Militants kill 4 in attack on police station in northwest Pakistan
Suspects used grenades and automatic weapons on the station in Lakki Marwat district before fleeing the scene overnight, according to…
Kishida’s difficult year
Author: Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra The past year has not been good for Japan, nor for Prime Minister Fumio…
Iran and the ‘Asianisation’ of world politics
Author: Alam Saleh, ANU In an era characterised by the conspicuous rise of China and growing Russian aggression, a new…
Poisonous bootleg booze kills 37 in Indian state where alcohol is banned
Selling and consuming alcohol is prohibited in several parts of India, driving a thriving black market for potent backstreet moonshine…
Checking the blind spots in India’s abortion ruling
Authors: Niharika Rustagi and Kaushambi Bagchi, NUS Sexual and reproductive health rights are crucial to women’s bodily autonomy and empowerment.…
China’s waning influence in Southeast Europe
Author: Igor Rogelja, UCL When the Peljesac Bridge in southern Croatia opened on 26 July 2022, it was the second…
Climate solutions will come from those on the front lines of the crisis, not wealthy leaders
A visitor is seen at the new solar power plant of the South African arm of Heineken, at the company’s…
Vietnam places market logic above workers’ rights
Author: Angie Ngọc Tran, California State University Vietnam’s long-overdue 6 per cent regional minimum wage increase came into effect on…
Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India bolsters bilateral ties
Author: Smruti S Pattanaik, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses In 2021, India and Bangladesh celebrated fifty years…
South Korean student charged with killing US college roommate unfit for trial
Purdue University student Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old cybersecurity major from Seoul, faces one count of murder in the killing…