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The plan’s primary goal seems to be attracting international data center investment – even at the cost of abandoning regulation.

Chinese officials detained an Indian national for 18 hours at Shanghai airport, claiming that her Indian passport was not valid as she is from Arunachal Pradesh.

The long-suppressed Tiwari Commission report on the 1983 Nellie massacre has finally been released, but early responses suggest it may ignite debate on demographic change rather than accountability for one of India’s deadliest episodes of mass violence.

The recent M5.5 earthquake occurred outside the better known seismic hazard zones and is a wake-up call to boost preparedness.

A merchant selling “gel blasters” is the latest person to face serious criminal charges for possession of seemingly harmless guns. 

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A year after the illegitimate declaration of martial law, the conservative People Power Party is still justifying Yoon’s decision.

What, exactly, is “Central Asia” today?

A war of perceptions over framings of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi is taking shape in Taiwan.

Europe would have given almost anything for peace, but Beijing had a different calculus.

“Sabah for Sabahans” undermines the country’s precarious ethno-political balance.

Eliminating the immensely popular leader would not end the crisis; it would unleash one that the Pakistani state may not survive.

How to build a new global order before it’s too late.

Journalists alone cannot stave off autocracy.

Many Bangladeshis believe that this is a strategy of the Jamaat to send working women back home.

The extradition of Y Quynh Bdap, 33, is a sign of a growing crackdown on Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand, rights groups say.

Non-citizens, including established ethnic Chinese families, face the downgrade of freehold titles – some inherited over generations – into 30-to-60-year leases.

At least 176 people have been killed in Thailand and three in Malaysia, while the death toll in Indonesia has climbed above 600.

But as the legality of U.S. boat strikes comes into question, the White House’s regime-change ambitions may be curbed.

But as the legality of U.S. boat strikes comes into question, the White House’s regime-change ambitions may be curbed.