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26-05-2017 11:45

Opinion // As numbers grow, Catholics in China still face oppression (Emanuele Scimia)

26-05-2017 10:46

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will resort to any means necessary, including nationwide martial law, to counter the rising threat of Islamic State-linked militancy. (Richard Javad Heydarian)

26-05-2017 10:09

Can Fukuoka live up to the tech startup hype? (Oscar Boyd, Japan Times)

26-05-2017 10:03

Japan's Mizuho Financial Group will start a venture next month to create new businesses using "fintech," an executive said, joining a global race in financial technology that threatens to unsettle traditional players. (Reuters)

26-05-2017 09:37

After successful missile launches, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un often exchanges smiles and hugs with the same three men and shares a celebratory smoke with them – meet the trio behind the weapons program. (Ju-min Park and James Pearson)

26-05-2017 09:08

The Philippines mobilised attack helicopters and special forces to drive Islamic State-linked rebels out of a besieged southern city on Thursday, with six soldiers killed in street combat amid heavy resistance. (Reuters)

26-05-2017 08:32

Opinion // China’s market – sensible people acting insensibly (Grant Newsham)

26-05-2017 08:30

President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a senior White House advisor, is under scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Russia probe, the Washington Post and NBC News reported on Thursday. (Reuters)

26-05-2017 06:53

China teaches US coal miners how to be wind farmers (New York Times)

25-05-2017 23:47

Opinion // Myanmar’s missing investment law liftoff (Gary Kleiman)

25-05-2017 23:19

Opinion // Chinese graduate’s speech sparks uproar back home (Shiying Cheng)

25-05-2017 22:14

Opinion // Hypocritical Trump fans fires of sectarian conflict (Neville Sarony)

25-05-2017 18:08

Chinese technology giant Lenovo on Thursday said its net profit for the fiscal year was back in the black, helped by stabilization in its core personal computer market. (Agence France-Presse)

25-05-2017 17:45

As her reality TV star husband meets many of his Western allies for the first time as US president on Thursday, Melania Trump will be offered a different take on the surreal by her hosts in Brussels. (Reuters)

25-05-2017 17:33

President Donald Trump meets in Brussels today with leaders from the European Union and Nato, two pillars of the postwar transatlantic security order that he openly and routinely disparaged during his presidential election campaign. (Richard Maher)

25-05-2017 16:54

Now that President Hassan Rouhani has been re-elected by a wide margin for another four-year term, it is crucial to ponder what his victory means for Iranian women. (Azadeh Davachi)

25-05-2017 16:17

Malaysian energy giant Petronas has avoided a credit rating downgrade and financial losses through sharp cost cutting that has crimped the global firm's future plans and ambitions. (David Hutt)

25-05-2017 15:05

Malaysian premier Najib Razak claims his "TN50" initiative will catapult the nation into the world's top 20 by 2050, but critics see a thinly veiled scheme to win the youth vote. (David Hutt)

25-05-2017 14:19

Malaysian leader Najib Razak has escaped a corruption scandal and economic downturn to emerge as the front runner in elections expected later this year. (Radzi Razak)

25-05-2017 13:36

US Homeland Security officials have begun "extreme vetting" interviews at Australia's offshore detention centres, two sources at the camps told Reuters on Tuesday, as Washington honours a refugee swap that US President Donald Trump had called "a dumb deal." (Reuters)

25-05-2017 12:03

Opinion // Awakening from the Trump nightmare hinges on popular revolt (Bernard-Henri Levy)

25-05-2017 11:33

Opinion // Xi’s ‘Chinese dream’ being threatened by imperial overreach (Brahma Chellaney)

25-05-2017 08:55

Thousands of civilians fled fighting in the Philippines on Wednesday, as troops clashed with Islamist militants who took over large parts of the city of Marawi, taking hostages, seizing buildings, and setting free scores of prisoners. (Reuters)

25-05-2017 08:46

The Venerable W, a film by veteran filmmaker Barbet Schroeder stirred audiences at Cannes for its portrayal of the buddhist monk, Wirathu, accused of inciting violence against the Rohinya community in Myanmar. (Fiachra Gibbons)

25-05-2017 08:43

Rubber products maker Ansell Ltd said on Thursday it would sell its condom business to a Chinese consortium for US$600 million, leading the Australian company to launch a US$265 million on-market share buyback. (Reuters)

25-05-2017 08:23

China has fined Citic Securities, Haitong Securities and Guosen Securities for breaking brokerage rules as part of Beijing's efforts to clean up its financial services sector. (Reuters)

25-05-2017 08:04

Senior Russian intelligence and political officials discussed how to influence Donald Trump through his advisers according to information gathered by American spies last summer, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. (Reuters)

25-05-2017 07:54

A US Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China, American officials said on Wednesday, the first such challenge to Beijing under US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

25-05-2017 01:54

Opinion // WeChat starts conversation with blocked foreign sites (Jessica Rapp)

24-05-2017 18:07

Taiwan's top court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, a landmark decision that paves the way for the island to become the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex unions. (Liu Hsiu Wen and Agence France-Presse)

the brief

Dec 09,2016, 3:48

Does Pakistan need an Indian threat to keep its unity?

Dec 07,2016, 5:43

Indo-Pak dialogue process fails to launch at Amritsar

By Kadayam Subramanian

Dec 06,2016, 6:30

Can Afghanistan choose between India and Pakistan?

Oct 28,2016, 2:09

Indian media fuels jingoism after ‘surgical’ Pakistan strike

By Kadayam Subramanian

Workers push harvested cotton with their feet as they unload it from a supply truck at a cotton processing unit in Kadi, Gujarat state, India. Reuters

Oct 18,2016, 4:33

India, Pakistan border tensions hurt cotton trade

By Asia Times staff

An Indian soldier stands guard near the Line of Control in Kashmir. Photo: Reuters/Mukesh Gupta

Oct 12,2016

Does India really want to go to war?

Emanuele Scimia

As numbers grow, Catholics in China still face oppression

26-05-2017 11:45

China’s market – sensible people acting insensibly

26-05-2017 08:32

Myanmar’s missing investment law liftoff

25-05-2017 23:47

Chinese graduate’s speech sparks uproar back home

25-05-2017 23:19

Hypocritical Trump fans fires of sectarian conflict

25-05-2017 22:14

Bernard-Henri Levy

Awakening from the Trump nightmare hinges on popular revolt

25-05-2017 12:03

Brahma Chellaney

Xi’s ‘Chinese dream’ being threatened by imperial overreach

25-05-2017 11:33

WeChat starts conversation with blocked foreign sites

25-05-2017 01:54

Michael Mandelbaum

What Nato needs from Trump

24-05-2017 16:54

Not quite dead: how Trump-spurned TPP could be resuscitated

24-05-2017 11:42

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