Politics – Page 241 – Asia Times

Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Ban on hiring Filipino domestic workers in UAE to be lifted

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Domestic workers in Hong Kong march to government headquarters on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Facebook/AMCB

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand

Domestic workers march in Hong Kong for pay rise

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, where cannabis farmers have lived outside the law for decades, might soon be growing and exporting their crops legally. Photo: Asia Times/Ari Paul

Lebanon, Middle East, World

In Lebanon, consensus grows for cannabis legalization

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Palestinian schoolchildren chant slogans and raise the victory gesture over a UN flag during a protest at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school, financed by US aid, in the Arroub refugee camp near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on September 5, 2018.
Photo: AFP / Hazem Bader

European Union, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

US pulling funds on UNRWA is an assault on refugees

by Gordon Brown September 10, 2018

Sapporo City in Hokkaido, Japan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

AT Finance, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines

66 Filipinos back safe from Hokkaido after earthquake

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

PM Imran Khan, left, talks to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second right, as Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center left, listens during their meeting at the PM's Office in Islamabad. Photo: AFP / Pakistan Press Information Dept / Ho

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

Shuttle diplomacy focuses on Afghanistan

by Zamir Awan September 10, 2018

Atif Rehman Mian has been hailed one of the best young economists in the world.

Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Bigotry pollutes Naya Pakistan’s atmosphere

by Turyal Azam Khan September 10, 2018

The Philippine Department of Health. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Philippines

Filipino migrant workers urged to get tested for HIV

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Frpm left: Myanmar First Lady Cho Cho, Nepal First Lady Radhika Shakya, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Myanmar President Win Myint, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bhutanese Chief Justice Dasho Tshering Wangchuk, and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pose for a group photo during the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Kathmandu on August 31, 2018. Photo: / AFP / Pool / Navesh Chitrakar

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Seven-nation BIMSTEC on road to rejuvenation

by S K Chatterji September 10, 2018

Pohnpei International Airport in the State of Pohnpei, Micronesia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Philippines

Gobyerno ng Pilipinas, pinagbawalan na ang pagpapadala ng mga manggagawang Filipino sa Micronesia

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Abu Dhabi, UAE. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines

Marami sa balik-bayang Filipino, biktima ng illegal recruiters

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Doha, capital of Qatar. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Middle East, Nepal, Philippines, South Asia, World

Qatar, isinasaayos ang sistema para sa exit visa para sa mga dayuhang mga manggagawa

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Philippines

Mga Filipino sa Libya, inabisuhan nang maghanda sa paglikas

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

The UK's riot police could be busy if a no-deal Brexit triggers civil unrest, says a leaked report. Photo: iStock

European Union, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

UK police chiefs planning for chaotic post-Brexit scenario

by Asia Times staff and agencies September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

A doctor examines a patient at a newly reopened hospital in the Iraqi city of Mosul on September 9. Photo: AFP

Iraq, Middle East

Hospitals reopen in Mosul

by Asia Times and agencies September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese yuan. Photo: iStock

China

More than US$73 billion yuan in special bonds to be issued

by Asia Times staff September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqis buy food from a vendor in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on September 9. Photo: AFP

Iraq, Middle East

Calm returns to Basra after violent demonstrations

by Asia Times and agencies September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Tanks take part in a military parade in Pyongyang on September 9. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

North Korea marks 70th anniversary with carefully calibrated parade

by Andrew Salmon September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

The remains of a home destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City in 2013. Photo: Wikipedia

AT Finance, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, World

Typhoon Haiyan: a harbinger of tomorrow’s climate

by Aaron Pedrosa September 9, 2018

A toy soldier fires a rocket launcher in front of an explosion. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Vietnam, World

Heroes and zeroes: McCain and Drumpf

by Neville Sarony September 9, 2018

A mosque is damaged by the earthquake at Bayan on Lombok on August 11. Traditional homes survived the worst of the quake. Photo: AFP/ Anton Raharjo /NurPhoto

AT Finance, Indonesia

Indigenous homes save lives during Lombok quakes

by Fathul Rakhman September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

The New York Times front page, dated August 9, 1974, on President Richard Nixon's resignation. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Iraq, Laos, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

‘Resistance’ runs amok in the US Deep Throat War

by Pepe Escobar September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers clean up garbage from the Jakarta Bay area in March 2018. Indonesia held another big cleanup in August to publicize the problem and the need to curb the massive use of plastic bags. Photo: AFP/ Dasril Roszandi / NurPhoto

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

Indonesia awash in a sea of plastic waste

by Asia Times staff September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

As Trump goes full Joker, Asia must fight back

by William Pesek September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Thousands of women joined mass protests on the streets of Seoul against spycam pornography. Photo: AFP

China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Spycam porn rallies South Korea’s feminist movement

by Andrew Salmon September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iraqi protester waves a national flag while demonstrating outside the burnt-down local government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 7. Photo: AFP / Haidar Mohammed Ali

China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraq protests threaten oil production and critical ports

by Omar al-Jaffal and Safa Khalaf September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Terrorists, Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, World

In the ruins of the caliphate, ISIS rears its ugly head

by Joseph Hope September 8, 2018September 8, 2018

Three strikes and you're out. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's courtship of Donald Trump appears to be unraveling. Photo: Reuters / Thomas Peter

Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Abe has 3 tools at his disposal for rebooting economy

by Ted Gover September 8, 2018September 8, 2018

Good and evil. Image: iStock

World

Why education transcends good and evil

by Immanuel Fruhmann September 8, 2018

Australia's incoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference in Canberra on August 24, 2018.Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

Weak hand at helm as Australia drifts upon stormy regional seas

by Lachlan Colquhoun September 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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