Preliminary results of Pakistan’s election Thursday seem to show surprising success by Imran Khan’s repressed PTI party. What that means for the future of the country is uncertain.

Pakistan's most popular politician has been shot and ousted from office. Now he's demanding an election.

Attempts to rein in the ousted Prime Minister and cricket icon risks enraging his supporters.

The question remains whether any ballot can be free and fair with Pakistan’s most popular party routed and its leader wallowing in a fetid nine-by-11-foot jail cell.

The Biden Administration may yet regret not taking a stronger stance to protect in Pakistan the democratic values it claims to hold so dear.

The Unification Church is pivoting its fundraising efforts from Japan to the US—just in time for the presidential election.

The tests highlight the lack of meaningful progress

“China’s aim is nothing less than to completely wipe out Tibet’s national identity,” says a member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile

If Tsai is re-elected, she will have to helm Taiwan through a period of deep uncertainty

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit tells TIME that he's not afraid to call for change

In an interview, Drew Pavlou strenuously denies ever using or threatening violence. The Chinese government disagrees

As he welcomes the G7 to Hiroshima, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to turn a once pacifist Japan into a military power

Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene wants to transform Mongolia—if geopolitics doesn't get in the way.

Sergei Lavrov has made controversial comments about Hitler's 'Jewish blood' and said Israel supports the 'neo-Nazi' regime in Kyiv

The new administration is provoking Beijing on key issues in a risky approach

A WWF study finds that people have become more aware of the zoonotic causes of many infectious outbreaks

Freedom of religion, long suppressed in China, is now being squeezed to the limit

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. controls more than half the global market for made-to-order chips

Thai people are still waiting for elections

“The best way to preserve peace is to be able to fight a war,” Taipei’s top diplomat Joseph Wu tells TIME in an exclusive interview.

Mongolia's ex-president tells TIME of the stark choices smaller countries have in the face of Beijing's growing might

Despite the goalless scoreline, this was a match with plenty of action.

The rise of a multibillion dollar trafficking, drug, and scam industry marks a reboot for the Golden Triangle as a global criminal hotspot.

William Lai must balance his base’s craving for formal independence with the threat of invasion.

Exiled from Myanmar and viewed as a burden in Bangladesh, the Rohingya remain trapped between two nations that both shun them, while their proud culture fades away.

The attacks on Khan’s life and freedom are only ballast to his legend, which is taking on demagogic proportions

President Zelensky warns that “Russia may try to do something particularly nasty, particularly cruel” on Wednesday.

TIME travels with the USAID disaster and relief team to the ruined town of Bhaktapur

China’s top diplomat said the deal between Riyadh and Tehran demonstrates that Beijing is a “reliable mediator”

Taro Kono, Japan’s 60-year-old Digital Minister, is on a mission to drag the country into the 21st century

How did this virus travel from a bat colony to the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak was first documented?

Nine dead, 440 infected across the globe from virus that originated at market

Facing his own mortality, massage parlor tycoon-turned-anti-corruption vigilante Chuwit Kamolvisit is making a final stand against the Thai establishment.

The players hope to raise morale as the war grinds on at home—but first, they have to beat Scotland

The president likely felt he was losing control of the situation

Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were released after tech executive Meng Wanzhou was freed in Canada.

The election of front runner Tsai Ing-wen could spark major tensions with China.

Anti-drone technology is the need of the hour. This young firm in Singapore is leading the way.

Nine dead, 440 infected across the globe from virus that originated at market

“It’s another emerging technology that China knows it needs to be competitive,” says a Beijing-based IT consultant

“He doesn’t care about Ukraine or the war there,” says an expert in China-Russia relations

Q&A with ‘The Girl With Seven Names’ author Hyeonseo Lee

Paetongtarn Shinawatra is 36 years old, eight months pregnant, and ready to bring her ousted family back to power

The 2030 World Cup is to be played on three continents after Morocco, Portugal and Spain won the race to host but Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay were gifted three matches

The bulk of the business in Hiroshima was not focused on Putin’s war of choice, but on Beijing’s growing assertiveness

Shi Yin Mang is passing on the secrets of kung fu and Chan (Zen) Buddhism to both movie stars and office workers.

Resuming communication and defusing the U.S.-China trade war are key

Grab was once known as the Uber of Southeast Asia. Now it's a super-app that helps the financially underserved