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Boosters of microfinance claim that it can rescue people from rapacious informal lenders. That’s not the case in Cambodia.

Local media reported that two Border Guard Forces, formed by the military in 2009, had joined resistance attacks on junta outposts in Kayah State.

Afghanistan's opiate economy is unlikely to be disrupted by a one-off campaign of crop destruction in a handful of provinces.

Public relations firms based in target countries play a critical role in the Chinese government’s global propaganda system.

More than 120,000 North Koreans marched in mass rallies over the weekend, pledging “merciless” revenge against “U.S. imperialists.”

Will they be able to stop the Modi-led BJP from winning a third term in the 2024 general elections?

Even as India’s defense ties with the U.S. attracts increasing attention, New Delhi’s first goal remains internal self-strengthening. 

Akhundzada said that under Taliban rule, concrete measures have been taken to save women from traditional oppressions like forced marriages.

Beneath a facade of unity, the country's two main opposition parties continue to jostle for advantage.

The amendment is intended to prevent a boycott of the July 23 election, which could undermine the planned handover of power from Prime Minister Hun Sen to his son.

The decision comes amid a rise in racial and religious online rhetoric as the country moves toward important state elections.

News that China plans to establish a signals and electronics intelligence station on the island carries echoes of the Cuban Missile Crisis.