When will they ever learn?” I wondered, recalling a line from Pete Seeger’s popular Vietnam-era anti-war song, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” What are the lessons of Vietnam? The question has been …
The Delta variant is pushing the western Pacific region to the brink. In the Philippines, nurses are walking away
In front of the altar at a chapel in Manila, a man stops, not to pray, but to give oxygen to a critically ill patient with COVID-19.
Japan’s Suga Looking at Oct. 17 General Election, Reports Say
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is looking to hold a general election on Oct. 17 and will delay a leadership vote for his ruling party until after the poll, two leading newspapers reported.
Japan sends cargo ship on 230-mile trip with no crew
A Japanese cargo ship with no one on board is to be sent on a 236-mile voyage into busy shipping lanes next year, in a significant step forward in the race to …
Black Caps up against it in Bangladesh
New Zealand will start their T20 series against Bangladesh as underdogs, with the visitors having none of their regular shortest-form players in their squad.
Bangladesh sentences 6 militants to death for killing of LGBTQ activists
Xulhaz Mannan, who was the editor of Bangladesh’s first LGBTQ rights magazine, Roopbaan, and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy were killed at their apartment in Dhaka on April 25, 2016.
Bangladesh Court Condemns 6 Militants to Death in Killings of Gay Rights Activists
A Dhaka court sentenced a half-dozen members of an Islamic militant group to death Tuesday for killing two gay-rights activists with machetes in a Dhaka apartment five years ago. Some of the …
Bangladesh court sentences 6 to death for murder of LGBTQ+ activists
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced six members of an outlawed Islamist group to death for the murder of two LGBTQ+ activists five years ago. The judge acq …
6 Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh for Killing of Gay Rights Activist
The activist Xulhaz Mannan, who had started a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender magazine, was hacked to death in a machete attack in 2016.
Short-term gains: Pakistan a strategic winner with Taliban triumph — for now
The fall of Kabul to the Taliban — a hard-line Islamist group created largely by Pakistani intelligence in the 1990s — delivers what could be a major strategic victory for Pakistan, according to …