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South Asia
Myanmar Has Not Taken Back a Single Rohingya in 9 Years
By Bhanu Ranjan ChakrabortyDHAKA: The Rohingya influx that began in Bangladesh on August 25, 2017, in the face of the country’s military operation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, has completed nine years. Despite various initiatives by the United Nations and international circles during this long period, not a single Rohingya has…
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Politics
The Overheated System: Causes of Climate Change and Our Leverage Against the Crisis
By Dr. Hassan HumeidaKIEL, GERMANY: Global weather is spinning out of control. Once-in-a-century floods, months-long droughts, and record-breaking summer heatwaves are no longer statistical outliers; they are the symptoms of a profound transformation of our planet. To understand the intensity of these weather extremes and to effectively limit them, we…
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Society
When Nature Runs Out of Control: How Climate Change Unleashes Disasters
By Dr. Hassan HumeidaKIEL, GERMANY: The term “natural disaster” has become misleading. It suggests a fateful, purely random event to which humanity is helplessly exposed. However, the reality of the 21st century looks different: Through man-made climate change, we have disrupted the Earth’s physical balance. Higher temperatures mean more energy…
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Politics
Surviving the Extreme: How Affected Groups Defy Climate Change
By Dr. Hassan HumeidaKIEL, GERMANY: The climate crisis is breaking over us with full force, but it does not hit us all equally. When heatwaves shatter records, storms devastate coastlines, or droughts tear the soil apart, certain population segments—the so-called vulnerable target groups—stand defenseless on the front lines. For them,…
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EditorsPick
Saudi Arabia Launches Precision Strikes on Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq After Drone Attacks on Oil Facilities
By Habib Toumi RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that its armed forces, in coordination with the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), carried out precision strikes against specific Iran-backed militia targets inside Iraq in response to recent drone attacks targeting the Kingdom’s oil infrastructure. The announcement came after Saudi authorities…
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Small State, Global Strategy: How Singapore Is Outsmarting Geopolitical Turbulence
By Ivan Lim,Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: The prolonged Middle-East conflict that began with US-Israeli attack on Iran on Feb 28 has been most unsettling for Singapore, from disruption of energy supplies to severing of food supply chains via blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, and now tolls…
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EditorsPick
U.S. Looks Askance at an Asia-Pacific Where China Looms as Rival Hegemon
In his speech to the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared his vision for a ‘new era of pragmatic idealism’ (Photo: IISS) By Ivan LimFormer AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in May, his Secretary of War Peter Hegseth…
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Society
The Silent Danger: How Climate Change Threatens Our Health
By Dr. Hassan HumeidaKiel, Germany: When we talk about climate change, we usually think of melting glaciers, rising sea levels, or burning forests. Yet the most fatal consequence of global warming affects us much more directly: our physical and mental health. Heatwaves and rising temperatures are radically altering the global…
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EditorsPick
The Scorching Earth: How Climate Change Fuels Heatwaves
By Dr. Hassan HumeidaKiel, Germany: Summer no longer feels the way it used to. What was once considered a long-awaited vacation season now increasingly brings extremes: weeks of drought, parched soils, and record temperatures that push both humans and nature to their limits. Heatwaves are the most tangible face of…
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Society
World Cup Fairytale Captivates Nation, Teaches World About Peace, Hope
Bosnians celebrate as their team makes history By Dženita SalihovićJournalist / TV Presenter SARAJEVO: We are experiencing complete euphoria here in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s difficult to put into words how much joy, pride and excitement this achievement has brought to our people. For a country that has gone through…
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