Protests erupt in Indonesia over administration’s attempts to bypass constitution
Protesters claim that proposed revisions to election regulations favor family members of influential individuals, including President Joko Widodo’s son, in upcoming local elections
Afghans continue to bear the cost of two decades of US occupation
Three years since the defeat and withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, the people of the country face extreme economic difficulties and deteriorating human rights
President of the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh Rashed Khan Menon arrested
Rashed Khan Menon was arrested on Thursday in what is widely seen as part of a broader crackdown against allies of the ousted government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
US starts another round of war games in Korean Peninsula
North Korea has called the drills a “war of aggression exercise,” underlining the need to enhance deterrence capacity
New prime minister in Thailand amidst continued suppression of political dissent
The largest party in the country’s parliament, the Move Forward Party, was forced to disband and its leaders were banned from politics for 10 years for demanding reforms in a law which makes criticism of the monarchy in any form punishable offense
Retaliatory violence grips Bangladesh weeks after Hasina’s resignation
Since Hasina stepped down on August 5, there have been increasing incidents of violence against members of her party and symbols of the Liberation War.
Arshad Nadeem’s rare triumph in Olympics gives Pakistan an opportunity to address structural issues
Given its failure to prioritize social sector investments and its complete negligence of sports, it took Pakistan over seven decades to win its first individual Olympic gold medal
South Korea and US will hold yet another joint military exercise explicitly aimed at North Korea
The number and scale of joint military exercises involving the US and South Korea have increased recently, giving credence to claims made by North Korea and China that the countries intend to launch an Asian NATO