'Suffocating restrictions' shadow five years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Pacific Asia • Aug 15, 2026, 7:14 AM
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Five years after seizing Kabul and returning to power, the Taliban is celebrating what it calls a more secure and "free" Afghanistan. But its anniversary comes amid mounting criticism over sweeping restrictions on women and girls, economic hardship and continued international isolation.
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Deadly daytime heat turns Japanese farmers nocturnal
Pacific Asia • 3:25 PM
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Japan's farmers are opting for more nocturnal schedules as daytime summer heat makes working conditions dangerous. North of Tokyo, Motoaki Iijima harvests flowers in his illuminated greenhouse long after sunset. The farmer was pushed to make a dramatic
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Two organisers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils charged for inciting subversion
Pacific Asia • 11:27 AM
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Two former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre were convicted for "incitement to subversion". Three government-vetted judges ruled that Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung had "incited other persons t
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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan returned to jail after hospital checks
Pacific Asia • 6:17 AM
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Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was transfered back to prison after being examined at the public PIMS hospital in Islamabad early Friday, not the private clinic ordered by the court. Sentenced to 17 years in prison alongside his wife Bushra B
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Hong Kong convicts two Tiananmen vigil activists of inciting subversion
Pacific Asia • 3:55 AM
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Two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark Beijing's 1989 deadly Tiananmen crackdown were on Friday convicted of inciting subversion by a Hong Kong court. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung were leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong All
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