Kyrgyzstan’s ruling tandem breaks amid new sanctions scrutiny Kyrgyzstan kickstarted summer with a diplomatic triumph, becoming the second Central Asian state after Kazakhstan to win a non-permanent UN Security Council seat.
Kyrgyzstan’s ruling tandem breaks amid new sanctions scrutiny
Kyrgyzstan kickstarted summer with a diplomatic triumph, becoming the second Central Asian state after Kazakhstan to win a non-permanent UN Security Council seat.
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Kyrgyzstan’s ruling tandem breaks amid new sanctions scrutiny
Kyrgyzstan kickstarted summer with a diplomatic triumph, becoming the second Central Asian state after Kazakhstan to win a non-permanent UN Security Council seat.
Read more-https://t.co/vkpAgIcgeU
The bombings may have stopped, but life in Iran feels anything but normal. Weeks after a fragile ceasefire ended the 40-day war between Iran, the United States and Israel.
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President Trump’s state visit to China in May attracted enormous attention across the country. Social media buzzed commentary, speculation, and mockery in equal measure. Lijia Zhang writes that beneath the jokes lies something more serious
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Iran has been under an internet blackout since the war began at the end of February. This follows an earlier 21-day blackout in January during the nationwide uprising against the Islamic Republic. Nazenin Ansari reports.
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South Asian countries have been badly affected by the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Kavita Chowdhury reports on how fuel shortages are affecting people in India, Bangladesh and the Himalayan region.
As Myanmar’s military rulers attempt to consolidate their hold on the country through elections, intended to restore at least a semblance of civilian rule
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"From a Washington perspective, #Pakistan is not a woman to marry, but rather a whore to use and discard. Munir is just the latest pimp. Trump’s term is ending and whoever comes next—Republican or Democrat—will likely agree on one issue: Pakistan is not to be trusted, nor will the United States feel any obligation to respect any Trump promises to Munir."
I explain in my latest @SundayGuardian commentary: https://t.co/Xdsz9jyZnc
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, is an informal strategic grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the US aimed at countering China’s growing military power and influence in the Indo-Pacific.
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Democracy rankings are back in view this spring. The latest Democracy Index from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) suggests that after eight years of global decline, democratic performance may be stabilising.
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Governments worldwide are indeed tightening their grip on social media and AI, shifting focus from just what's on the screen to why it's designed that way. Sham Banerji explains this in 'Democracy Asia', a monthly journal published in the UK.
As lawsuits mount and governments move towards tougher safeguards, the question is no longer only what appears on the screen, but why the screen was built to behave that way in the first place.
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A major problem facing Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing, now rebranded as the country’s civilian-style president, is to take control of the myriad ‘scam centres’.
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The lady known affectionately as Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ has led the country’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a landslide electoral victory – the party won more than two-thirds of seats in the House of Representatives or Diet.
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