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Computer generated 3D illustration of the Titanic sailing towards an iceberg. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

SS China resembles the Titanic steaming into a debt iceberg

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Symbol of Tunisia with Buildlings in Background. Photo: iStock

European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Tunisia tosses post-Arab Spring springboard

by Gary Kleiman October 16, 2018

A Yemeni man carries his child who is suffering from malnutrition into a treatment center at a hospital in the capital Sanaa on October 6, 2018. Photo: Mohammed Huwais / AFP

European Union, Middle East, World, Yemen

مسئولة بالأمم المتحدة: مجاعة اليمن تهدد حياة 13 مليون مدني

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 16, 2018January 30, 2019

Lucky Plaza on Orchard Road, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Singapore

Employer harassed by dozens of loan sharks

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Professor Nouriel Roubini, who was given the nickname 'Dr. Doom' for his ultimately correct predictions about the 2008 financial crisis, argues blockchain is not about decentralization and democracy but about greed. Photo: World Economic Forum

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

The most over-hyped and useless tech in history?

by Nouriel Roubini October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 7, 2017 Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen (L) and China's President Xi Jinping listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother. / AFP PHOTO / Fred DUFOUR

China, India, Iraq, Japan, Maldives, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria

Unclenching China’s talons in Maldives is no easy task for India

by Prakash Katoch October 16, 2018

Bharatiya Janata Party politician and former minister MJ Akbar has denied the sexual harassment charges laid against him by more than a dozen women. Photo: AFP/Prakash Singth

India, Middle East, South Asia

How to pursue legal remedies after India’s #MeToo

by Saurav Datta October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Manama, Bahrain. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Bahrain, Middle East, Philippines

‘Di dokumentadong mga Filipino, makakukuha ng Bahrain visa upang makahanap ng trabaho

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Ethnic Uighurs take part in a protest march asking the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Chinese Xinjiang region and the closure of "re-education centers" where some Uighurs are detained, during a march in Brussels, April 27, 2018. Photo:AFP/ Emmanuel Dunand

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, World

Mahathir puts Uighur rights above China ties

by Nile Bowie October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Semarang, Central Java in Indonesia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Indonesia

Gobiyerno, itinanggi ang ikalawang Filipinang nasa death row sa Indonesia

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan (R) casts his vote during by-elections on October 14. Photo: PRIME MINISTRY OFFICE OF PAKISTAN / HANDOUT / Anadolu Agency

Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan by-elections bring opposition PML-N back into the fray

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Smart Manufacturing in China is booming. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

China’s ‘smart’ move will not solve US trade war

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A panorama of the Hsuehshan Range in central Taiwan, where a key military lookout and radio surveillance station is located. Photo: WikiMedia

China, Hong Kong, India, South Asia, Taiwan, World

China, Taiwan build mountaintop surveillance stations

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea

Government working to free kidnapped Filipinos in Libya

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A man looks for his name on the first draft of the National Register of Citizens in Guwahati in the Indian state of Assam on January 1, 2018. Around 13 million people in Assam woke up to uncertainty on that day after the release of an official registry with names of only 19m of the state's over 32 million residents. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Germany, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Concentration camps, citizenship and the burden of erasure in India

by Nandita Saikia October 16, 2018

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn lights a candle at a sacred ceremony in a file photo. His formal coronation is due to be held in early May. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand, World

A lighter royal touch for Thailand

by Shawn W. Crispin October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

قدرت الحكومة عدد الكلاب الضالة في شوارع مصر ب18 مليون كلب.

صورة: iStock

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Egypt urged to export dog meat to Asian countries

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

السكة الحديد بين الكوريتين في شمال شرق جنوب كوريا هو أقل السكك الحديد إستخداماً في البلد

صورة: آندرو سالمون

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

الكوريتان تخططان لربط الطرق والسكك الحديدية بين البلدين

by Andrew Salmon October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Iao Hon in Macau where the illegal clinic was. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, China, Macau, Middle East, Vietnam

Illegal Vietnamese dentist extracted by Macau cops

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Photo: AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt

Beijing, China, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

A full employment economy? What could possibly go wrong?

by Marshall Auerback October 16, 2018

Scarlett Johannson stars in the live-action adaptation of Japanese anime film, Ghost In The Shell.

Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The exotification of Japan

by Shunta Takino October 16, 2018October 16, 2018

Crowds at Tiu Keng Leng Station on Tuesday morning. Photo: Asia Times

China, Hong Kong

MTR breakdown causes rush hour chaos in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Jamal Khashoggi was murdered when he visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Jordan, Middle East, Myanmar, Turkey, World

The martyrdom of Jamal Khashoggi

by Daoud Kuttab October 16, 2018

Japan's Shinzo Abe wants to hold his own talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Japan feeling isolated as Seoul, US and North Korea talk

by Peter J. Brown October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Wenzhou city, Zhejiang province. Photo: iStock

China

Wenzhou offers rewards to encourage more IPOs

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Jamal Khashoggi was murdered when he visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Photo: AFP

Middle East, Turkey

Saudis will admit journalist died during interrogation: CNN

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Silhouette of young businessman pushing large stone uphill with copy space. Image: iStock

Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Mohsin Nawaz: A story of courage and perseverance

by Wasif Malik October 16, 2018

Philipines economic growth

Trump green lights foreign aid bill to counter China

by Asia Times staff October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Jordanian police check vehicles at the Jaber border crossing between Jordan and Syria (Nassib crossing on the Syrian side) on the day of its reopening on October 15, 2018 in the Jordanian Mafraq governorate. - The main border crossing between Jordan and war-torn Syria reopened on October 15 after a three year closure, an AFP photographer reported. The black metal border gate was opened from the Jordanian side of the crossing at 8:00 am (0500 GMT) as more than a dozen police and customs officials stood nearby, the photographer said, while several cars bearing Jordanian license plates queued on the Syrian side ready to roll in. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Jordan, Middle East, Syria

فتح معبر حيوي يربط سوريا والأردن بعد 3 سنوات من الإغلاق

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 15, 2018January 30, 2019

Isaeli supporters of the right-wing Organization for Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land (LEHAVA) chant slogans outside the wedding hall where Mahmoud Mansour, an Arab-Israeli, and Morel Malcha, a Jewish-Israeli, were married on August 17, 2014. Photo: Gali Tibbon / AFP

Israel, Middle East

زواج يهودي من عربية مسلمة يثير سخط سياسيين إسرائيليين

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 15, 2018January 30, 2019

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