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An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft flies overhead during a 2013 training mission in Nevada.

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China’s drones are going global. So are its drone strikes

by Scott N. Romaniuk January 11, 2017January 10, 2017

US military forces aboard Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) manoeuvre on South China Sea near the shore during the annual Philippines-US amphibious landing exercise (PHIBLEX) in San Antonio, Zambales province, Philippines October 7, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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Australia should defend the US-led order in Asia

by Grace Kim January 10, 2017January 10, 2017

Tev Bahadur Yadav makes one of his videos.

India, South Asia

Indian soldier’s gripes over bad food provoke furor

by Asia Times staff January 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Wayang kulit puppets in Java, Indonesia. Photo: Collection Jean François Hubert

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Shadow play: the New Great Game in Eurasia

by Pepe Escobar January 10, 2017February 18, 2020

What would he have thought? Winston Churchill on a foggy morning in central London. December 30, 2016. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth

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Asean GDP all set to surpass the UK this year after Brexit

by Johan Nylander January 10, 2017February 18, 2020

A man displays 500 Indian rupee notes during a rally organised by India’s main opposition Congress party against the government's decision to withdraw 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes from circulation, in Ajmer, India, in November. Photo: Reuters / Himanshu Sharma

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Panel may summon Indian PM Modi over note ban

by Asia Times staff January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Three Xiaomi Mi models at a launch in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters / Anindito Mukherjee

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Chinese handsets corner 40% of Indian market

by Asia Times staff January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Crime of crimes: behind every case of slavery there lie multiple crimes and conspiracies. The 2015 discovery of a mass grave in Thailand exposed a complex nexus linking refugees fleeing religious persecution, corrupt police and politicians, plantation owners and global commodities supply chains, criminal gangs and a complicit financial system. Also, a world that had largely chosen to look away. Photo: Reuters.

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Slavery scourge thrives because of all we still don’t know

by Duncan Jepson January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

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

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Kashmir, 2017: Have prospects for peace improved?

by Kadayam Subramanian January 9, 2017January 9, 2017

An adorned Gurung girl wearing traditional costume and ornaments is seen during Tamu Lhosar or Losar (New Year) parade in Kathmandu, Nepal December 30, 2016. Members of the community in Nepal celebrate Tamu Lhosar or Losar with a feast and various cultural programs to usher in the Gurung community's year of the bird. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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Sino-Nepali joint military exercises: Mollifying Beijing?

by Sudha Ramachandran January 9, 2017January 9, 2017

A farmer works in a rice paddy field outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Samrang Pring

China, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Development’s new kids on the block

by Vasundhara Jolly January 9, 2017January 8, 2017

Masood Azhar, head of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi

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China’s double standard on counter-terrorism

by Vinay Kaura January 8, 2017January 9, 2017

This image shows an alleged human trafficking victim who was rescued from a village in Karnal. Photo: AFP

India, Nepal, South Asia, World

India’s horrifying sex slave trade is thriving with impunity

by Anusha Venkat January 8, 2017February 18, 2020

I'll be doggone... quality over quantity counts. Even in the canine corps. Photo: Reuters

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America’s military tentacles are in three-quarters of world

by Nick Turse January 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Donald Trump arrives at the home of hedge fund billionaire and campaign donor Robert Mercer in New York during last year's presidential race. Mercer's daughter Rebekah is a member of Trump’s transition team. Photo: Reuters/Mark Kauzlarich

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Who will be Asia’s winners and losers under Trump in 2017?

by Nigel Green January 8, 2017January 7, 2017

Cricket - India v England - Fifth Test cricket match - M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India - 20/12/16. England's Jonny Bairstow walks off the field after being dismissed. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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MS Dhoni and the code of ‘letting go’

by Raja Murthy January 7, 2017January 7, 2017

Wang Jianlin, chairman of the Wanda Group. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

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China’s richest man Wang Jianlin on a global hunting spree

by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop and Daniel Parnell January 7, 2017February 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO - Bollywood actor Om Puri speaks during a press conference announcing that Toronto will host the first ever Punjabi International Film Academy Awards (PIFAA) in Toronto, April 12, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

India, South Asia, World

The life lesson that Om Puri taught me

by Amrita Mukherjee January 6, 2017

Om Puri has died, aged 66. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

South Asia’s veteran film actor Om Puri dies at 66

by Asia Times staff January 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev attend a signing ceremony following the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan on October 4, 2016. Sputnik/Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin via Reuters

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Kazakhstan could be the diplomatic key for boosting stability

by Javier M. Piedra January 6, 2017

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses followers at the Buyant Ukhaa sport palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Photo: Reuters/B. Rentsendor

Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

India brings Dalai Lama in from the cold to irritate China

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 6, 2017January 5, 2017

A Chinese investor looks at prices of shares (red for gains) at a stock brokerage house in Nanjing city. Photo: AFP

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Asian stock markets’ jumbled journey judgments

by Gary Kleiman January 6, 2017January 5, 2017

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India’s ruling BJP’s social media strategy is abusive

by Kadayam Subramanian January 5, 2017January 5, 2017

Two men on a scooter assault a woman, attempting to take off her clothes and pushing her to the ground before leaving, in Bangalore, India, in this still image taken from January 1, 2017, CCTV footage. Photo: Local resident CCTV footage/via Reuters TV

India, Middle East, South Asia

Police arrest four men for molesting woman in Bangalore

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2017February 18, 2020

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The Daily Brief for Thursday, 5 January 2017

by Admin January 5, 2017January 5, 2017

In this photograph taken on April 6, 2016, a victim of marital rape poses near her home in New Delhi. Photo: AFP

India, Middle East, South Asia

Why most rapes go unreported in India

by Anusha Venkat January 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin has many things to toast internationally, but domestic unrest is growing. Photo: Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin

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Russia eyes stronger ties with Asia in 2017

by Sergei Blagov January 5, 2017

Activists of All India Mahila Sanskritik Sangathan at a protest rally against atrocities on women, gang rape, immoral trafficking and obscenity. Photo: AFP/Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto

India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia

Bangalore’s image tainted as video emerges of molestation

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Dmitri Lovetsky

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Putin’s year of triumphs

by Mikhail Molchanov January 4, 2017January 4, 2017

A man holds 2000 Indian rupees notes aloft outside a bank in Mumbai. Photo: Reuters

India, South Asia

Indian banks aim to boost credit growth with sharp rate cuts

by Reuters January 4, 2017February 18, 2020