June 2022

Uzbekistan’s LGBTQ community faces discrimination and violence, but the criminalization of sexual relations between men also generates opportunities for extortion and further abuse.

From Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam to Japan, the pandemic provided fertile ground for corruption from the top of health ministries to average citizens scamming the system.

The CPTPP needs more market share. The EU needs to expand its trade leadership in the Asia-Pacific.

China will need to secure buy-in from some other major global players if it wants the GSI to succeed.

Allegations of corruption and rough treatment of suspects by police in Thailand are not unusual, but a video leaked of the fatal assault last year, prompting action.

While Pakistan's financial crisis is getting much media attention, the water crisis, its most pressing problem, is being ignored.

The move could expand the frontiers of space exploration, and enhance Australia's ability to carry out missions of its own.

The establishment of a Chinese military presence in southern Cambodia would mark the culmination of three decades of misplaced U.S. policy toward the country.

Derogatory comments by BJP leaders on Islam and Prophet Muhammad have drawn public ire and calls for boycott of Indian goods in several Muslim countries.

The junta's plans to execute four political prisoners have prompted a wave of criticism from the U.N. and foreign governments.

The incoming president will enter office at a crucial and perilous time in global geopolitics.

Rodrigo Duterte has pledged to retire to his home in Davao City, Mindanao. But don't rule out another political chapter.