Can Sheikh Hasina, Awami League make a political comeback in …
Jan 2, 2025 · The once formidable Awami League has faded from the limelight in Bangladesh, leading some political analysts to question the party’s future amid uncertainty about whether it will be allowed to participate in elections again.
Pacific 2025: What is happening?! — BenarNews
Jan 2, 2025 · Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonization plus a 50th birthday party.
Marcos drops Dutertes from key Philippine security body
Jan 3, 2025 · A new presidential order strips Vice President Sara Duterte and her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, of membership on the Philippines’ top security body, amid a feud between the country’s two most powerful political clans that has blown wide open.. Executive Order No. 81, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed on Monday but was released to …
Duterte drug-war admissions have pros and cons for his political …
Nov 21, 2024 · Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte might have scored political points through bluntly and unapologetically defending his drug war at recent congressional hearings, amid a falling out with his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., observers said.. The scenario has raised the stakes for midterm and presidential elections in the Philippines next year and in …
In post-Hasina Bangladesh, Awami League faces uncertain future …
Oct 28, 2024 · Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, which had spearheaded the anti-Hasina uprising, called for the tribunal to put party members on trial.He also said Awami must be banned. Ahmed, the analyst, expects party leaders to remain and to organize online.
Rohingya recount horrors of being kidnapped, forced to fight in …
Nov 12, 2024 · A 16-year-old Rohingya, whose face was blurred by BenarNews over safety concerns, is interviewed at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, after he was kidnapped and forced to fight in Myanmar’s civil war, Sept. 29, 2024.
2025 ASEAN chair Malaysia expected to revive bloc amid …
Dec 23, 2024 · Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (right) holds the ceremonial gavel as he shakes hands with Laos Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone who handed over his country’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to Malaysia, during the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Oct. 11, 2024.
PNG expands Enga ‘state of emergency’ after 6 die in revenge killing
Oct 23, 2024 · A PNG Defense Force soldier stands guard over the victims of a revenge shooting, pictured at Wabag General Hospital, Papua New Guinea, on Oct. 22, 2024.
Malaysia’s Sabah state arrests artist over caricature despite PM …
Dec 31, 2024 · In this photograph posted on his Instagram account, Malaysian satirical artist Fahmi Raza stands with a copy of his caricature of Musa Aman, whose term as Sabah state’s governor begins Jan. 1, 2025, in the state capital Kota …
New Mekong dam project sparks concern in Laos and Thailand
Dec 31, 2024 · Plans to proceed with a benefits-and-risks review of a proposed hydropower dam on the Mekong River have sparked concern in both Laos and Thailand about the impact on communities and the ecosystem. The U.S. $2 billion, 12-turbine Sanakham hydropower dam will be built about 155 kilometers (100 miles ...