Asia
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How the World Enables China’s Legal Gamesmanship
More specifically, I suggested that the official delegates of the 160-plus national governments who will convene later in 2020 for…
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Greece on alert as Turkey sends survey ship to disputed waters
The search for potentially rich oil and gas deposits is to take place south of the Greek island of Kastellorizo.…
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Traditional council frees Taliban setting up peace talks
The declaration read out in both of Afghanistan’s official languages of Pashto and Farsi calls for an immediate start to…
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Lebanon: Protesters take over ministries after deadly blast
Meanwhile, PM Hassan Diab says he… Deutsche Welle Lebanese protesters on Saturday stormed the country’s Foreign Ministry as they vent…
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Turkey’s tentacles in India go deeper than thought, says new intel warning
The Turkish foreign ministry on Wednesday criticised India’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in August last year,…
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The Beirut Blast: An Accident in Name Only
Among the country’s long-suffering citizens, shock is quickly yielding to fury. ICG It may be the last chance for those…
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Moscow and Ankara will continue uneasy cooperation
Moscow also touts possible space cooperation with Turkey amidst tensions with the US on this issue. Anna Borshchevskaya Middle East…
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China clears man of murder after 27 years behind bars
Zhang Yuhuan, 52, was jailed for the murder of two young boys in 1993 but always maintained he was tortured…
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Beirut has suffered a catastrophe that will live long in the memory – and the repeated betrayal of its citizens is a travesty
All presided over by a ‘government’ unworthy of the name, says Robert Fisk Independent Τhere are some moments in a…
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Raising the Stakes in Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmiri militancy is growing, often with Pakistani encouragement. ICG Allies should urge New Delhi to relax its clampdown and Islamabad…
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Coronavirus update: WHO team in China had ‘extensive discussions’ with scientists in Wuhan, Philippines records daily case high
Meanwhile, The Philippines has recorded the highest number of daily cases yet in all of South-East Asia as a new…
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COVID-19 and a Possible Political Reckoning in Thailand
But a looming economic crisis could shake the foundations of the political order. ICG What is needed is revision of…
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Turkish Aggression Is NATO’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
BRUSSELS — The warships were escorting a vessel suspected of smuggling weapons into Libya, violating a United Nations arms embargo.…
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Duterte: Vaccine needed before recovery road map
He was reacting to criticisms that he did not spell out clear plans to deal with the pandemic in his…
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US imposes sanctions on Chinese ‘state-within-a-state’ linked to Xinjiang abuses
Pompeo: China’s treatment of minorities is ‘stain of the century’ AFP in Washington The Guardian The United States has imposed…
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China and Iran are about to Become Allies—Here’s What We Should Do about It
”Two ancient Asian cultures, two partners in the sectors of trade, economy, politics, culture and security with a similar outlook…
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