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The majority of fatalities were recorded in the northwest Buner district, where at least 200 people were killed.
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Myanmar Military Administration Sets Date For Long-awaited Election
Junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has declared that โproblems arising from political differences must be resolved through political means.โ
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:'No-one comes for us': The women trapped in Afghanistan's mental health system
Accessing treatment in an Afghan mental health facility is difficult - but getting out can be harder.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Southeast Asiaโs Tax Policy Discussion Needs Some Counterintuitive Thinking
Facing a demographic cliff, the region's governments need to get creative in how they tackle the issue of tax reform.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Restoring Indigenous Agency: Why Cambodia Must Tackle Climate Disinformation
From strategically omitting inconvenient truths to intentionally spreading falsehoods, climate disinformation is prevalent in the country, to the detriment of Indigenous communities.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:China Wonโt Stop Playing With Fire in the South China Sea
The collision between a China Coast Guard Ship and a PLA Navy vessel is an ominous warning sign.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Chinaโs Genocide and the Eliticide of Uyghur Scholars
To ignore the intellectuals languishing in Chinese prisons is to normalize an ongoing cultural genocide in the Uyghur homeland.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:TICAD 9: Japanโs Renewed Vision for Africaโs Future
The conference come at a moment when Tokyo is seeking to deepen its global reach and demonstrate that it is prepared to match rhetoric with resources.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Is Trump Winning His Trade War With Asia?
Based on the deals negotiated thus far, it might seem so, but the U.S. economy could soon be in a world of pain.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Will the Next China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Meeting Be a Win for All Sides?
The foreign ministers of the three countries are set to meet in Kabul this week, with counterterrorism and CPEC high on the agenda.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:We Are Not the Enemy of the Forest: Thailandโs Indigenous People Win Legal Recognition
The recently passed Ethnic Protection Bill is imperfect. But it does mark a turning point for Thailand's Indigenous peoples.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Indonesia and Peruโs New FTA is a Model for South-South Cooperation
And in a time of global competition between the U.S. and China, the IP-CEPA shows that countries in the Global South are crafting their own pragmatic path.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:CAREโs Closure Signals a Deeper Crisis in Afghan Resettlement Policy
The shutdown of the State Departmentโs Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) exposes the fragility of U.S. commitments to the allies it resettles and to the global partners who are watching.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:'The water had no mercy': Hundreds killed as floods ravage north Pakistan
BBC visited villages which were wiped out overnight by rains, flash floods and landslides.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Global historic story in an ancient Chinese map
Revisiting Ancient Chinaโs World Knowledge (a talk delivered at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July). By the late 16th century, before Europeans arrived in China via sea routes, how much did ancient Chinese people know about the world? How did they imagine and understand the world they inhabited? This is not merely a question [โฆ] The post Global historic story in an ancient Chinese map appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Unseen hands, shadow fleets and undersea cable sabotage
This article wasoriginally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. As the mysteries behind high-profile undersea cable ruptures in theBaltic SeaandTaiwan Straitremain unsolved, scrutiny over Russian and Chinese โshadow fleetโ activity has only intensified throughout 2025, doing little to quell speculation about intentional sabotage. Shadow fleets, which mainly came to prominence following Russiaโ...
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup
Critics have denounced the vote as a sham that will be used to entrench the military government's power.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Russiaโs missile salvoes stretch US defenses from Kyiv to Taipei
Russiaโs missiles are outpacing Ukraineโs defensesโand the implications reach well beyond Europe. From South Korea to Taiwan, the US and its allies face the same looming test: intercepting smarter, faster salvos before magazines run dry. That picture is already visible in Ukraine, where the US Special Inspector Generalโs latest quarterly report says Kyiv is struggling [โฆ] The post Russiaโs missile salvoes stretch US...
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:A quiet path to peace in the South China Sea
For more than two decades, the South China Sea has been the focal point of competing claims, maritime frictions and delicate diplomacy. What was once envisioned as a stabilizing frameworkโthe Code of Conduct (CoC)โhas itself become a symbol of ASEANโs struggle to balance sovereignty with pragmatism. From the time ASEAN and China adopted the Declaration [โฆ] The post A quiet path to peace in the South China Sea appeared...
