Asia

An Iranian shadow network, or a mirage?

An investigation by one of Switzerland’s leading newspapers raises as many questions as it answers The daughter of a former candidate for the Iranian presidency, and student at one of...

When satire becomes unsafe in India

The parents of a Gen-Z icon fear for his safety after a government crackdown on his new cockroach-inspired political party A new political party in India, the Cockroach Janata Party...

From hand to eye to mouth to ear

Amongst the deaf of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula Fingertips pressed together in a twisting motion to indicate “lemon”; an energetic motion of both wrists to say “bread”, suggestive of how flatbread...

Nepal’s silent epidemic

The devastating human and financial toll of surging non-communicable diseases Writing for Nepal’s leading digital news portal, Online Khabar, Pushparaj Chaulagain warns us of an epidemic: the sharp rise in non-communicable...

The city that forgot it was built on water  

Dhaka was once defined by its waterways – restoring them, experts argue, could finally free the city from its gridlock Those who live in Dhaka describe the rush hour commute...

Running on empty

As war in the Middle East disrupts energy flows, millions of Indian households are left scrambling for gasAs Indian publication Khabar Lahariya reports, the ongoing conflict between the United States,...

Karachi: Surveillance, panic and chaos: the price the people pay for safer streets

New AI traffic cameras peer down on crumbling, flooded streets. This costly digital dragnet has sparked mass paranoia, breeding far more absurd bureaucratic farce than actual civic order....

Kyoto: Zen and the art of being a tour guide

Experience Kyoto through a local tour guide’s eyes. Get to know how ancient Zen gardens beautifully reflect our deepest, unspoken inner emotions....

Gaza: How genocide has transformed the daily lexicon

War dismantles more than just skylines; it rewires the very architecture of language. In Gaza, ordinary Arabic words have been hollowed out and repurposed to map a devastating new reality....

Bangalore: The many tongues heard at midnight in the backseat of a cab

When the gloss of Bangalore strips away at three in the morning, restless cabs become rolling confessionals, where a symphony of borrowed tongues echoes the rawest survival economics....

When hate reaches the school gates

Guro Middle School is on the frontline of a war on immigrants waged by Korea's far-right...

Digitising Urdu’s cascading calligraphy

An interview with Abeera Kamran and Zeerak Ahmed, by Sophia Smith Galer...

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