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Protesters scuffle with police as supporters of India's Cockroach Janta Party demonstrate on the opening day of the Indian Parliament's monsoon session, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks, in New Delhi on Monday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 21, 2026

India protesters press on after crackdown, pressuring Modi

Students packed roads in central New Delhi on Monday in the city’s largest demonstrations since the farmer protests in 2021.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers pose for a photo with representatives from the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights representatives during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines, on Monday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 21, 2026

Myanmar’s future and Middle East fighting hang over ASEAN talks

Talks over Myanmar — a member state formally excluded from summits since its military junta seized power in 2021 and triggered a bloody civil war — could ratchet up tension.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks at the annual congress of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei on Sunday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 19, 2026

Democratic Taiwan must not become ‘China’s Taiwan,’ president says

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te reiterated that the island is already an independent country and not subordinate to the People’s Republic of China.

A national flag is raised next to a statue of Myanmar's independence Gen. Aung San at Thu Mingalar Park in Yangon on Thursday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS

Jul 18, 2026

Founding father: statues of Myanmar’s Aung San disappear

Analysts say the removals may be an attempt to erase from public spaces a powerful symbol linked to Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained democracy figurehead.

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on May 31.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 18, 2026

Chinese media’s ‘racist’ video of monkey in Filipino costume draws Manila’s rebuke

The animated video also depicted the monkey as acting on orders from U.S. and Japan, and being hit by a water cannon.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media before departing for Bahrain International Airport after his visit to the Middle East in Manama, Bahrain, on June 25.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 18, 2026

Rubio expected to discuss Trump-Xi summit in Asia meetings

Analysts say ?a Rubio meeting with Wang ?Yi is likely to focus on preparations for a second summit this year ?between Trump and Xi following their last meeting in May.

The reported decision to let lapse a U.S. executive ?order issued during President Donald Trump's first term in response to Beijing's imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong would mark ?a significant reversal for Washington, and comes after recent trade talks between the two sides.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 18, 2026

U.S. partially restores Hong Kong status revoked by Trump, drawing praise from China

The 2020 executive order over China’s security crackdown on Hong Kong had imposed sanctions on individuals associated with it and suspended special economic and trade privileges.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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