South Asia
India and Pakistan. On the brink?
By Tariq Ali
May 3, 2025
India and Pakistan are preparing for war. The casus belli is, once again, occupied Kashmir. Control over this disputed region...
Pakistan’s railway workers fight back against privatization plan
Railways, one of the largest public sectors in Pakistan with over 70,000 active workers and the most important source of transportation for millions, has...
Imran Khan: “I will come back with a strong government”
by Dure Akram
reporting for UWI from Lahore, Pakistan
May 10, 2023
Revolutionaries come in all shapes and forms and while former Prime Minister Imran Khan may...
Sri Lanka’s energy crisis and the geopolitics of Jaishankar, Nuland visits
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
Visits to Sri Lanka by two top foreign officials took place within a fortnight, recently. The optics of these tightly choreographed events...
Maïdan, bis repetita au Sri Lanka ?
par Jean-Pierre Page
Pour avoir vécu une quinzaine d'années au Sri Lanka, je pense connaître un peu ce pays dont Octave Mirbeau disait "qu'il était...
Au sujet du Sri Lanka
par Jean - Pierre Page
Cette mise au point que je veux faire ici ne saurait signifier de ma part un quelconque soutien au président...
Pakistani PM ousted. He is accusing US of conspiracy
By KATHY GANNON and MUNIR AHMED
April 10, 2022
Pakistan’s political opposition toppled Prime Minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote in Parliament early Sunday after...
Pakistan PM Imran Khan claims US helping local parties oust him...
Apr. 1, 2022
In a televised address to the nation, the Pakistani prime minister accused local opposition parties of working with the United States to...
Putin and Xi pledge to keep peace in Central Asia, after...
25 Aug, 2021
photo: © Sputnik
Moscow and Beijing will work together to secure the region around Afghanistan, after Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese premier...
Afghanistan: Drawing the lessons
By Herman Michiel
17 August 2021
We saw Taliban troops parade in the presidential palace in Kabul, from which President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad. The largely...