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AsiaWorld
# taliban • afghan • repression • women • years • tortured
The Epoch Times
Conservative
Chaos at the Gates: 5 Years After the Collapse of Afghanistan
August 20, 2026, 11:31 am

www.swissinfo.ch
Conservative
Five years of Taliban rule leave Afghanistan facing hunger, repression and a lost generation
August 20, 2026, 1:41 am
The Conversation
Liberal
The Taliban has brought Afghanistan close to collapse, but resistance is growing
August 17, 2026, 8:06 pm
Reuters
Liberal
Women's share of Afghan labour market shrinks to 5% under Taliban, UN says
August 18, 2026, 6:42 am

AsiaWorld
# earthquake • indonesia • fear • victims • children • grips
Toronto Star
Liberal
Fear grips children after deadly earthquake in eastern Indonesia leaves thousands displaced
LAMBA LEDA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of people remained displaced on the Indonesian island of Flores on Tuesday, three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 70 people, injured
August 18, 2026, 7:20 pm

NPR
Liberal
Emergency crews work to reach Indonesian communities cut off by deadly earthquake : NPR
August 18, 2026, 2:40 am
AP News
Liberal
Fear grips children after deadly earthquake in eastern Indonesia
August 18, 2026, 7:13 pm

# imran • pakistan • khan • hospital • court • order
AP News
Liberal
Pakistan officials seek court review of order for Imran Khan hospital treatment
Pakistani authorities have asked the Supreme Court to review or withdraw an order requiring imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to receive a medical exam at a private hospital.
August 19, 2026, 5:33 am

Al Jazeera
Liberal
Pakistan top court orders Imran Khan’s hospital transfer amid access battle
August 18, 2026, 5:53 am
South China Morning Post
Liberal
Pakistan Supreme Court orders jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to be moved to hospital
August 18, 2026, 4:49 am
Economic Times
Conservative
Pakistan Supreme Court orders ex-PM Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail
August 18, 2026, 5:10 am

# raisins • grapes • farmers • krishnagiri • fruit • exports
Winnipeg Free Press
Liberal
Afghan farmers turn their grapes into raisins after border closures slash fruit exports to Pakistan – Winnipeg Free Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It’s grape season in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, and the harvest this year is plentiful. But that’s small comfort for the region’s grape producers and workers, who say fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan...
August 19, 2026, 2:04 am

AP News
Liberal
Grapes turn into raisins as Afghan farmers struggle with border closures
August 19, 2026, 2:02 am
Breitbart
Conservative
Afghan farmers turn their grapes into raisins after border closures slash fruit exports to Pakistan
August 18, 2026, 7:34 pm
The Times Of India
Conservative
Krishnagiri farmers forced to dump ₹4 lakh worth of Jasmine flowers due to excess stock
August 18, 2026, 8:34 am

AsiaU.S.
# shooter • livestreams • shooting • kills • murder • livestreamed
The Jerusalem Post
Conservative
School shooter livestreams murder-suicide in Phillipines attack
The president of Ateneo De Zamboanga University confirmed that two people were killed in the attack.
August 18, 2026, 9:18 am

South China Morning Post
Liberal
Filipino student kills schoolmate, then himself, in live-streamed shooting
August 18, 2026, 7:01 am
New York Post
Conservative
Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
August 18, 2026, 4:00 am
The Christian Science Monitor
Conservative
Southeast Asian countries grapple with school shootings
August 18, 2026, 12:17 pm

AsiaU.S.
# navy • sailors • destroyer • adrift • sea • china
Washington Examiner
Conservative
US Navy destroyer drifted four days without power in South China Sea
The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer carrying roughly 300 sailors, lost power July 24 in the South China Sea.
August 18, 2026, 8:50 pm

TMZ
Conservative
U.S. Sailors Complain of Broken Toilets, Undercooked Food at Sea
August 18, 2026, 1:42 pm
Breitbart
Conservative
US Navy destroyer with 300 sailors aboard broke down for four days in the Pacific
August 18, 2026, 8:04 am
The Guardian
Liberal
US navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
August 18, 2026, 5:45 am

