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September 5, 2021[ Reuters ] Taliban launch charm offensive with Afghan banks amid funding fears
September 5, 2021[ AFP ] Malaysia makes ousted PM head of virus-hit country’s recovery body
September 5, 2021[ New York Post ] I ran Team Trump’s Afghan withdrawal — Biden’s attempt to blame us is just sad
September 3, 2021Japan PM Yoshihide Suga will not be running for re-election of LDP party leadership
September 2, 2021[ Daily Mail ] Pentagon orders ALL active military to get the vaccine as soon as possible: 800,000 service members still haven’t gotten a shot and could face court martial if they don’t
August 28, 2021[ Newlines Mag ] The Taliban’s Struggle to Control Kabul
August 27, 2021[ TOLO News ] Massoud, Taliban Agree to Not Fight Until Next Round of Talks
August 27, 2021[ Politico ] U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate
August 27, 2021[ Gateway Pundit ] US State Department Goes Into Hiding, Cancels Press Briefing After 4 US Marines Killed, 3 Injured in Kabul Blasts
August 25, 2021[ The News Pakistan ] From battlefield to power table: Khalil Haqqani emerges as key player
August 24, 2021[ BBC ] Anti-Taliban resistance group says it has thousands of fighters
August 22, 2021Ismail Sabri’s first statements as PM on twitter after sworn in as Malaysia’s new Prime Minister
August 21, 2021[ UnHerd ] The man who lost Afghanistan
August 20, 2021Malaysian King has confirmed that Ismail Sabri will become Malaysia 9th Prime Minister
August 19, 2021[ The Independent Singapore ] Who is Ismail Sabri Yaakob? A look at UMNO vice-president, now frontrunner for Malaysia’s premiershipAugust 17, 2021[ MalaysiaKini ] Palace instructs MPs to vote on new PM in writing
August 16, 2021Muhyiddin resigns, but status quo remains, likely to stay on as the Prime Minister for at least another year
August 16, 2021[ MEMO ] Lebanon premier blames corruption for fuel tank explosion
August 16, 2021[ Middle East Eye ] ‘Our children are fuel for war’: Village sons leave Yemen countryside for the battlefield
August 13, 2021[ SCMP ] Hong Kong experiences ‘alarming’ population drop, but government says not all 90,000 leaving city because of national security law
August 10, 2021The Myanmar military junta had denied responsibility for the alleged assassination plot on Myanmar’s UN Ambassador
August 10, 2021[ SCMP ] China sticks with zero Covid-19 approach, leaving borders closed for now
August 7, 2021[ CNN ] China’s spiraling Delta variant outbreak hits Wuhan, as country introduces mass travel restrictions
August 5, 2021[ The Vibes ] RM114 mil in seized assets returned to Najib, UmnoAugust 5, 2021[ National Interest ] India Proves Critics Wrong on Kashmir
August 3, 2021[ Dawn ] Pakistan Cabinet gives the green light to cyber security policy
August 3, 2021[ Reuters ] Myanmar shadow government condemns army ruler for taking PM roleAugust 2, 2021[ The Irrawaddy ] COVID-19 Rips Through Myanmar Military: Soldiers
August 2, 2021Copying the 2014 Thailand coup d’etat, Myanmar military coup leader, Min Aung Hlaing declares himself Prime Minister, reneging on his 1 year election promiseAugust 2, 2021[ NY Times ] Top Myanmar General Says Military Rule Will Continue Into 2023
July 29, 2021[ CSMonitor ] ‘Coup’ in Tunisia: Why Arab Spring’s last light is dimming
July 24, 2021[ The Guardian ] ‘It’s too late’: US doctor says dying patients begging for Covid vaccine
July 22, 2021[ The Guardian ] Death toll rises and thousands flee homes as floods hit China
July 21, 2021Myanmar Reports: 15 – 21 July 2021
July 21, 2021[ The Irrawaddy ] Silence on Coup Makes Strategic Sense for Myanmar’s WaJuly 15, 2021[ Mizzima ] Escalation of inter-ethnic conflict in the midst of Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
July 15, 2021Formation of Shan State Liberation Party and Shan State Front for FederalJuly 15, 2021[ Frontier Myanmar ] ‘A threat to the revolution’: Pyusawhti returns to post-coup MyanmarJuly 14, 2021[ StraitsTimes ] Travellers from Myanmar barred from entering Singapore from July 15
July 14, 2021Myanmar’s Oxygen Crisis