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Mongolia is renewing its focus on ASEAN and its member countries, with an aim to diversify trade.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:New Delhi’s efforts to re-engage and rebuild ties with China reflect a refusal to be co-opted by any singular geopolitical axis, even under intense economic pressure.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:The Pentagon walked back remarks denying that Marles had had an official meeting with his U.S. counterpart and the U.S. vice president. But the puerile fiasco reveals an important truth about the United States.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Officially, China can only give a neutral reaction to the Trump-Putin summit because the ultimate outcome is still uncertain.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:“I had responsibilities in a student organization, a part-time job on campus, and even an internship with a scholarship award waiting for me… All of that disappeared overnight.”
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Zelensky spurns Trump’s call for compromise James Davis reports that the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains locked in a stalemate, with both sides entrenched and prospects for negotiations dim. Backed strongly by Europe, Zelensky has taken a […] The post European capitals encourage Kyiv to resist US pressure...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Watch: Luxury neighbourhood in Lahore submerged in floods
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:The taking and giving of dowries is banned. Yet an average of 20 women die every day of dowry-related violence.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Thailand's Constitutional Court strikes again, removing yet another prime minister from office.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Banu Mushtaq has become the subject of a controversy after she was invited to inaugurate a prominent festival in Karnataka.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:The $13 billion project offers some interesting insights into how Hanoi is building critical infrastructure.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Wright was charged over a 2022 helicopter crash in remote crocodile territory, which killed his friend.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Checking facts and debunking falsehoods is out of fashion under Trump 2.0.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:When Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar landed in Dhaka on August 23–24, it marked the first Pakistan foreign minister–level visit to Bangladesh in 13 years—and the clearest sign yet that Islamabad and Dhaka are trying to thaw a relationship long frozen by the legacy of 1971. The visit produced a small […] The post Bangladesh-Pakistan reset carries big risks for India appeared first on Asia...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:The visit comes as Myanmar's miltiary gears up to hold an election aimed at normalizing its relations with key regional neighbors.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Police believe the CCTV footage shows Tom Phillips and his child breaking into a store.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:China is racing to shield its prized airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft from enemy eyes with radical new radar technology, underscoring a broader reality: both China and the US face mounting challenges in keeping these airborne command fleets survivable against the growing reach of long-range missiles and stealth aircraft. This month, the South […] The post New radar shields China’s prized battle...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:The controversial pact between Phibun Songkhram's irredentist government and imperial Japan is far from a mere historical footnote.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:NEW YORK — In October 2016, Japan tried a new riff on an old economic strategy to mask the severity of mushrooming government debt: prodding the central bank to write Tokyo a blank check. It was the first time since World War II that the Bank of Japan’s bond purchases would be “directly linked to the government’s issuance of debt,” observed analyst Mark Fleming-Williams at Stratfor. In many ways, he added, “this could...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:The protests are an expression of discontent with the economic and political trajectory of the country under President Prabowo Subianto.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Sydney Sweeney didn’t set out to become the latest trench in America’s culture war. She just posed in denim for American Eagle. But in 2025 America, denim is never just denim. Overnight, jeans becamea battlefield. One camp praised her as the All-American girl. Another derided the ad as reactionary cosplay, even a flirtation with white […] The post America’s culture wars as theater of the absurd appeared first on Asia...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:There is frenzy, fascination and even a little bit of FOMO as Koreans revel in the K-pop hit.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:There is frenzy, fascination and even a little bit of FOMO as Koreans revel in the K-pop hit.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Critics fear a new law in Texas will prove discriminatory - but officials say it is vital to combat "adversaries".
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Rohingya refugees tell the BBC they were flown from Delhi and forced into the sea off the coast of Myanmar.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:China is playing an important role in the region’s pursuit of security diversification, but its avoidance of security guarantees limits Beijing’s role.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Each August 29, we should not only mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests but also commit to education and remembrance.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Three years after the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan signed the Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighborliness, and Cooperation for the Development of Central Asia in the 21st Century, Tajikistan has signed on too.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:There are some notable attendees – hello, Kim Jong Un – but just as interesting is who’s not coming.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:The Kyrgyz government says the nationalized mine's new underground project will operate for 17 years and provide 147 tonnes of gold.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Governments and the private sector that dominate the conversation on AI, while civil society organizations remain sidelined. A new AI Hub seeks to address this gap.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Well over six months into Trump’s second term, his approach to the Indo-Pacific is showing concerning signs of strategic deficiencies.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:India’s opposition to limits on plastic production may turn out to be more damaging than beneficial, even though it is framed as a defense of the right to development.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Due to a lack of sustainable reintegration, Afghan youth are left with three grim options: flight, radicalization, or psychological despair.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:South Korea clearly knows how to host global climate events. However, far too often, real action takes a backseat to pageantry.
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