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​People stay at a school, which is functioned as the temporary shelter at flooded area, on November 30, 2025 in Sumatra, Sumatra. The authorities in Indonesia were searching on Sunday for hundreds of people they said were missing after days of unusually heavy rains across Southeast Asia that have killed hundreds and displaced millions.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Mother Nature batters South and Southeast Asia, Netanyahu asks for a pardon, Aussies get in kayaks to protest coal, Trump commutes sentence of fraudster, Leo makes first foreign trip as pope

800: The death toll from the tropical storm that battered parts of Southeast Asia is now close to 800.

Then-Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney and then-Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush in Casper, Wyoming, on July 26, 2000.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Dick Cheney dies, China sentences Myanmar scammers to death, Jamaica town left in ruins, OpenAI splashes cash on computing power

​The Palestinian flag is raised at the Palestinian mission's headquarters in London, United Kingdom, on September 22, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: More Western nations recognize Palestinian state, Southeast Asian unrest spreads to the Philippines, Putin wants to de-facto extend nuclear arms deal

Police officers disperse protesters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 30, 2025.
Analysis

Why Asia’s “Gen Z” revolts matter

Across South and Southeast Asia, something unusual is brewing – with major consequences for the region’s collective foreign policy.

India vs. Pakistan: Rising tensions in South Asia
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

India vs. Pakistan: Rising tensions in South Asia

Following a terrorist attack in Kashmir last spring, India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, exchanged military strikes in an alarming escalation. Former Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Khar joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to discuss Pakistan’s perspective in the simmering conflict.

Why India and Pakistan can't get along
Ian Explains

Why India and Pakistan can't get along

A military confrontation between India and Pakistan in May nearly pushed the two nuclear-armed countries to the brink of war. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down the complicated history of the India-Pakistan conflict, one of the most contentious and bitter rivalries in the world.

The Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 24, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Clashes on Thailand-Cambodia border, Trump’s new AI plan, China-EU tensions

A long-simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia erupted into armed clashes Thursday that have killed at least 12 people on the Thai side of the frontier.

​Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet (not pictured) at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 17, 2025.
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China warns world against harmful US trade deals

China warned Monday that it would “take countermeasures” against countries that try to curry favor with the US by hurting Beijing.

Thailand's newly appointed Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa reacts during a family photo session with new cabinet ministers at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, May 7, 2024. ​
What We're Watching

US ally Thailand moves forward with BRICS membership

On Sunday, Thailand said Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa had delivered an official letter to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, outlining Bangkok’s intention to join the BRICS alliance, which has gained a reputation as an anti-Western forum in recent years.

​Vice-Senior General Soe Win takes part in a military parade to mark the 74th Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar March 27, 2019.
What We're Watching

Myanmar junta leader MIA as rebels make gains

Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win has not been seen in public since April 3, with unconfirmed reports alleging he was injured in a drone attack — or purged from leadership.