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.

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. The AL, which led Bangladesh to independence in a vicious war against ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonization plus a 50th birthday party.

Dec 31, 2024 · Myanmar’s junta forces now control less than half the country after suffering major battlefield setbacks in 2024 – including the loss of command headquarters in Shan and Rakhine states, several rebel groups said.

Dec 13, 2024 · Two years after Anwar Ibrahim ’s government took power in Malaysia, the opposition Perikatan Nasional coalition continues to hold onto its base but has not meaningfully been able to expand it.. In fact, PN has lost momentum over the past year, especially the Malay nationalist party Bersatu led by former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

Sep 2, 2024 · As the 53rd meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders drew to a close in Nuku’alofa, there were good reasons for sighs of relief. The host country Tonga pulled together the largest ever PIF meeting, a well-organized and smoothly-run …

Apr 23, 2024 · UPDATED at 11.58 p.m. ET on 04-24-2024. Rights abuses have continued in the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency, through alleged indiscriminate or illegal killings by police after he prolonged his immediate predecessor’s anti-drug campaign, the U.S. State Department said in an annual report on human rights.

Deep freeze: Trump leaves US diplomats with little to offer Pacific. Paris climate treaty exit, defunding WHO and foreign aid suspension strikes blow to US in Pacific as “trusted friend.”

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 …

Sep 18, 2024 · Landowners have warned they fear further deaths and violence at the Porgera gold mine if the Papua New Guinea government does not relocate them as part of a state of emergency declared on Wednesday.