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Eman Ahmed in Mumbai in February. Photo: BBC

Egypt, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Former ‘heaviest woman’ dies

by Asia Times staff September 25, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Eduardo Munoz

AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam, World

US isolation on the bell curve of international opinion

by Adam Garrie September 25, 2017

Turkish President Recep Erdogan, seen here in April, has spoken out strongly in support of the Rohingya. Photo: AFP, Bulent Kilic

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, European Union, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Turkey and the Rohingyas: Erdogan as global Muslim leader

by The Conversation and Simon Watmough September 16, 2017February 18, 2020

People shout slogans as they are stopped by police during a protest rally in Kolkata on September 11, 2017, against the killing of Rohingya in Myanmar. Photo: Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, World

Why aren’t Muslim countries absorbing the Rohingya?

by Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi September 12, 2017September 13, 2017

Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu flashes the V-sign after winning his freedom on 21 April 2004. Vanunu said he was "proud and happy" to have blown the whistle on Israel's nuclear program as he was released at the end of an 18-year prison sentence. The one-time technician at the Dimona nuclear plant in southern Israel was abducted by secret service agents in Italy, then smuggled back to Israel and jailed back in 1986 after leaking details of the plant to Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. Photo: AFP / Yoav Lemmer

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Israeli lesson: Japan, S. Korea will get nukes of their own

by Stephen Bryen September 12, 2017

Bahrain, Beijing, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Taiwan, World

The Daily Brief for Monday, 11 September 2017

by Paul Muir September 11, 2017September 11, 2017

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends the opening ceremony of the Hamad port in Doha, Qatar, on September 5, 2017. Photo: Qatar News Agency via Reuters

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, World

Gulf ‘talks’ turn sour, stirrings of Qatari opposition grow

by Sami Moubayed September 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kenzaburo Fukuhara

China, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

BRICS for gold: a dollar-smashing monetary revolution

by Adam Garrie September 7, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kenzaburo Fukuhara

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, World

The real BRICS bombshell

by Pepe Escobar September 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Syrian midfielder Mardik Mardikian (second from left) is mobbed by his teammates after scoring against Japan during a friendly in Tokyo on June 7, 2017. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Egypt, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

History, hope, heroes: the story of Syria’s World Cup dream

by Sami Moubayed September 4, 2017February 18, 2020

A girl looks out from a bullet-riddled bus in a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, in Syria, July 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Alaa Al-Faqir

China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Latest talks see US yield to Russia over southern Syria

by Sami Moubayed September 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock / Getty

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Royal sheikh-up: meet Qatar’s Saudi-backed emir-in-waiting

by Sami Moubayed August 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks to media in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Egypt, European Union, Middle East, Russia, World

Cambodia clampdown, taking cues from China, targets US

by David Hutt August 25, 2017February 18, 2020

A veiled Muslim bride waits for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad. Photo: Reuters / Amit Dave

Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

The ramifications of Supreme Court’s judgment on triple talaq

by Amrita Mukherjee August 24, 2017

It's more than a long-shot, but if a $1 billion plan to kidnap Kim is adopted, Kim Jong-un's going to have to watch his back. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Macau, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

$1 billion plan to kidnap Kim, prevent war

by Tom Velk August 8, 2017August 8, 2017

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu during their meeting in Beijing on August 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Roman Pilipey/Pool

Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, World

China, Turkey seek bridge over troubled waters of Mideast

by Shazar Shafqat August 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Neymar takes part in a tournament in Santos, Brazil, on July 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Leonardo Benassatto

Bahrain, Egypt, France, Iran, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Why Neymar’s US$264m transfer is ‘soft power’ play by Qatar

by Rene Slama August 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Russia adjusts to realities in US politics

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 30, 2017

Palestinian men pray as Israeli security forces secure outside the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City July 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, World

Arab humiliation and the Temple Mount

by Spengler July 27, 2017

A Kuwait Finance House branch in Kuwait. Photo: AFP/Yasser Al-Zayyat

Bahrain, China, Egypt, Kuwait, Middle East, Turkey, World

Kuwait lender eyes China business amid Gulf saturation

by Asia Unhedged July 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Syrian girls sit in front of shops in the rebel-held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, on July 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Bassam Khabieh

Egypt, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

De-conflict deals show Syrian rebels know victory is out of sight

by Sami Moubayed July 24, 2017February 18, 2020

US aid cargo. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Can aid for trade be a salve to the poorest nations?

by Yongfu Huang July 23, 2017July 23, 2017

Photo: iStock / Getty

Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, World

Fostering Arab entrepreneurs

by Philippe Le Houérou July 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters / Charles Platiau

Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, France, Iran, Middle East, Syria, World

A coup in the House of Saud?

by Pepe Escobar July 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin make a statement after talks at the Kremlin on July 4, 2017. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Why it’s difficult to trust China or Russia

by Todd Royal July 20, 2017

The MQ1 Predator drone

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia

Middle East, African countries turning to China for weapons

by Asia Unhedged July 18, 2017February 18, 2020

People walk past a construction site at the Chinese part of the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China, May 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov

AT Finance, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Beijing, Brunei, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, World

BRI could signal boom for worldwide ‘localization’ services

by Doug Tsuruoka July 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Bahrain, China, Egypt, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

The Daily Brief for Wednesday, 12 July 2017

by Richard Cook July 12, 2017

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Why some Arab countries want to shutter Al Jazeera

by Philip Seib July 11, 2017February 18, 2020

A boatload of Syrian and Iraqi refugees nears the Greek Island of Lesbos. The Syrian civil war highlights the global crisis involving refugees and migrants, a crisis the author believes requires a new international migration system that recognizes all types of population movement between countries. Photo: Ggia/Wikipedia Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Egypt, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

The time has come for a new international migration system

by Alexander Casella July 11, 2017

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