Pope Francis embarks on his longest trip yet as Catholic Church pivots to Asia
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Pope Francis’ Asia trip marks 60 years of papal visits to the region
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Pope Francis’ visit to Southeast Asia, the longest trip in his papacy, is the latest in decades of regular papal visits to the Asia-Pacific region.
‘Why was my child killed?’ Parents grieve a month after Bangladesh clashes
Grief-stricken parents share how their young children were killed during the July unrest and crackdowns on students.
Fears of waterborne disease rise in Bangladesh as floods recede slowly
DHAKA — Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people dead and millions stranded.
Israel is not an outpost of the West
Veteran Israeli journalist and author Caroline Glick interviewed Asia Times Deputy Editor David P Goldman on her popular podcast on August 30. The interview is available on YouTube. An abridged transcript follows here:
UN to deploy team to Bangladesh to probe rights abuses, violations during mass uprising
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and violations through use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests led by students against the former government this summer.
Rethinking Bangladesh’s reliance on Chinese arms
This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here.
Bangladesh’s government led by Yunus signs UN convention involving enforced disappearance
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday signed the instrument of accession to an international convention of the United Nations aiming at preventing enforced disappearances as a state party, authorities said.