An online civil society group in Karachi wins a reprieve on internet censorship.

The island led to freedom by the militants of Xanana Gusmão and José Ramos-Horta is still seen as a colony by Washington and its local sheriffs, Australia and Indonesia, hungry for resources.

Cameron meets Obama for talks after US soldier massacres civilians in Kandahar.

From Jammu Kashmir to Maharashtra, in a land of empty advertising slogans and fantastic wealth that barely conceals vast poverty, you can see the first signs of a popular new uprising.

Human tragedy on this South Asian island is all but ignored.

The late dictator of North Korea, 16 February 1942 – 17 December 2011.

How global leaders have responded to the death of the North Korean dictator at the age of 69.

The death of two British nationals in Pakistan raises serious questions about UK complicity.

Max Benitz spent months as a journalist with British troops
on the front line in Helmand. Here, he reflects on the muddled thinking that characterised the early years of the Afghan conflict.

Second powerful earthquake in less than a month has struck eastern Turkey, killing at least seven people.

The final in a series of events by The Samosa with the RSA and City University London.

In Burma, where all meaningful progress towards democracy seemed to have stalled, signs of change from the days of the junta are starting to emerge. Might it yet be Aung San Suu Kyi’s finest moment?