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The law forbids publicly damaging, removing, or defacing a Japanese flag in a manner likely to cause others “extreme discomfort or disgust.”

The Cockroach Janata Party is leading a youth-heavy protest movement that embodies the public anger with the BJP.

The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization may prove to be China's most ambitious effort yet to shape the future deployment and governance of AI.

Journalism can help ensure that climate governance is guided by transparency, accountability, and justice.

COP17, which will be hosted by Mongolia in August, “comes at a pivotal moment for global action on land.”

Many of China’s initial, ambitious Arctic objectives collided with political and logistical realities. Now Beijing is testing out an “Arctic 2.0” strategy.

The Falepili Union offers Tuvaluans “mobility with dignity.” But unless Australia also protects Tuvalu’s workforce, the landmark agreement could weaken the country years before rising seas make it uninhabitable.

There are persistent misunderstandings about what the intelligence partnership is, and what it actually does.

Brussels no longer sees China only as an economic actor. It sees China as a challenge to the organization of global order itself.

These disputes could reshape the geopolitical order in East Asia – or even spark a war.

Infrastructure development, with a catch.

Amid a rise in smuggling, Anutin Charnvirakul has recently come out against the policy he once championed: the decriminalization of marijuana.

Last week, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar said that agreeing to the meeting was a sign of the ASEAN special envoy's "timidity and poor judgment."

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said that she was “deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" at the leniency of the charges announced on Friday.

Sara Duterte claimed that she is "bloodied but unbowed" in the face of persecution by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his administration.

Bangladesh successfully changed its rulers two years ago, but the historic task of changing the system itself remains unfinished.

Taslima Nasrin was driven out of Kolkata 19 years ago under pressure from Muslim fundamentalists. Now, Hindu nationalists are rolling out the red carpet for her.

Landmark architecture in the Pakistani city's historic Shahi Bazar is undergoing conservation, but it may not be enough to save the once-vibrant district.

Nuclear reactor exports are becoming an increasingly important arena of strategic competition.

Both sides are trying to sustain trade talks and practical cooperation, but the EU’s new security definition of China may complicate this progress.