Eric Randolph
Iran
Currently Tehran deputy bureau chief for AFP
Eric Randolph
Iran
Currently Tehran deputy bureau chief for AFP
In Asian countries and beyond, democracy is taking a beating
In the scheme of things, democratic freedom is a recent, rare and fragile phenomenon.
The National: The Review
Thailand's Scarred Schoolyards
In southern provinces like Pattani, teachers are targets of a shadowy insurgency
Caravan
Asia
Now the Social Revolution Can Begin
It's hard to overstate how much of a political basket case Nepal has been.
Foreign Policy
Asia
Soft on Sein
The rush to fete Myanmar's president may be premature.
Foreign Affairs
The darker side of the Maldives
Hilath was about to walk through his front door when he felt the box-cutter slice through his neck.
The Independent
Asia
When I got to my village, all the houses had been burned
Security forces knocked out Suresh’s teeth, cut off 3 fingers & tossed him on his dying mother
Irish Times
Desperate shortages leave Ukraine ill-prepared for trauma of war
Psychiatric hospitals are so under-funded that some have less than 10 cents a day to feed patients.
AFP
Bumps in the Road: Political Reform in Myanmar
Analysing the roadblocks on Myanmar's journey towards reform.
Jane's Intelligence Review
Iran's blooming art scene: a bubble of hope
Censors are still deeply ambivalent about the liberating, libertine tendencies of the art world.
AFP
Iran's hardline revolution lives on among Raisi supporters
A large screen over the entrance shows women in black robes firing rocket-propelled grenades.
AFP
Iran pre-nups land thousands of men in jail
When Sadegh married, he didn't think he'd end up as one of those Iranians facing ruin & even prison.
AFP
Iran's pistachio farms are dying of thirst
The pistachio trees at the village in southern Iran are long dead, bleached white by the sun.
AFP
‘Journalist scum’ and the Cannes glitterati
Compared to the glittering ubermensch of the red carpet, I am just a speck in the filthy horde.
AFP
Taming a raging bull for honour - and new kitchen appliances
The bull stops. Confused. Unaware that behind him is a straight run for freedom and glory.
The National
The kitten press
"No cat should have kittens in Tenby without us knowing about it.”
Economist
Bulgaria: Land of the Tomb Raiders
Real-life vampires, giant rock vaginas, ancient sites to rival those of Greece and Rome.
The Independent
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