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18-11-2018 04:51

Opinion // Blowback from India’s strategic blunder in Bhutan? (Bhim Bhurtel)

17-11-2018 19:22

McGonegal says trade war with China is almost over (Asia Times staff)

17-11-2018 16:32

Canadian lab helps mission to Mars, grows better cannabis (Frank Chen)

17-11-2018 15:17

Will history remember the coming Trump-Xi dinner party? (George Koo)

17-11-2018 13:46

EU forest agreement with Vietnam aims for ‘clean’ timber (Michael Tatarski)

17-11-2018 12:54

Modi heads to Maldives to firm up ties (Bertil Lintner)

17-11-2018 12:17

Deceased Leicester City football club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha leaves behind big plans to develop Thai football in the image of his English Premier League success. (John Duerden)

17-11-2018 11:30

Forgotten refugee crisis on the Thai-Myanmar border (Jim Pollard)

16-11-2018 21:48

Opinion // Afghan government must do more to improve security (Ihsanullah Omarkhail)

16-11-2018 19:23

Friday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond (Pete Sabine)

16-11-2018 19:20

US denies it will deport preacher to reduce Turkey pressures (Alison Tahmizian Meuse)

16-11-2018 19:01

Bitcoin’s high energy usage could be a risk worth taking (Steven Huckle)

16-11-2018 19:00

Two schools in neighboring states, just about 20 kilometers apart—while one doesn't even have basic facilities, the other is flushed with funds and amenities (Aritry Das and Ankur Tanwar)

16-11-2018 17:31

New, unidentified weapon not aimed at US, and is probably not subject to arms-control treaties - but international news outlets have leaped in with both feet (Andrew Salmon)

16-11-2018 17:27

Afghanistan takes center stage in the New Great Game (Pepe Escobar)

16-11-2018 17:16

BJP’s love for renaming old cities of India aims to increase polarisation and distract people from Narendra Modi government’s failure on real issues, experts say. (Kanchan Srivastava)

16-11-2018 16:38

Rohingya refugee repatriation plan stutters before it starts as a first group refuses to return to Myanmar. (Faisal Mahmud)

16-11-2018 16:21

Runaway migrants arrested at gambling den in Kaohsiung (Asia Times staff)

16-11-2018 16:09

Opinion // Turkey-US relations are better, for now; watch the economy (Ömer Taşpınar)

16-11-2018 14:54

Genocidal justice finally served in Cambodia with verdicts against former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan. (David Hutt)

16-11-2018 14:43

In a move to update the marriage documentation in favor of women's right to divorce, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology is drafting a new marriage document (Kunwar Khuldune Shahid)

16-11-2018 13:46

The ‘more reasonable member’ of the Khmer Rouge (Alan Parkhouse)

16-11-2018 13:43

Pol Pot’s deputy, Brother Number Two (Alan Parkhouse)

16-11-2018 13:41

The long, hard road to Khmer Rouge justice (Alan Parkhouse)

16-11-2018 13:07

Opinion // Health summit lights the lamp for nurses to become leaders (Sultana Afdhal)

16-11-2018 12:55

Stormy skies for Boeing after Lion Air crash in Indonesia. (John McBeth)

16-11-2018 12:22

Opinion // No end in sight for the ‘Great Syrian Civil War’ (Nicos Panayiotides)

16-11-2018 12:05

Opinion // Starting from the bottom: a tale of the informal economy and inequality (Namira Samir)

16-11-2018 11:32

Opinion // The case for embracing compensated free trade (Robert Skidelsky)

16-11-2018 07:40

Opinion // Trump needs to understand limits of Chinese reform (William Holland)

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People gather at the scene of an accident in Amritsar, Punjab, on October 20, 2018, after revelers who had gathered on the tracks were killed by a train on October 19. Photo: AFP / Narinder Nanu

Oct 20,2018, 3:19

Amritsar disaster just latest tragedy on India’s accident-plagued rail network

By Asia Times staff

Apr 03,2018, 12:31

Shameful display of Hindutva terror in festive processions

By M Shamsur Rabb Khan

Dec 12,2017, 12:31

Religious traditions play role in India’s pollution problem

By Jeremy Luedi

Mumbaikars prepare to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi on Friday. Photo: NDTV

Aug 25,2017, 10:35

Mumbai gears up for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations

By Asia Times staff

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Photo: NDTV

Aug 24,2017, 8:53

Mamta calls for peace as Dussehra, Muharram collide

By Asia Times staff

The Hindi festival Rakshabandhan celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters.Photo: iStock

Aug 07,2017, 9:25

Pakistani woman sees premier as ‘Rakshabandhan’ brother

By Asia Times staff

Jun 22,2017, 1:10

Chicken-loving rail worker’s leave application goes viral

By Asia Times staff

Opinion

Bhim Bhurtel

Blowback from India’s strategic blunder in Bhutan?

18-11-2018 04:51

Ihsanullah Omarkhail

Afghan government must do more to improve security

16-11-2018 21:48

Ömer Taşpınar

Turkey-US relations are better, for now; watch the economy

16-11-2018 16:09

Sultana Afdhal

Health summit lights the lamp for nurses to become leaders

16-11-2018 13:07

Nicos Panayiotides

No end in sight for the ‘Great Syrian Civil War’

16-11-2018 12:22

Namira Samir

Starting from the bottom: a tale of the informal economy and inequality

16-11-2018 12:05

Robert Skidelsky

The case for embracing compensated free trade

16-11-2018 11:32

William Holland

Trump needs to understand limits of Chinese reform

16-11-2018 07:40

Imad Zafar

Police officer’s murder sparks unfair accusations

16-11-2018 03:32

Jayden Kim

Apology accepted, BTS; now, what about Japan?

15-11-2018 17:12

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