Calling unemployed youth pests doesn’t make them go away. Instead, they are mobilizing for change in systems where they are treated with contempt. A demonstrator wearing a cockroach mask participates in the protest, symbolising solidarity with the Cockroach Janta...
We can get clean energy by tapping the heat of the Earth. But in Indonesia, geothermal plants destroy the land and lives of people who have long lived there. The Ulumbu Geothermal Power Plant in Wewo village, Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia,...
Two of the world’s most powerful nations share a border. But do they share the same objectives? What happens if they don’t? Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China 20 May 2026....
War in Iran has disrupted global supply chains. For workers in one city in India, this means the collapse of the diamond industry they depend on. A trader inspects diamonds on a market street in Surat, India, 14 April 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) This article was...
In South Asia, decades-long animosities divide nations and the people within them. Cricket operates on a different plane and that’s something all can agree on. Sri Lanka’s Pavan Rathnayake plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between...
With the eyes of the world focused on the Strait of Hormuz, what is happening between China and its neighbors is largely ignored. That’s a mistake. Analysts studying a map focus on Iran and ignore China. (Illustration by News Decoder) Southeast Asia plays an...
In North India, people are learning to co-exist with an animal that has long terrified them. A Himalayan brown bear at Deosai National Park, Skardu, Pakistan. (Photo by Nadeem Khawar.) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is...
Long viewed through the lens of instability and internal crisis, the Islamic republic has emerged as a key mediator between the United States and Iran. White House photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir meeting with U.S. President...
The Himalayan mountains hold the largest concentration of ice and snow outside the polar regions. What happens when all that begins to melt? The Zanskar Mountain Range in Jammu Kashmir. (Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) This article was...
Frustrated with their government and inflamed by the death of an activist, mobs turn their anger on the press. The burnt exterior of Prothom Alo’s office on 20 December 2025. (Photo by Sakib Howlader courtesy of Wikimedia) This article was produced exclusively...