Open Magazine
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Nagorno-Karabakh to Cease Existence Starting in 2024
The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh made a significant announcement regarding its dissolution. Effective January 1, 2024, and just one...
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North Korean long-range missile lands off Japan during APEC summit
Updated at 5:59 a.m. ET on 2022-11-18 South Korea, Japan and the United States held emergency talks Friday on the sidelines of the...
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Thai riot police tussle with protesters on eve of APEC summit
Riot police scuffled with pro-democracy activists as they protested Thursday against the Thai prime minister on the eve of the APEC leaders’...
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Thai authorities step up APEC security after Deep South bombings
Updated at 12:17 p.m. ET on 2022-11-16 Authorities have stepped up security around the Bangkok venue of a leadership summit of the...
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Analysts: 2022 polls may be Anwar’s last chance to become Malaysian PM
Malaysians joke that Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of main opposition bloc, is always the bridesmaid and never the bride. That’s because he has spent...
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UMNO president flexes muscles, drops PM’s loyalists from electoral line-up
Malaysia’s ruling UMNO dropped several of the prime minister’s supporters from its list of election candidates, with analysts saying the move...
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Analysts: Malay vote may propel UMNO to victory amid economic downturn
Despite its shock defeat in the 2018 general election, UMNO may win next month’s national polls because with a fragmented opposition, the majority...
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Indonesia warns against ‘politicizing’ UN rights body after blocking China-Uyghur debate
The U.N.’s human rights body should not be “used for purposes of political rivalry,” Indonesia said Friday after it voted against a U.S.-led...
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Indonesian investigators file murder charges against ex-police inspector general, others
Investigators in Indonesia formally charged a former police inspector general and his wife Wednesday with the murder of a subordinate at his home,...
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Indonesian police: Narrow stadium gates slowed people fleeing deadly football stampede
Narrow gates slowed hundreds of people as they fled a stampede that left more 130 dead after officers fired tear gas during a weekend melee at a...
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Biden, Marcos discuss South China Sea in 1st bilateral meeting
President Joe Biden on Thursday met face-to-face in New York for the first time with the Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos, the new leader of...