List of Asia articles
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Shree Maa Anantanand sits behind medicine made from cow urine, which she uses to treat patients suffering kidney ailments and cancer at her hospital in Ahmedabad, India, on Feb. 27, 2010. Hindu Nationalists Are Pushing Magical Remedies for the Coronavirus
Ayurvedic medicine and other pseudosciences are being pushed by BJP politicians.
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Italian Col. Lorenzo Cucciniello Our Top Weekend Reads
Stories on the European role in Iraq, Islamophobic pogroms in India, and possible Iranian threats to U.S. interests in Latin America.
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A group of 11 defendants charged with spreading pornography in China in 2005. No Porn for Chinese Stuck Under Virus Lockdown
Internet controls have proved even more restrictive as Chinese life moves online under quarantine.
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China-coronavirus-un-letter-article China Goes on Diplomatic Offensive Over Coronavirus Response
Beijing seeks to deflect criticism that its carelessness caused a global crisis.
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Afghans Wonder: Is the Peace Deal Just for Americans?
The Taliban are happily talking with Trump and standing down against U.S. troops, but they say they are "still at war" with Afghan national security forces.
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U.S. soldiers look out over hillsides during a visit by Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, at an Afghan army in Wardak province on June 6, 2019. Can the Afghan Peace Deal Survive Early Setbacks?
Peace advocates and hardliners within the Taliban are feuding over whether to stick to the fragile agreement, the Pentagon says.
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Protesters burn an effigy of Indian Home Minister Amit Shah during a protest demanding his resignation. Modi’s India Is Racing to a Point of No Return
Indian culture may be ancient, but its unity is rare and recent. A growing hostility to Muslims threatens to upend the world’s largest democracy.
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Local militia members in Nangarhar's Achin district U.S.-Taliban Peace Deal Under Fire
Airstrikes against Taliban forces threaten to undermine a pact that may be already coming apart.
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coronavirus-map-051920-homepage Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak
Get daily updates on the epidemic and learn how it is affecting countries around the world.
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China's state broadcaster CGTN anchor Liu Xin The United States Can’t Win Playing China’s Media Games
Tit-for-tat media expulsions only end up benefiting Beijing.
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Mourners gather around the body of Mohammed Mudasir, who died in sectarian riots in New Delhi India’s Muslims Accuse Police of Targeted Killings
As protests against a new citizenship law sweep the country, signs that the authorities are condoning and even instigating violence have India’s Muslims alarmed.
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A U.S. airman directs Iranian soldiers carrying off a pallet containing medical supplies from a U.S. aircraft in Kerman, Iran, two days after a massive earthquake hit the city of Bam, killing 22,000 people. Don’t Count on Disaster Diplomacy as a Path to Peace
Displays of goodwill during public health disasters rarely lead to diplomatic breakthroughs with U.S. adversaries such as Iran and North Korea.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar meet with pharmaceutical executives to discuss the coronavirus. Beijing Knows Who to Blame for the Virus: America
The outbreak has caused a PR crisis for China.
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U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar The United States Wants Peace. The Taliban Wants an Emirate.
The two sides smiled for the cameras at their historic ceremony in Doha, but they couldn’t hide why they've been enemies for decades.
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Security personnel patrol a street. Why India’s Muslims Are in Grave Danger
An expert on communal riots says the country may well be witnessing the start of a larger pogrom.
