A Long Fight to Keep a Closer Eye on Madrasas Unravels in Pakistan
In a deal with Islamist parties, Pakistan is abandoning a requirement that religious seminaries, long seen by Western ...
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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule
Map locates ... much of Asia. A Mayor’s Odyssey: Crispín Agustín Mendoza, a former undocumented resident of California who now runs a town in the strife-torn mountains of southwest Mexico ...
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Climate change is now a real and pressing economic threat
In fact, ADB’s ‘Asia-Pacific Climate Report 2024’ warns that Indian ... Similarly, with delayed withdrawal and several low-pressure areas turning into cyclones, the southwest monsoon ended with 8% ...
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CES 2025 tips and tricks: A guide to tech’s biggest trade show
Some 5,975 were from the Americas outside the U.S., 12,424 were from Europe, 36,017 were from the Middle East and Asia, 229 were from Africa and ... greater than the value of the swag. You should ...
The countries of Southeast Asia work together to quash dissent
The countries of Southeast Asia are helping each other intimidate and extradite exiled government critics, according to a ...
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Mazda to build module pack plant in southwest Japan
TOKYO : Mazda Motor said on Monday that it will build a new module pack plant for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells in Iwakuni City in southwest Japan. The new plant, to be built in ...
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Opinion – Echoes of 1971: Arakan Army's campaign in Myanmar may redraw Asia's geopolitical map
The United League of Arakan (ULA) and its military wing, the Arakan Army, have captured 15 of the 18 townships of the Rakhine (former Arakan) State of the Union of Myanmar.
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January 7, 2025 • A strong earthquake killed dozens of people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the high-altitude region of western China and across ...
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The U.S.-Southeast Asia Relationship: Responding to China’s Rise
In May 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Southeast Asia program convened a workshop to examine the direction of the U.S.-Southeast Asia relationship from the present to 2030. The workshop ...
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Expanding South Korea’s Security Role in the Asia-Pacific Region
South Korea, or the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a Northeast Asian power with a global presence, yet its geopolitical influence in Southeast Asia is rarely exercised. This limited profile contrasts ...
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Upcoming K-pop concerts, tours and music festivals in Asia: SEVENTEEN, 2NE1, Taemin and more
Stars including veteran idols 2NE1, SEVENTEEN, GFRIEND and more are touring the world with both new and old tunes in tow – and hitting Asia very soon. While some of those artists are staging ...
Is the Southwest America’s obscure hinterland — or its rightful heartland?
Kyle Paoletta's "American Oasis" explores the history and culture of Las Vegas, Phoenix and other cities in a region that in ...