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“Pakistan’s opposition to dam building on the Kunar River and its tributaries is due to political rather than technical reasons.”

Questions are being raised whether the Tejas light combat aircraft, like the MiG-21 before it, is an unreliable “flying coffin” or widow maker.”

Lawyers tried to argue that Rodrigo Duterte's illness and advanced age created “compelling humanitarian grounds” for his interim release to a third country.

The state poll was dominated by Sabah-based parties, reflecting growing disenchantment in the federal government and a growing desire for regional autonomy.

As the evidence piles up, scientists are urging Southeast Asia’s governments to wake up to the rare earth pollution crisis.

Taiwan doesn’t need AUKUS membership to strengthen Pillar II’s force multiplier effect.

Activists opposed to a new law banning the spread of “LGBT propaganda” might already be subject to it.

A recent survey highlighted that less than a third of the Australian population believe that “people in government can be trusted.”

The phone call and implications for the Indo-Pacific

As they have grown more alienated from the West, relations between the two repressive governments have blossomed.

The two reports relate to the Nellie massacre of 1983, when mobs attacked villages inhabited by Bengali-origin Muslims, killing over 1,800 people.

Instead of challenging China’s maritime claims unilaterally, outside powers would do better to collaborate more closely with Southeast Asian claimant states.

The deluges and flash floods of the past week have capped off an unusually destructive wet season in Southeast Asia.

Have the country's real estate prices become untethered from the basic economic forces of supply and demand?

Takaichi’s forward-leaning stance on Taiwan reflects the Japanese public’s decreased opposition to such rhetoric. 

The current turbulence in global politics prompted IBSA to hold a summit for the first time in 14 years. India, Canada and Australia also announced a new trilateral grouping.

How did the online scam industry take root in Southeast Asia, and how did it grow to such massive proportions?

The tenure of Israel’s outgoing ambassador was marked by a lack of effort to engage with Chinese thought leaders or combat rising antisemitism – until it was too late. 

The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require significant reforms.

The Singapore Police Force says that it has detected an increase in the impersonation of agency names and the "gov.sg" SMS sender ID on major messaging platforms.