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An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard while a Kashmiri woman walks by in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. Photo: iStock/Bilal Ahmad

India, South Asia

Militants target families of policemen in Kashmir conflict

by Aakash Hassan August 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Yemeni children take part in a mass funeral for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. Photo: AFP

France, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Saudi, UAE may be guilty of war crimes in Yemen: UN

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

An image grab from a July 05, 2014 propaganda video allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, addressing Muslim worshipers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Photo: AFP / Al-Furqan Media

France, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

IS leader makes call to arms after year of silence

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, Hong Kong

Mainland boy seen defecating in Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station

by Asia Times staff July 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Thousands protest against the shooting death of Tanveer Ahmed Pala on Friday in central Kashmir's Budgam district. Photo: Kashmir Reader

Afghanistan, China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

UN human rights report on Kashmir ignored Pakistan’s record

by Prakash Katoch July 23, 2018July 23, 2018

Farooq Ahmad Dar was used by Indian Army personnel as a human shield against stone-throwers outside a polling station in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in April 2017. Photo: Twitter

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Major who used human shield in Kashmir in new controversy

by Majid Hyderi May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Sri Lanka's War Memorial at Kilinochchi, April 2018. Photo: David Scott Mathieson

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Israel, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar is on a Sri Lankan path to impunity

by David Scott Mathieson May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A Karen insurgent soldier holds a rocket launcher while standing guard at Oo Kray Kee village in Karen State near the Thai-Myanmar border in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

AT Finance, Myanmar, South Asia

A road back to war in Myanmar

by Sally Kantar May 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Pakistan classroom. Photo: Flickr Commons

Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Education holds the key to peace in Pakistan

by Imran Ali Sandano February 27, 2018February 27, 2018

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

Germany, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

US-Russian ceasefire agreement holding in southwest Syria

by Ellen Francis July 10, 2017February 18, 2020

With all sides playing to win, everyone ends up with second-best... except the house. Photo: Raoul Luoar via Flickr/Creative Commons

Australia, Beijing, China, Italy, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

What game theory says about dealing with North Korea

by Byung-Seong Min June 1, 2017February 18, 2020

A military helicopter flies past a mosque in Marawi. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Philippines

Civilian death toll mounts in Philippines ISIS battle

by Agence France-Presse May 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to soldiers during a visit at a military camp in Iligan City, Philippines, May 26, 2017. Photo: Philippines handout via Reuters.

AT Finance, Australia, Oceania, Philippines

Duterte jokes about rape – again

by Reuters May 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has pushed through sweeping tax reform that will affect consumers and businesses. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

India’s unique Naga solution offers hope in Kashmir too

by Seema Sengupta May 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A US Army serviceman sits on the tailgate of a helicopter in the Afghan capital Kabul on April 24, 2017. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, South Asia

Taliban’s annual spring offensive under way

by Anne Chaon April 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghan Special Forces inspect the inside of a cave which was used by suspected Islamic State militants at the site where an MOAB, or ''mother of all bombs'', struck the Achin district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

McMaster has much to review in Afghanistan

by Salman Rafi Sheikh April 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Uncategorized

Japan’s advice in a missile strike: Keep a handkerchief handy

by Peter Langan April 24, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Reuters/Sputnik/Kremlin

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

Trump stumbles into Putin’s Syrian backyard

by Nina L Khrushcheva April 15, 2017

Coming Kim's way... Trump adds to his Syria message by diverting the USS Carl Vinson strike group toward North Korea. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore

US carrier strike group diverted to North Korea region

by Reuters April 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Communist Party of the Philippines' Benito Tiamzon (C) and his wife Wilma Austria Tiamzon (L) gesture next to Jose Maria Sison, the exiled founder of the Communist Party, as Norway hosts peace talks between the Philippine government and National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Oslo last year. Photo:Reuters

