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A Rohingya girl grieves outside of a UNHCR tent in Bangladesh in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Photo
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, World

A deeper look at Myanmar’s genocidal intent

by Angshuman Choudhury September 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh and Washington on August 13, 2018, as they take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of  Saada, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. Photo: AFP / Stringer
Posted inAfghanistan, France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Yemen’s descent into hell: a Saudi-American war of terror

by Rajan Menon September 20, 2018
Illustration: iStock
Posted inIraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia accuses US of using white phosphorus ordnance

by Asia Times and agencies September 10, 2018February 18, 2020
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. Photo: AFP
Posted inMiddle East, World

Mattis says US support for coalition ‘not unconditional’

by Paul Muir August 29, 2018February 18, 2020
A Rohingya man looks at Facebook on his cell phone at a temporary makeshift camp after crossing over from Myanmar into the Bangladesh side of the border, near Cox's Bazar's Palangkhali, September 8, 2017. Photo: Nurphoto via AFP/ Ahmed Salahuddin
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar, World

Mea culpa?: Facebook covers its tracks in Myanmar

by Kayleigh Long August 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Two Australian commandos - part of a special forces troop that were pulled out of Afghanistan - look at their medals of honor for their military service in a file photo.  Photo: AFP/Troy Bendeich
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, France, Indonesia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

Australia torn by its Afghan war crimes

by Lachlan Colquhoun June 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, believes there are grounds to investigate violations of international law committed in Afghanistan during the last 15 years. Such a probe would set a precedent in Asia.Photo: Max Koot/Wikimedia Commons.
Posted inAfghanistan, Middle East, South Asia, World

International Criminal Court probe could set Asia precedent

by Abraham Joseph November 25, 2017
Posted inChina, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The ‘Western front’ of the war over ‘The Rape of Nanking’

by Randy Hopkins November 21, 2017February 18, 2020
US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter  conducts strike operations. Photo: Ford Williams/US Navy via Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, France, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, Syria, World

Moscow says US ‘one step from military clashes with Russia’

by Asia Times and agencies April 7, 2017February 18, 2020
USS Ross fires a tomahawk missile at Syrian targets on April 7. Photo: US Navy handout via Reuters
Posted inBeijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

US strikes Syria with dozens of cruise missiles

by Asia Times and other media April 7, 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
Posted inIran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Suspected Syria gas attack brings destruction … deception

by Brett Edwards and Mattia Cacciatori April 5, 2017February 18, 2020
Babies lie on beds after being transferred to an underground unit at a children's hospital that was partially damaged from recent airstrikes, in a rebel held area of Aleppo, Syria July 24, 2016.   Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail/File Photo
Posted inAfghanistan, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Syria healthcare workers, services targeted in war, study shows

by Reuters March 15, 2017February 18, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of protestors returned to the streets of Seoul on January 7, demanding impeached President Park Geun-hye's immediate removal. A South Korean monk set fire to himself as part of the protest. Photo: AFP
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Monk sets himself on fire at anti-Park protest

by Agence France-Presse January 8, 2017February 18, 2020
Iraq bureau chief Dean Yates stands on the roof of the Baghdad bureau as he does a live rehearsal with the New York office as part of events marking the first day of Thomson Reuters, in Baghdad, Iraq, April 17, 2008. Photo: Reuters/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

A journalist’s decline into PTSD … and road to recovery

by Dean Yates November 17, 2016February 18, 2020
2016-10-12t023747z_1534086145_s1beugluulac_rtrmadp_3_mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo
Posted inEgypt, France, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia and Turkey plot the endgame in Aleppo

by M.K. Bhadrakumar October 12, 2016

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