Tag Archives: Asia

Following the death of Pope Francis, ​​the Catholic Church begins an election process which has remained unchanged for 800 years.

Leading presidents and prime ministers from around the world are meeting for the annual G20 leaders' summit in India's capital, Delhi, from 9-10 September.

India has launched its first observation mission to the Sun, just days after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the Moon's south pole.

Six years have now elapsed since the world watched 700,000 Rohingya flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh in search of safety. About half of them were children and young people. What was expected to be a short-term refuge has become another protracted crisis.

With Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi slated for a June 22 State Visit to Washington, India will, if briefly, be front-page news in the United States. Since President Clinton ended a chill in U.S.-India relations almost 25 years ago, successive American and Indian administrations across political parties have worked to strengthen ties.

Alors que les chefs d’État des sept pays les plus industrialisés se réunissent à Hiroshima du 19 au 21 mai, des rumeurs contradictoires circulent quant à la venue du président ukrainien au Japon. En attendant, Volodymyr Zelensky s’est rendu ce vendredi en Arabie saoudite pour le sommet de la Ligue arabe.

Le cyclone Mocha a causé la mort d'au moins 145 personnes en Birmanie. Selon un communiqué de la junte au pouvoir, publié vendredi, la grande majorité des victimes sont des Rohingyas. Quelque 800'000 personnes ont été affectées par le passage du cyclone.

L'armée du Myanmar a utilisé une munition « thermobarique » lors d’une attaque contre un bâtiment de l'opposition dans la région de Sagaing le 11 avril 2023 ; cette attaque a tué plus de 160 personnes, dont des enfants, a déclaré Human Rights Watch.

I remember jumping up to sit on the kitchen counter one afternoon. My five-year-old self wants to watch my mother making chai. She pushes me away from the gas stove but I am indignant and refuse to hop down, although I do move away a bit.

She's one of hundreds of women in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam who married under the age of 18 - and are now stuck in limbo after their husbands were arrested in a crackdown on child marriage.