In 1948, Ceylon - as Sri Lanka was then called - gained full independence from Britain. The Empire left bequeathed large tea and coffee plantations where, as was its custom, it had imported Tamil labour from India to support...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China with a speech that emphasised Beijing's control over the former British colony as part of its vision of 'one country, two...
The Philippine website Rappler is still public and running despite threats from the Manila judiciary. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the imminent news of its closure came on the eve of the changing of the guard at the...
By Emanuele Giordana
Myanmar's coup junta has confirmed that it has transferred the democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from the unknown location in Yangon where she was imprisoned after the February 2021 coup to another unknown site in...
By Dawn Clancy for PASSBLUE
In the waning days of 2021, roughly two months before its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russia agreed to contribute $14 million to the United Nations Development Program for climate-related projects in Europe and...
By Gianna Pontecorboli, correspondent from New York
"Today, after doubts had been raised about the Security Council's ability to fulfil its mandate and at a time when multilateralsm itself is under threat, the General Assembly and its members demonstrate their...
By Lucia Frigo, director of Atlasofwars.com
Nine months after the Taliban grabbed the power in Afghanistan, humanitarian organization Emergency paints a grim picture of the country: now more than ever the Afghani population need the support of the international community...
By Emanuele Giordana
Amnesty International's latest report on Myanmar - 'Bullets raining from the sky: War Crimes and Displacement in Eastern Myanmar' - is an investigation conducted by Amnesty International in the two states of Kayin and Kayah. The two...
In the Philippines, as in many other countries, disability discrimination is rooted and reinforced by superstitions and misunderstandings. United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD) is a Muslim youth organization that aims to produce competent, effective and skilled young...
By Emanuele Giordana*.
If there is a red thread holding together the return of the old powers in Asia - from Sri Lanka to Pakistan, from the Philippines to Myanmar - its name is dynasty. It is a phenomenon that...