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:I saw a kaleidoscopic light before going blind, says survivor of Laos methanol poisoning
Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel advice.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Why US upgraded Balochistan Liberation Armyโs terror designation
US systemic rivalry with China over the contours of the emerging world order has made many assume that it backs all opponents of the Peopleโs Republic, from neighboring states with whom Beijing has territorial disputes to terrorist groups, yet a recent move just shattered this perception. The US State Departmentabruptly raisedthe Balochistan Liberation Armyโs (BLA) [โฆ] The post Why US upgraded Balochistan Liberation...
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Swatch sorry for 'slanted eyes' ad after China uproar
The image of a model pulling the corners of his eyes resembled a racist image, critics say.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Health v heritage: Pigeon feeding ban sparks debate in India
Feeding pigeons is common in Indian cities but is now controversial due to rising numbers and health risks.
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:Time for Europe to show courage
The Alaska summit was a great success for Vladimir Putin and for Donald Trumpโs love of theater, but a potential disaster for Ukraine and Europe. The most obvious feature was that Russia made no commitment to a ceasefire. But the most important was that America put no pressure at all on Russia to end the [โฆ] The post Time for Europe to show courage appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:The Indo-Pacific Is Like the Cold War, But Not in the Way Most Think
The Cold War was a clear cut case of successful macrosecuritization. The Indo-Pacific push, by contrast, may turn out differently.
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:โStable Instabilityโ: China-Japan Dilemmas in the Shadow of Sino-American Rivalry
Three enduring dilemmas define the complex relationship between Asiaโs two largest economies as they mark the 80th anniversary of World War IIโs end.
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:More than 200 missing in flood-hit district in Pakistan, official says
Hundreds are reported missing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a result of devastating floods.
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:Watch: Plane makes emergency landing on Australian golf course
Video shows the aircraft flying over the golf course before crash landing, as the pilot and passenger escaped without major injuries.
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:Beyond chow mein: Can a new wave of restaurants help China win hearts?
As an authoritarian China tries other forms of soft power, a sumptuous table may be a useful draw.
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Beyond chow mein: How a new wave of restaurants is redefining Chinese food abroad
As an authoritarian China tries hard to win the world over, a sumptuous table may be a useful draw.
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Putin-Trump talks shift focus from ceasefire to peace deal
If you read the headlines in American and European newspapers, you would conclude that the Alaska Summit failed. It did not. Washington changed direction and abandoned its support for a ceasefire. Here is Trumpโs official statement: A great and very successful day in Alaska! The meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia went very well, [โฆ] The post Putin-Trump talks shift focus from ceasefire to peace deal...
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Trump-Putin shake but no deal in Alaska
Hours before meeting Russiaโs leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump said he wanted to see a ceasefire in Ukraine and was โnot going to be happyโ if it wasnโt agreed today. The US president appears to have left Alaska with no such agreement in place. โWe didnโt get there,โ Trump told reporters, before later [โฆ] The post Trump-Putin shake but no deal in Alaska appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir
The majority of deaths were recorded in Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area.
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Inequality, taxes and a false fiscal dilemma in Singapore
Since its inception, Singaporeโs paramount economic advantage has lain in its seamless integration with global markets, attracting vast foreign investment and driving trade flows that transformed it from a sleepy entrepot into a burgeoning metropolis. Yet the turbulence unleashed by Donald Trumpโs tariff wars has starkly illuminated how such openness can become a strategic liability. [โฆ] The post Inequality, taxes and...
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Indiaโs hand in Trump tariff row stronger than it looks
On August 6, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order doubling tariffs on most Indian exports to the United States, raising the rate from 25 to 50%. The decision, set to take effect later this month, was justified on grounds of trade imbalances and New Delhiโs continued discounted purchases of sanctioned Russian oil. The [โฆ] The post Indiaโs hand in Trump tariff row stronger than it looks appeared first on...
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