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Nepal’s young protesters find an unlikely partner: the army
New York Times, Published on 11/09/2025
» KATHMANDU — When protesters in Nepal torched parliament, the Supreme Court and the homes of five former prime ministers on Tuesday, no one seemed to be in charge of a country in anarchy. Then, that night, Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel, the chief of the Nepali army, appeared in a short video, urging calm in the streets.
Trump hails Department of War rebrand as 'message of victory'
AFP, Published on 06/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an order Friday rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War, saying it sent a "message of victory" to the rest of the world.
Son fears for health of Suu Kyi in Myanmar junta custody
Published on 05/09/2025
» Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems and needs urgent medical attention, her son said on Friday, in an appeal for her immediate release from “cruel and life-threatening” custody.
Gaza: From genocide to real estate scheme
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/09/2025
» A motley band of greedy fantasists got together at the White House on Aug 27 and came up with a cunning plan to bring peace to the Middle East while lining their own pockets at the same time. It was "leaked" within days, as it was clearly meant to be, and since then the sound of outraged clucking has been loud in the land.
A Nobel Prize for band-aid peace deals?
Oped, Published on 05/09/2025
» The Bangkok Post editors suggested I revisit the topic of Thailand's border conflict since I had written about it for the newspaper earlier this year, and since the conflict was heating up again.
RFK Jr defends US health agency shake up, Democrats call for his ouster
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that firing a top government scientist was "absolutely necessary," as he faced blistering criticism from Democrats urging him to resign over his steps to curb vaccines.
Trump thumbs nose at decades of India courtship
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - India once united US policymakers like few issues. For nearly three decades, US presidents of both parties courted New Delhi as an emerging ally, politely overlooking disagreements for the sake of larger goals.
The Trump melodrama: Relief is at hand
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/08/2025
» Nobody had been bothering for the past three years, but then along came Donald Trump, determined to shape a "peace deal" between two countries about which he knows little and cares less. Why? Just to win a bauble called the Nobel Peace Prize, because Barack Obama got it first and that wasn't fair.
Crisis of governance
News, Published on 18/08/2025
» As tensions along the Thai–Cambodian border continue, the Pheu Thai-led government faces one of its most pressing internal crises in recent memory. Thailand finds itself in a state of "headless" governance, with both the premiership and the defence portfolio effectively leaderless at a time when national security requires coherent direction.
Dueling interests for Trump and Putin at Alaska summit
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» ANCHORAGE - US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and, from a distance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- have dueling interests going into a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.