ASIA

Kazakhstan: demands for radical change met with lethal response

President puts himself firmly in Putin’s pocket to deny democracy

Xi Jinping’s war on popular culture

Why is the Chinese government cracking down on entertainment and tech industries?

India: victory for the farmers

Protesters hand hardman Modi rare defeat

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Afghanistan: a human rights catastrophe unfolds

West has a responsibility to Afghanistan’s refugees

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Myanmar: health workers in the military’s firing line

Military dictatorship turns oxygen supplies into a weapon