Uncategorized

Duterte offers communist leader chance to come home

by ABS-CBN April 6, 2017February 18, 2020

A man breathes through an oxygen mask after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria on April 4. Photo: Reuters

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Suspected Syria gas attack brings destruction … deception

by Brett Edwards and Mattia Cacciatori April 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian Cossack commander Vladimir Bagliy shows a local newspaper with a picture of his fellow Cossack Yuri Sokalsky (R) killed near the Syrian city of Palmyra, in the Black Sea town of Gelendzhik. Photo: Reuters

Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russian losses in Syria greater than Kremlin admits

by Maria Tsvetkova March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

King Abdullah II and Vladimir Putin. The Jordanian leader has been silently supportive of Russia's military intervention in Syria. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Revamped jihadi militia opens new chapter of violence

by Sami Moubayed March 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Iraqi rapid response forces advancing towards the south of Mosul. Donald Trump won the Republican primaries and the general election in part by attacking the Iraq War, which he likened to “throwing rocks into a hornets’ nest.” Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Trump, McMaster and the Petraeus legacy

by Spengler February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

People take part in a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad government during the United Nations Geneva IV conference. REUTERS

France, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The latest UN Syria talks will fail, just like the last ones

by Sami Moubayed February 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnamese and Chinese communist youths wave flags to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (both not pictured) at a meeting in Hanoi on November 6, 2015. Xi said he hoped for a "higher level" partnership with Vietnam on a visit that has angered Vietnamese nationalists at a time of bubbling conflict over the South China Sea. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Na Son Nguyen / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Na Son Nguyen

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, Chengdu, China, European Union, France, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

Breaking a taboo, Hanoi recalls war with China

by Xuan Loc Doan February 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Uncategorized

Victory in Mosul may mean defeat in Deir Ezzor

by Ben Richardson February 21, 2017

Bangladesh coast guards patrol in a vessel in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Bangladesh rebukes Myanmar for ‘unprovoked aggression’

by Agence France-Presse February 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Failed state: poverty and a lack of hope is playing into the hands of extremists. But is that also playing into the hands of global interests? Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Egypt, France, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Is Syria’s Idlib being groomed as Islamist killing ground?

by Sami Moubayed January 29, 2017February 18, 2020

The flag of Bangladesh. The red disc symbolizes the sun rising over Bengal, while the red represents the blood of victims in the country's struggle for independence. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Uncategorized

Bangladesh to hang elite security team members hired by politicians

by Admin January 16, 2017

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Tag: Conflict

Militants target families of policemen in Kashmir conflict

Saudi, UAE may be guilty of war crimes in Yemen: UN

IS leader makes call to arms after year of silence

Mainland boy seen defecating in Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station

UN human rights report on Kashmir ignored Pakistan’s record

Major who used human shield in Kashmir in new controversy

Myanmar is on a Sri Lankan path to impunity

A road back to war in Myanmar

Education holds the key to peace in Pakistan

US-Russian ceasefire agreement holding in southwest Syria

What game theory says about dealing with North Korea

Civilian death toll mounts in Philippines ISIS battle

Duterte jokes about rape – again

India’s unique Naga solution offers hope in Kashmir too

Taliban’s annual spring offensive under way

McMaster has much to review in Afghanistan

Japan’s advice in a missile strike: Keep a handkerchief handy

Trump stumbles into Putin’s Syrian backyard

US carrier strike group diverted to North Korea region

Duterte offers communist leader chance to come home

Suspected Syria gas attack brings destruction … deception

Russian losses in Syria greater than Kremlin admits

Revamped jihadi militia opens new chapter of violence

Trump, McMaster and the Petraeus legacy

The latest UN Syria talks will fail, just like the last ones

Breaking a taboo, Hanoi recalls war with China

Victory in Mosul may mean defeat in Deir Ezzor

Bangladesh rebukes Myanmar for ‘unprovoked aggression’

Is Syria’s Idlib being groomed as Islamist killing ground?

Bangladesh to hang elite security team members hired by politicians

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