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بث تلفزيون فلسطين لتبعات اقتحام مقره في غزة. مصدر: Facebook-Palestine TV

Middle East, Palestine

حماس تلقي القبض على خمسة أشخاص مشتبه في اقتحامهم تلفزيون تابع للسلطة الفلسطينية

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 6, 2019January 31, 2019

الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة أنطونيو جوتيريش (يمين) مع رئيس الوزراء الصومالي حسن علي خيري في قمة الدوحة، 16 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2018. قامت الصومال في 2 يناير/كانون الثاني 2018 بطرد ممثل الأمم المتحدة بعد اتهامه بالتدخل في الشؤون الداخلية للبلاد. صورة: KARIM JAAFAR / AFP

World

الأمم المتحدة تعبر عن أسفها بعد طرد ممثلها في الصومال

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 6, 2019January 31, 2019

ساحل ملوث بالنفايات في خليج كانيلا في الفلبين. صورة: Reuters/Erik de Castro

AT Finance, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea

الفلبين أصبحت موقع نفايات البلاد الغنية

by Bong S Sarmiento January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of US Senator Charles McGovern in Havana in May 1975. Photo: Reuters/Prensa Latina

Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

The Cuban Revolution, 60 years on

by Vijay Prashad January 6, 2019

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

British warship HMS Montrose is now making its way across the Pacific Ocean on its way to New Zealand. Photo: AFP/STR

Bahrain, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

UK’s hopes of Indo-Pacific strike group with France premature

by Emanuele Scimia 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

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in may be in for a tough year. Photo: AFPDiego Opatowski

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

South Korea flashes warning signs for 2019

by William Pesek January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews troops from a car during a military parade in Hong Kong on June 30, 2017. China's status in the world has changed under Xi and he's only just getting started. Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Chinese scholar offers insight into Beijing’s strategic mindset

by Pepe Escobar January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Photo: AFP/Saul Loebb

Uncategorized

US stocks surge on jobs data, Fed chair comments

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

Illustration: Reuters

Largest data leak in German history targets politicians, celebrities

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

Image: iStock

Afghanistan, France, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Taliban blames US, Afghan forces for most civilian deaths

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sergei Ilnitsky

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

Netanyahu, Putin hold talks

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

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (2nd-L), speak to the media after meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss the partial government shutdown. Photo: AFP/Alex Edelman

World

US government shutdown could drag on for months, lawmakers fear

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

US President Donald Trump (right) and China's President Xi Jinping (left) chat before their dinner date at the G20. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, World

Getting to grips with the China syndrome

by Gordon Watts January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Members of a Red Dao hill tribe, one of the ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Photo: iStock.

AT Finance, Middle East, Vietnam

Vietnam has plan for lifting ethnic minorities from poverty

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

A close-up of the moon's far side, taken by a camera atop the Chang'e-4 lunar probe. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

HK talent tapped for camera, site selection for mission to moon’s far side

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

Tungku Beach, Bandar Seri Begawan. Photo: Google Maps.

AT Finance, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines

Bodies of missing tourists in Brunei found

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

Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Philippines

New scheme to smooth airport queues for migrant workers

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

An aerial view of a wetland in Xiong'an New Area. Photo: Xinhua

Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, World

No skyscrapers, mega-malls in Xi’s Xiong’an New Area

by Frank Chen 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 Reserve Bank of India headquarters in Mumbai. Photo: AFP

India, South Asia

Parliament steps up pressure on RBI to ease lending rules

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

Thailand's junta number two Prawit Wongsuwan covers his eyes, displaying a watch he is wearing, during a photo call with other members of a new cabinet in Bangkok.
Photo: AFP/ Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn

AT Finance, Middle East, Thailand

Against ‘Rolex General,’ Thai anti-graft body bent over backward

by Chavalit Likitvivatanavong January 4, 2019January 4, 2019

China should choose its strategy wisely during the trade war with the United States. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

China’s growth to shape Asia’s economy in 2019

by Nigel Green January 4, 2019

Indian Army paratroopers in a joint exercise with the US military. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bhutan, China, France, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Joint operations in the Indian military remain a chimera

by Prakash Katoch January 4, 2019January 4, 2019

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (Left) and HK Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/HK Government

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines

Hong Kong leader writes to Duterte over drug case

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

Shanhua precinct of the Tainan City Government Police Bureau, Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Middle East, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

Vietnamese tourists held for working illegally in Tainan

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

2017年1月18日，遊客在台北饒河街夜市逛食攤。相片：Reuters / Tyrone Siu

大陸遊客會在2019年湧向台灣嗎

by Gary Sands January 4, 2019

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