South Asia

Later this month, the two nations will each attempt to make a soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon. The missions will have implications for the two rival blocs now forming in space.

Despite lacking diplomatic recognition from any state, the Taliban government has been engaged in talks with regional players.

This has brightened the prospects of a Xi-Modi handshake at the BRICS summit and of Xi attending the G-20 summit in Delhi.

Can Japan emulate its success story of Southeast Asian economic corridors in the Bay of Bengal? 

Since the fall of Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban have entrenched themselves in power and common Afghans have been driven into abject destitution.

Fifty-four of the 80 edicts issued by the Taliban explicitly target women and girls and dismantle their rights.

Climate finance is essential to address both the country's debt crisis and its acute climate vulnerabilities.

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is from the troubled province, but he has consistently supported giving the military free rein in Balochistan.

A woman’s right advocate based in Afghanistan voices an urgent plea: “Be our voice to recognize the gender apartheid in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.”

But China is not in a position to defend any of the eight bases it might set up in the next two to five years, the report points out.

Last year, India's $3.5 trillion economy shot ahead of UK to become the fifth largest in the world.

Beijing is frustrated with the lack of progress in Nepal’s implementation of Belt and Road projects. But rhetorical bullying of its small neighbor won’t help.