Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s new golden age of coal reveals a country that is going back to old-fashioned ways
Religious intolerance and ultra-nationalism bring India and Pakistan together on their 75th birthday
Activists fear a ‘killing spree’ after the military junta carried out the country’s first executions in decades
Could the disgraced Rajapaksas return to power, like the Marcos family has in the Philippines?
Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country after weeks of protests. Now Sri Lankans want action – and fast
South Pacific country is one of the most at risk from climate change, and is fighting for climate justice
Once hailed as South Asia’s ‘success story’, the island nation has faced months of escalating violent unrest
The unfolding story about great power competition in the South Pacific is part of a much older and familiar one, of colonial conceit and neglect
A new exhibition in London by artist Sai reveals the horrors of an overlooked conflict
Leading obituary writers discuss who gets to be publicly memorialised in death – and who doesn’t
Genuine corporate activism can pay off, but consumers can smell woke-washing – from mayo with a purpose to M&Ms with personalities – a mile off
