by Andrea Ferrario | RED LANTERNS

Behind the lowest GDP target since 1991 lies the recognition that the growth model on which China built its rise has lost most of its momentum. Technology is replacing real estate as the driving sector. Behind the new Five-Year Plan lies a geopolitical map, with military spending still growing by 7 per cent. Xi Jinping's purges have left many empty seats among the delegates.

by Nirmala Carvalho

Built around 1526, the protected structure is at the center of a legal dispute that has caused violence: Hindu petitioners claim it was built on top of a Shiva temple. The Archaeological Survey of India states that it has no documents on the state of the site prior to construction. The Central Information Commission has rejected the appeal.

| 05/03/2026
| INDIA
by Dario Salvi

The chapel and ecclesiastical buildings of the archbishopric in Erbil hit by missiles and drones. Chaldean woman in Baghdad arrested for celebrating Khamenei's killing, faces four years in prison. Iraqi scholar tells AsiaNews: the country risks becoming an arena for external powers to “settle scores”. Institutional crisis fuels fears, emergency government needed.

| 05/03/2026
| IRAQ - IRAN - GULF
by Vladimir Rozanskij

According to an estimate released in December and immediately withdrawn, 250,000 people have returned from the war in Ukraine and are now looking for work. For them, the TV channel Rossija-1 airs the program Budem Žit, “We Will Live Again.” There is a risk of a repeat of the situation in the 1980s, when the “Afghans” were a long-standing unresolved problem in Moscow.

| 05/03/2026
| RUSSIA
by Dario Salvi

Attieh Fard, a political leader and lawyer who has lived in the United Kingdom for many years, spoke to AsiaNews about a country willing to accept war to end the clerical regime, its torture and killings. The nomination of Mojtaba Khamenei is a source of concern as some see him as "worse than his father”, Ali Khamenei. The lack of external support for the popular uprisings and the need to protect the borders are important issues.

| 04/03/2026
| IRAN – UNITED KINGDOM
by Stefano Vecchia

Some 19 million people can cast their ballot tomorrow to elect the 275-member House of Representatives, a crucial step after the Generation Z Revolution. For the outgoing caretaker prime minister, this is a “historic and important juncture”. Fears are high over the possible impact of the war in the Gulf, where two million Nepali migrants work.

| 04/03/2026
| NEPAL

The IRIS Dena was hit by a US submarine while returning from an international naval exercise in Visakhapatnam. At least 80 of the approximately 180 crew members were killed and dozens are missing. The US claimed responsibility for the attack while the war with Iran threatens to spill over into the Indian Ocean.

| 04/03/2026
| SRI LANKA – MIDDLE EAST
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The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences issued an appeal for dialogue in the face of a war that is spreading from the Middle East. Asia’s Catholic bishops call for an “immediate cessation of hostilities”, urging the “leaders ...
| 04/03/2026
| ASIA
 
No statement has come from Xi Jinping yet, while the condemnation of the attack on Iran has been entrusted to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who spoke today with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa'ar. The evacuation of Chinese citizens from Tehran has ...
| 03/03/2026
| CHINA – UNITED STATES – ISRAEL – IRAN
 
There have already been several victims among the many expatriate communities. The first death in the Jewish state from an Iranian missile was that of a Filipino caregiver. The conflict has also spread to the seas, with a seafarer killed on an oil tanker ...
| 02/03/2026
| ASIA - IRAN
 
The attacks launched by Israel and the United States on the eve of Purim and Iran's retaliation against US bases in the region have already claimed the life of one Asian immigrant, a Pakistani national working in Abu Dhabi. In India, the opposition ...
| 28/02/2026
| IRAN – UNITED STATES - ISRAEL
 
by Stefano Vecchia
12.5% of Filipino families still rely on remittances sent by relatives who have emigrated abroad for their livelihood. However, international instability, the more stable forms of residence abroad for many migrants and economic changes in Manila are ...
| 27/02/2026
| PHILIPPINES
 
A report by the International Labour Organisation reveals that 20 per cent of migrant fishermen work in exploitative conditions. The fishing industry, which is worth billions of dollars, relies heavily on foreign labour. Shifts of up to 20 hours a day, ...
| 25/02/2026
| SOUTHEAST ASIA
 
In London, the award for Best Children and Family Film went to a Manipuri-language production directed by Lakshmipriya Devi. Filming wrapped up before the outbreak of ethnic violence in 2023. The film touches upon timely topics such as migration and ...
| 24/02/2026
| INDIA
 
More than 4.7 million people were eligible to vote in yesterday’s election to the Lao National Assembly, dominated by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party to. On the same day, the death of activist Bao Mo Khaen, known for his outspoken denunciations ...
| 23/02/2026
| LAOS
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