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January 7, 2019 marks the 40 year anniversary of Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. Photo: Richard S Ehrlich

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

How Vietnam lost and China won Cambodia

by David Hutt January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, waves as he leaves his home to attend the count for his seat in Britain's general election, in London, on June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, World

What rise of Jeremy Corbyn means for the Middle East

by Martin Newland January 7, 2019

Photo: AFP/Bryan Smith

The bear will be back

by David P. Goldman January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

A member of the Palestinian security forces stands guard at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on September 26. Photo: AFP

Egypt, France, Israel, Middle East, World

Palestinian Authority pulls staff from Egypt border crossing

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

Bahrain, France, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Opposition urges Arab states not to mend ties with Syria

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Valery Plotnikov, a palaeontologist at the Yakutia Academy of Sciences, stands among mammoth tusks confiscated from collectors who operate illegally on Nov 28, 2018. Photo: AFP

China, France, Russia, World

Chinese demand for prehistoric tusks fuels ‘mammoth rush’

by Maria ANTONOVA January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Interior view of the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium which will take center-stage in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Qatar faces challenges on and off the field at Asian Cup

by John Duerden and David Harding January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 2, 2019. - Taiwan's unification with the mainland is "inevitable", President Xi Jinping said on January 2, warning against any effort to promote the island's independence and saying China would not renounce the option of military force to bring it into the fold. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, World

Xi’s two speeches: one inspirational, the other evocative

by Swaran Singh January 6, 2019

FinTech, financial technology and world economy, abstract image visual

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

How the future of the global economy will be defined

by Joseph Nathan January 5, 2019

Cambodian officials look at ivory seized from a shipping container at the Phnom Penh port. Cambodia seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique on December 16, the country's largest ivory bust. Experts say it was bound for Vietnam. Photo: AFP/Ban Chork

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Vietnam’s illegal ivory market ‘continues to thrive’

by Asia Times and Mongabay January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

France, Middle East, Syria, World

Jihadists advance against insurgents in northern Syria

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

رجل إيراني يقوم بتنظيم الرمان في متجره في وسط طهران في 21 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2013، استعداداً لاحتفال «يلدا» السنوي، وهو تقليد زرادشتي قديم يعقد في أطول ليلة في العام. لا زال أغلبية الإيرانيين يحتفلون باليوم، إلا أن الكثير يجدون صعوبة في شراء الفاكهة والبضائع الأخرى التي تستخدم تقليدياً في هذا اليوم المميز. صورة: AFP/Behrouz Mehr

Iran, Middle East

تحت العقوبات الأمريكية، يحتفل الإيرانيون ب«ليلة يلدا» بدون رمان

by Kourosh Ziabari January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

A Thai pro-democracy activist uses a placard showing a caricature depicting Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to shield himself from the sun in Bangkok, Thailand May 5, 2018. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP/Anusak Laowilas

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand

New clouds gather on Thailand’s electoral horizon

by Shawn W. Crispin January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

The PLA has pinned hopes on the FC-31, aka J-31, to form a new carrier-borne fighter squadron. Photo: Twitter

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia

PLA wants FC-31 fighters on its aircraft carriers

by Frank Chen January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

China, Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, Chinese New Year good luck gets more expensive

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Protesters wearing yellow vests (gilets jaunes) demonstrate against rising costs of living on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on December 8, 2018. Photo: Lucas Barioulet / AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

Unfettered market fundamentalism has failed to deliver prosperity

by Marshall Auerback January 4, 2019

Prime Minister Imran Khan's government has been accused of wanting to devastate his rivals running Sindh state. Photo: AFP / Muhammad Reza / Anadolu

Pakistan, South Asia

Graft probe targeting govt rivals ‘aims to eliminate opposition’

by F.M. Shakil January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a key appointment on Sunday. Photo: Handout via Reutersdelivers a speech in a meeting with military commanders in Tehran, Iran, February 7, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS

China, France, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Tehran the master of fake news in Mideast

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain January 4, 2019

Supporters of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam religious party shout slogans as they protest the execution of Mumtaz Qadri – the man who assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer after he called for the pardoning of a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad – in March 2016. Photo: Reuters

Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Years after governor was shot dead, mobs still scream ‘blasphemy’

by Imad Zafar January 4, 2019

United States President Donald Trump believes the trade war with China is working. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

How did the US become the global superpower?

by Joseph Nathan January 3, 2019January 4, 2019

Santa Maria in Davao Occidental. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Migrant worker’s daughter stabbed to death by friend

by Asia Times staff January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Chinese shoppers look at the iPhones on display at the Apple Store in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, World

Apple warns of revenue hit from US-China trade war

by Asia Times staff January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Wang Fuman, or "Frosty Boy," when he turned up at Zhuanshanbao primary school after a 4.5-kilometer hike. Photo: Online

Beijing, China, World

‘Frosty Boy’, the rural poor and China’s push to eliminate poverty

by Gordon Watts January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

A file photo shows honor guards of the Taiwanese Army lowering the Taiwanese flag in Taipei. Photo: Twitter

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, World

Taiwan sees a rise in voluntary youth enlistment

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

A Thai security force officer stands next to a banner of a suspect (back L) following a bomb attack at a civilian volunteer base by suspected separatists the night before in the Rangae district of Narathiwat province, December 29, 2018. Photo: AFP/Madaree Tohlala

AT Finance, Malaysia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Thai insurgents revive ahead of new polls

by Jason Johnson January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

The National Bank of Kuwait's Direct Remit service, powered by Ripple’s technology, is being touted as a fast, around-the-clock remittance service. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, South Asia, Thailand, World

National Bank of Kuwait to use Ripple for remittances

by Luke Thompson January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Hong Kong Baptist University in Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, South Asia

Six ethnic minority students get scholarships in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Indian police escort Hindu devotees Kanaka Durga (centre L) and Bindu (centre R) after they were stopped by hardline activists during an effort to reach the Sabarimala Ayyapa temple in the southern state of Kerala. Photo: AFP

India, South Asia

Indian temple shuts for ‘purification’ after women enter shrine

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Unemployed businessman. Photo: iStock

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Why Japan and South Korea have contrasting unemployment rates

by Joon Young Kwon January 2, 2019January 2, 2019

لم تتقبل السعودية التعليقات الساخرة للكوميدي الأمريكي حسن منهاج عن ولي العهد محمد بن سلمان في برنامجه «بيتريوت آكت» صورة: نتفليكس.

France, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

No laughing matter: Saudis put the screws on streaming giant

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

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