Asia
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South Asia’s record-breaking weather set to worsen as climate change brings more dangerous monsoon seasons
Last month, as one side of India’s north faced a heatwave with the hottest temperatures on record, Shatadeepa’s hometown in…
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Interview: Belt and Road Initiative a platform to build a community with a shared future for mankind — Cypriot expert
NICOSIA, June 21 (Xinhua) — Promoting peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit around the world,…
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Ballots and Bullets in the Bangsamoro
Organised in parallel to national polls, these contests pitted former rebels against powerful political clans, with an incomplete peace process…
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Turkey Demands ‘Concrete Steps’ From Sweden and Finland for NATO Support
Although both countries have taken steps to improve relations with Ankara, which holds a veto over their application to NATO,…
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Gaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air Prison’ at 15
(Gaza) – Israel’s sweeping restrictions on leaving Gaza deprive its more than two million residents of opportunities to better their…
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US tries to broker Lebanon, Israel maritime dispute
The two nations have been long deadlocked over competing claims to offshore reserves. Erin Viner TV7 Israel News The United…
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Opinion: Anti-Islam remarks put pressure on India’s Modi
In March 2016 at the inauguration of the World Sufi Forum Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed delegates to “the…
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Turkey Targeting Iraq, Syria, Cyprus, Greece
This means that Turkey will once again attack Kurds in Syria in an attempt to push them out of the…
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A Short Visit to the Taliban’s Tense and Quiet Capital
The Taliban are still finding their way around Kabul, the capital they took with the rest of Afghanistan last summer,…
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Fleeing to Safety – A Photographic Exhibition
On the occasion of World Refugee Day UNHCR On the occasion of World Refugee Day 2022, the UNHCR Country Office…
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Crossbenchers urge new attorney general to end prosecution of Bernard Collaery
Key crossbenchers are urging the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, to immediately intervene to end the previous government’s pursuit of Bernard Collaery…
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Why the Ukraine war may power Asia’s green energy shift
Countries in the region – including its three biggest economies China, Japan and India – were criticised last year for…
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Avoiding a Return to War in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
But friction is building between the military and ethnic Rakhine fighters. ICG The parties should strike a formal deal to…
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Iraq: Stabilising the Contested District of Sinjar
Thousands remain displaced. ICG To persuade them to return, the Iraqi federal and Kurdish regional governments will need help from…
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China launches empire building exercise in Pacific theatre
Time to head to the map room. We’ll open the long, wide, top drawer, pull out the map of World…
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Don’t Fall For Erdogan’s Not So Charming Offensive
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a charm offensive. Boris Zilberman Th National Interest In recent weeks, the autocratic…
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