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Uncertainty continues for about 1 million Rohingya refugees who have been stuck in Bangladesh for nearly six years despite the latest attempts to return them to Myanmar.
Thailand goes to the polls but there are questions over whether the election can result in the first peaceful transition of power in the volatile south-east Asian nation in a decade.
Pakistan appears to be on a knife-edge again after the arrest of popular opposition leader and former cricket star Imran Kahn has sparked a series of violent clashes this week.
And ties between the west and China are deteriorating again with Beijing embroiled in a new tit-for-tat diplomatic dispute with Canada, a standoff over Russia sanctions with Europe and signs that even high level meetings between US and Chinese officials are being derailed.
Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.
