A long war will strain Lebanon’s sectarian balance

The war is driving efforts by some, especially Christian leaders, to reshape Hezbollah's role in domestic politics

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India-China mistrust will endure despite key step

The two countries seemingly made considerable progress last week on easing their border tensions

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Seoul has threatened countermeasures over North Korea’s alleged troop deployment to Russia

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The arrest of a key minister and a new military shake-up point to the president’s increasingly fragile position

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The new president has the largest cabinet in decades

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The new prime minister has walked back from contentious ‘Asian NATO’ plans ahead of this month’s snap election

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The government has announced a major wave of arrests of domestic enemies as part of a citizen denunciation campaign

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The government’s critics continue to face repression

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Israel is pressing forward with the wars in Gaza and Lebanon despite major blows against Hamas and Hezbollah

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Soaring demand and widespread supply constraints have caused inflation to remain well above the target rate of 4%

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