China Sea. Its actions suggest otherwise.
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