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South-east Asia gender balance implies growth benefit

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Gender inequality, business and economic growth as ASEAN integrates economically.

Cultural restrictions will tighten in South-east Asia

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The code bans sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples and “humiliation” of the government. It prohibits online insults to the president and other state…

Maldives will manage militancy and virus risks

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MALDIVES

The attempted assassination involved a remote-controlled device, signalling new capabilities among local militant groups. Separately, the Maldives has recently had a sharp rise in…

Islamic State threat looms over security in Indonesia

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INDONESIA

Islamic State threat.

Islamist threat is limited but growing in Kazakhstan

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KAZAKHSTAN

Meyram Ayubaev was answering questions about the man held for the July 18 shooting of four police and a civilian in Almaty. That incident came within six weeks of attacks that…

Afghan ethnic tensions resurface, even within Taliban

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AFGHANISTAN

Opposition is growing in several non-Pashtun areas, spurred by heavy-handed Taliban governance, but these groups are fragmented and many of the old warlords now reside abroad…

Anti-Shia militants pose a rising threat in Pakistan

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PAKISTAN

IS has long-standing ties with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and is increasingly reaching out to Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), LeJ’s parent organisation. SSP and LeJ seek the…