For very good reasons, maritime security concerns, particularly those centred on the South China Sea, have featured prominently in ASEAN member states’ individual and collective agendas over the last decade. The 10 ASEAN nations face …
The beat Police shootings down but lives still lost The Washington Post reports that police shootings of unarmed people has generally declined since 2015. This year, police in the US have shot and killed 18 unarmed people, eight …
The beat State of emergency lifted Sri Lanka has lifted a nationwide state of emergency that President Maithripala Sirisena had imposed on 6 March to quell anti-Muslim violence in the Buddhist majority country. Tensions boiled …
The beat Jan Kuciak—the case continues After the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée at the end of February, the perpetrators are still at large. Kuciak had investigated the Italian Mafia’s …
The 23rd ASEAN Transport Ministers meeting on 12 October ended on a high note with the signing of an agreement on cross-border transport of passengers by road vehicles. The pact makes it easier to facilitate …