Published by The Bangkok Post NAY PYI TAW: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the verdict in her incitement trial on Tuesday, the first in a catalogue of judgements to be handed down in a junta court that could jail her for decades. The Nobel laureate has been detained since the generals ousted her government in the early hours of Feb 1, ending the Southeast Asian country’s brief democratic interlude. More than 1,200 people have been killed and over 10,000 arrested in a crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group. Suu Kyi faces

Published by DPA Asian and European leaders stressed the importance of multilateralism for combatting the Covid-19 pandemic and kick-starting economic recovery at the start of an online ASEM summit on Thursday. “Multilateral cooperation, and a strong Europe-Asia relationship in particular, is crucial for our global recovery. Covid-19 has impacted every country and region of the world, and every aspect of our lives. It shows how interconnected we are,” EU Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday. The rotating host, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, also called for a strengthening of multilateralism to …

Published by DPA Asian and European leaders began discussions on Thursday about Covid-19 and economic revival, at the start of their virtual ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) summit. The rotating host, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, called for a strengthening of multilateralism to accelerate global growth. The two-day deliberations, marking the group’s 25th anniversary, bring together 51 countries as well as top officials of the European Union and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). It is the world’s second-largest gathering of international leaders, behind the UN General Assembly. Outgoing German…

Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer This Thanksgiving, I’m giving thanks for all the things I’m not. Of course, like so many Americans, I’m grateful to be able to rejoin my family turkey fest in person. I’m also grateful to be vaxxed and boosted, as are all the relatives I’m visiting in vaccine-sane Massachusetts. But as someone who writes about foreign affairs, it’s impossible to feel sanguine about turkey with mushroom stuffing and sweet potato-apple casserole when I’ve just been speaking via Signal with Afghan friends in hiding from Taliban killers. “The world is too much with us” (as the poet

Published by Al-Araby Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) is aiming to combat the deepening crisis of anti-Muslim hate in the UK this November. The annual campaign, which the NGO Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) cofounded nine years ago, has made Time for Change its 2021 theme, seeking concrete improvements. Events this year include reading groups, talks and exhibitions hosted by Muslim organisations, plus companies, local councils, university students’ unions and more. It comes amid serious racism and Islamophobia allegations made by former Yorkshire County Cricket Club spin bowler Azeem Rafiq, 30, rocking …