Asia Pacific
5 Facts About Nepal’s UN Membership – The Diplomat
AdvertisementNepal became a member of the United Nations 65 years ago, on December 14, 1955. To celebrate the occasion,...
Pro-China TV Station Goes Off Air in Taiwan After Losing Broadcast License – The Diplomat
AdvertisementTaiwan’s Chung Tien Television (CTiTV) went off air on midnight Friday after its broadcast license was not renewed in...
Why It Matters – The Diplomat
AdvertisementOn October 23, Uzbek officials announced that the third consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia...
US Passes Historic Anti-Corruption Legislation With Global Reach – The Diplomat
AdvertisementIn the waning days of the Trump presidency, veto-proof majorities in the U.S. Congress passed historic bipartisan anti-corruption legislation...
Indian Military Pushes Ahead with War Stockpiling – The Diplomat
Asia Defense | Security | South Asia Absent clear political assessment around the possibility of a large-scale conventional conflict, the Indian armed forces...
Pakistan arrests 3 Taliban terrorists involved in Rawalpindi blast
LAHORE: Three Taliban terrorists, involved in a blast in Rawalpindi, were arrested on Monday by Pakistan's security agencies. At...
Chinese study which claimed Covid originated in India withdrawn
NEW DELHI: A study that claimed the Indian subcontinent might be the place where the earliest human-to-human novel coronavirus...
10 Afghan security force personnel killed in Taliban attack in Kunduz
KUNDUZ/ AFGHANISTAN: At least 10 security force members, including a border police commander, were killed and six others were...
Singapore approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, expects first shots by year-end
SINGAPORE: Singapore has approved Pfizer-BioNTech's novel coronavirus vaccine and expects to receive shots by year-end, Prime Minister Lee Hsien...
Chinese dams under US scrutiny in Mekong rivalry
BANGKOK: A US-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river...