AsiaWorld
# zamboanga • philippine • shooting • school • classmates • student
Reuters
Liberal
Philippine student live-streamed fatal school shooting before taking own life, official says
A student live-streamed himself shooting and killing another student in a classroom in the southern Philippines on Tuesday before taking ‌his own life, an official said, in the second school attack in the country in less than two months.
August 18, 2026, 5:48 am

The Independent
Liberal
Philippines school shooting: Grade 9 gunman live-streams deadly attack on classmates in Zamboanga
August 18, 2026, 4:52 am
BBC News
Liberal
Philippines: School shooting in Zamboanga leaves student dead
August 17, 2026, 9:43 pm
AP News
Liberal
Student shoots a classmate dead and then kills himself at school in southern Philippines
August 18, 2026, 4:24 am

# korea • philippines • allies • drills • trump • defence
Washington Examiner
Conservative
Trump is right to bill allies. Cutting our own drills is the wrong currency
Trump is right to bill allies for defense, but cutting joint U.S.-Korea exercises harms American troop readiness, not South Korea.
August 19, 2026, 4:00 am

AP News
Liberal
Drills cut by Trump are central to the US-South Korea alliance
August 18, 2026, 10:40 am
Reuters
Liberal
Philippines sees no impact on defence ties from US Middle East redeployment
August 18, 2026, 1:14 am
CNBC
Liberal
South Korea must brace for ‘worst-case scenario,’ President Lee says
August 17, 2026, 11:16 pm

# asia • demining • funding • aid • donor • global
South China Morning Post
Liberal
Southeast Asia’s landmine clearers face closure as global aid shifts to new wars
Aid cuts and shifting geopolitical priorities leave Cambodian and regional demining groups struggling to remove deadly wartime relics.
August 18, 2026, 10:35 pm

Sun Sentinel
Conservative
Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as conflicts draw away funding
August 18, 2026, 9:49 am
AP News
Liberal
Global demining work is strained by rising conflicts and shrinking aid
August 17, 2026, 11:57 pm
ABC News
Liberal
Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding
August 18, 2026, 12:18 am

AsiaStyle
# sleep • hotels • beds • tourism • benefits • japan
New York Post
Conservative
Graduate student reveals benefits of sleeping like a medieval person
Anna Fox experimented with the historical sleeping pattern after becoming fascinated by the idea of “first sleep” and “second sleep.”
August 18, 2026, 8:48 am

The Times Of India
Conservative
Toddler Teeth Grinding: Does your toddler grind their teeth while sleeping? Here’s why it happens and when parents should see a doctor
August 18, 2026, 3:13 am
South China Morning Post
Liberal
Japan’s hotels embrace sleep tourism with brain scans, tea and custom beds
August 17, 2026, 9:03 pm
The Suburban Newspaper
Conservative
Why sleeping like a medieval person may be good for you
August 18, 2026, 11:06 am

AsiaWorld
# korea • military • kim • drill • trump • defense
NPR
Liberal
S. Korea stresses US alliance amid confusion over Trump drill cut : NPR
Lee's comments Tuesday come as many South Koreans remain baffled and concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt order to "substantially reduce" military exercises with South Korea.
August 18, 2026, 9:19 am

NBC News
Liberal
South Korean president urges stronger independent defense after Trump orders joint military drills scaled back
August 18, 2026, 5:11 am
Winnipeg Free Press
Liberal
South Korea president stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises – Winnipeg Free Press
August 18, 2026, 3:56 am
The Times Of India
Conservative
'39,000 soldiers guarding you from Kim’: Trump reduces military drills with South Korea over Iran
August 18, 2026, 1:16 am

AsiaChina
# takaichi • wwii • shrine • yasukuni • japan • missiles
The Japan Times
Liberal
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
For the first two decades after World War II, the head priest resisted the enshrinement of any documented war criminals. That changed after his death in 1978.
August 18, 2026, 4:35 am

The Irish Times
Liberal
War memories awaken old row in Japan, China and South Korea
August 17, 2026, 11:56 pm
The Times Of India
Conservative
Missiles below, mountains ahead: How the IAF had to improvise in the middle of war
August 18, 2026, 4:37 am
The Jerusalem Post
Conservative
Taiwan and Japan’s colonial past: The history behind today’s political clash
August 18, 2026, 5:39 am