NEED TO KNOW Me, too! AFGHANISTAN Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar recently told Western leaders that he and his forces will treat […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Forever Insurgency The Taliban claimed victory after the recent end of the US-led NATO occupation of Afghanistan. […]

NEED TO KNOW INDIA Demography, Meet Destiny India is slated to surpass China and become the most populous country in the world […]

NEED TO KNOW CHINA Too Big To Succeed Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced the creation of a new stock exchange for […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN Sweaty Palms Indian envoys recently spoke to Taliban officials who now run Afghanistan after the American withdrawal from […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN No Vacancy Airbnb will offer 20,000 Afghan refugees free, temporary housing around the world as they seek to […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Brother, Can You Spare a Wage Hike? An Iranian immigrant, Zahra Hossein Zadeh, earns $19 an hour cleaning […]

NEED TO KNOW TAIWAN Recall Rage Is too much democracy a bad thing? If you ask some progressive politicians in Taiwan these […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Winners of Nothing A week ago, the Taliban toppled the Afghan government and took over the country. […]

NEED TO KNOW THE PHILIPPINES Truth & Consequences Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court want to investigate whether people died unjustly in […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Fall Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday as Taliban fighters entered Kabul, leading to the […]

NEED TO KNOW SRI LANKA The Invasion of the Nurdle First, smoke from the burning container ship X-Press Pearl polluted the skies […]

NEED TO KNOW CHINA Pride Goeth… China is building more than 100 new nuclear missile silos in its northwestern desert, according to […]

NEED TO KNOW JAPAN Laurels in Silence Victorious Olympic athletes will put on their own medals at the Tokyo games this summer. […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Falling Down The tragic collapse of the Surfside condominium in Florida last month highlighted how such accidents are […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Time Off A stereotype of Japanese culture would depict it as workaholic. In reality, Japanese officials are pushing […]

NEED TO KNOW NORTH KOREA Thinner North Koreans are worried about their supreme leader’s weight loss. “Our people’s hearts ached most when […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN Leave No Man Behind Interpreters were crucial in the US-led effort to root out Islamic fundamentalists in Afghanistan […]

NEED TO KNOW INDIA Deadly Impatience The Taj Mahal reopened to visitors recently. Officials closed the 17th-century mausoleum honoring the Mughal Emperor […]

NEED TO KNOW ARMENIA The Defeated Serzh Sargsyan, a former Armenian president and prime minister now running for parliament, recently pledged to […]

NEED TO KNOW MONGOLIA Steppe Politics Mongolia’s last presidential election in 2017 was extremely close. Incumbent President Khaltmaa Battulga, a former sumo wrestler, won […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Precious and Few People around the world are stressing out over rare earth metals. As Britannica.com explained, rare […]

NEED TO KNOW VIETNAM A Rubber Democracy Vietnam and Laos fought against the United States together during the Vietnam War. Laos was […]

NEED TO KNOW AUSTRALIA By the Numbers Caroline Andersen has been fighting for five years to learn why her son, Wayne Fella […]