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Malaysia is heading toward an early general election, but few are optimistic that a change in leadership will actually lead ...
Malaysia is heading toward an early general election, but few are optimistic that a change in leadership will actually lead ...
The endless jockeying for political power has left Pakistan’s economy in shambles and its people fighting for survival.
As the country flirts with the idea to extend the presidential term limit to 15 years, it drifts closer to ...
The war in Ukraine has India walking a tightrope in dealing with Russia and Western powers.
The pandemic briefly paused Singapore’s executions of convicts. This year, though, the country resumed carrying out death penalties.
Decades after the bloody conflict in Aceh, the survivors are still left with wounds that continue to fester.
Hate crimes are on a precipitous rise in the United States, and Asian Americans are increasingly becoming the targets.
Vietnam has never been keen on having non-profits around. Now it has made it even more difficult for such groups ...
The authorities in the island city-state went hammer and tongs against its perceived critics in 2021. Still, there were a ...
A s the circumstances deteriorate in Afghanistan, hundreds of Afghans – from government officials to activists and journalists, to members...
Read morePakistan’s devastating floods last year have worsened the water and sanitation problems particularly in the country’s rural areas.
Read moreThe illegal status of the sex industry in Thailand leaves loopholes for corruption, human rights abuse, and inequality, prompting calls...
Read moreMyanmar’s battered economy flounders some more as power outages that began last year worsen.
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