NEED TO KNOW The Pressure Cooker TAJIKISTAN A statue of Ismoil Somoni is a big attraction in Dushanbe, the capital of the former […]

NEED TO KNOW Tilting at Windmills AZERBAIJAN Vafa Nagi is running for a seat in parliament as an independent in Azerbaijan’s parliamentary […]

NEED TO KNOW The Judicial Wall THAILAND The ruling party in Thailand’s parliament, Pheu Thai, recently nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter […]

NEED TO KNOW Atoll Power KIRIBATI Around 1,300 miles south of the American state of Hawaii, Kiribati is a country of 115,000 […]

NEED TO KNOW ‘The People’s War’ BANGLADESH On July 16, two police officers clashing with student protesters at Begum Rokeya University in […]

NEED TO KNOW Baby Onboarding ASIA In Japan, a diapers company recently announced that it would be switching its focus from babies […]

NEED TO KNOW Big Pockets CHINA China could be outpacing the US and Europe in the race to realize fusion, a potentially […]

NEED TO KNOW Little Dirty Gem SINGAPORE Holders of Singaporean passports are among the luckiest in the world. They can travel to […]

NEED TO KNOW The Absence of Embarrassment FIJI A court in Fiji recently sentenced former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to a year […]

NEED TO KNOW Sharing the Wealth MONGOLIA Mongolian judges recently visited Plainview, Texas to learn about American justice. They also visited the […]

NEED TO KNOW Talking Trash NORTH KOREA The French first used balloons in war for reconnaissance during the battles that erupted after […]

NEED TO KNOW Colonial Democracy NEW CALEDONIA Four people, including a security officer, died recently in riots in the French territory of […]

NEED TO KNOW The Misery of Zugzwang ARMENIA Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has protected the former Soviet republic […]

NEED TO KNOW Stopping the Hopping VANUATU Voters in Vanuatu, an archipelago in the South Pacific, will decide on May 29 whether […]

NEED TO KNOW Mixed Messages SRI LANKA Sri Lanka has been grappling with political and economic instability since the end of its […]

NEED TO KNOW Silencing the Music HONG KONG The chairwoman of Hong Kong’s weightlifting and powerlifting association mistakenly referred to “13 countries” […]

NEED TO KNOW A Wan Smile THAILAND A single clinic on Thailand’s border receives 500 refugees fleeing neighboring Myanmar’s civil war every […]

NEED TO KNOW Plows to Swords JAPAN A recent survey found that more than 92 percent of Japanese respondents held unfavorable views […]

NEED TO KNOW My Enemy, Myself RUSSIA/ TAJIKISTAN Life in Russia has become difficult for migrants from Tajikistan and other Central Asian […]

NEED TO KNOW Kitchen-Table Politics INDIA The upcoming parliamentary election in India is expected to go well for Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

NEED TO KNOW The Cost of Allegiance SOLOMON ISLANDS Parliamentary and local elections in the Solomon Islands on April 17 are yet […]

NEED TO KNOW The Wedge Between Two Giants MALDIVES In January, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, suspended ex-Deputy Youth Minister […]

NEED TO KNOW The Third Wheel SOUTH KOREA Politicians from the ruling People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party have traditionally […]