Asia

Reports published in Indian media last week suggest that New Delhi is willing to start a dialogue with factions of the Afghan Taliban. The outreach is reported to be led by security officials and is limited to the Taliban factions that are…

WASHINGTON: An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar's junta will be paid US$2 million to "assist in explaining the real situation" of the army's coup to the United States and other countries, documents filed with the US Justice…

Governments should impose targeted sanctions on the generals responsible for Myanmar’s February 1, 2021 coup overthrowing democratic rule and the ensuing arbitrary arrests and other abuses, Human Rights Watch has said in a new …

India's northern Naga tribes have been in a 50-year dispute with authorities over how they are recognized by New Delhi. Despite promises of rapprochement, armed tension continues. Ankita Mukhopadhyay reports from Kohima. India's…

Twenty-six Rohingya migrants feared to have drowned off Malaysia after a treacherous boat crossing have been found alive, hiding in bushes on an island, an official said Monday. A search was launched at the weekend for the Muslim…

TOKYO — Japan is paying 87 companies to shift production back home or into Southeast Asia after the novel coronavirus pandemic disrupted supply chains and exposed an overreliance on Chinese manufacturing. While China’s economy is…

Beijing is seeking to pull US-China relations out of their current downturn, perhaps the most serious since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1979. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke about this subject on July 9 to…

Jessica in Legazpi City, Philippines, recently had to evacuate from home with her family of seven because a typhoon was approaching her region.   “We were brought into a school and given our own classroom to maintain…

Facebook has bowed to pressure by the government of Vietnam and agreed to restrict posts by dissidents, setting a bad precedent for both human rights and its global policies, US-based Human Rights Watch has alleged . The decision increases…

YANGON—Myanmar reported the death of another COVID-19 patient on Saturday, taking the country’s coronavirus death toll to five while the number of infected people in the country has risen to 94. Yangon is the hardest hit region, with 76…