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‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere

Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in...

06.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere

Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in...

06.03.2026 20

WA Today

Zach Hope

‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere

Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in...

06.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere

Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in...

06.03.2026 20

The Age

Zach Hope

Will a new government breathe life into Thailand’s gasping cannabis industry?

Weed parlours were everywhere in Bangkok, like pubs in London. But the trade has been a debacle of the former government’s own making.

15.02.2026 10

The Age

Zach Hope

Will a new government breathe life into Thailand’s gasping cannabis industry?

Weed parlours were everywhere in Bangkok, like pubs in London. But the trade has been a debacle of the former government’s own making.

15.02.2026 30

WA Today

Zach Hope

Will a new government breathe life into Thailand’s gasping cannabis industry?

Weed parlours were everywhere in Bangkok, like pubs in London. But the trade has been a debacle of the former government’s own making.

15.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

Will a new government breathe life into Thailand’s gasping cannabis industry?

Weed parlours were everywhere in Bangkok, like pubs in London. But the trade has been a debacle of the former government’s own making.

15.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

Albanese says ‘no country is more important to Australia’ than Indonesia. Is this really true?

Neighbourly love is overflowing between the PM and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, but the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric.

14.02.2026 400

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

Albanese says ‘no country is more important to Australia’ than Indonesia. Is this really true?

Neighbourly love is overflowing between the PM and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, but the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric.

14.02.2026 20

The Age

Zach Hope

Albanese says ‘no country is more important to Australia’ than Indonesia. Is this really true?

Neighbourly love is overflowing between the PM and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, but the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric.

14.02.2026 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

Albanese says ‘no country is more important to Australia’ than Indonesia. Is this really true?

Neighbourly love is overflowing between the PM and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, but the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric.

14.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

Why Indonesia’s ‘worrying’ shift is hard to ignore

New laws enacted in Indonesia this month criminalise a slew of supposed transgressions ranging from demeaning the president to unmarried sex.

19.01.2026 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

Why Indonesia’s ‘worrying’ shift is hard to ignore

New laws enacted in Indonesia this month criminalise a slew of supposed transgressions ranging from demeaning the president to unmarried sex.

19.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

Why Indonesia’s ‘worrying’ shift is hard to ignore

New laws enacted in Indonesia this month criminalise a slew of supposed transgressions ranging from demeaning the president to unmarried sex.

19.01.2026 10

The Age

Zach Hope

Why Indonesia’s ‘worrying’ shift is hard to ignore

New laws enacted in Indonesia this month criminalise a slew of supposed transgressions ranging from demeaning the president to unmarried sex.

19.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?

Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.

22.12.2025 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?

Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.

22.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?

Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.

22.12.2025 10

The Age

Zach Hope

Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?

Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.

22.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

As the Coalition self-immolates, Albanese strides the world stage

One of the challenges for an Australian prime minister is getting the Indonesians interested. And Prabowo Subianto is interested.

17.11.2025 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

As the Coalition self-immolates, Albanese strides the world stage

One of the challenges for an Australian prime minister is getting the Indonesians interested. And Prabowo Subianto is interested.

17.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

As the Coalition self-immolates, Albanese strides the world stage

One of the challenges for an Australian prime minister is getting the Indonesians interested. And Prabowo Subianto is interested.

17.11.2025 10

The Age

Zach Hope

As the Coalition self-immolates, Albanese strides the world stage

One of the challenges for an Australian prime minister is getting the Indonesians interested. And Prabowo Subianto is interested.

17.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

‘We have no other option’: The women raising expat children, while never seeing their own

This extraordinary workforce in Singapore allows mothers respite, or the chance to work. The problem is, the system is premised on profound sadness.

17.11.2025 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

‘We have no other option’: The women raising expat children, while never seeing their own

This extraordinary workforce in Singapore allows mothers respite, or the chance to work. The problem is, the system is premised on profound sadness.

17.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

‘We have no other option’: The women raising expat children, while never seeing their own

This extraordinary workforce in Singapore allows mothers respite, or the chance to work. The problem is, the system is premised on profound sadness.

17.11.2025 10

The Age

Zach Hope

‘We have no other option’: The women raising expat children, while never seeing their own

This extraordinary workforce in Singapore allows mothers respite, or the chance to work. The problem is, the system is premised on profound sadness.

17.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

World leader hosting ASEAN saves his final, careful words for Albanese

Of all the statements and speeches from Anwar Ibrahim over the past three days, it may have been his very last that meant the most to the Australian...

29.10.2025 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

World leader hosting ASEAN saves his final, careful words for Albanese

Of all the statements and speeches from Anwar Ibrahim over the past three days, it may have been his very last that meant the most to the Australian...

29.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

World leader hosting ASEAN saves his final, careful words for Albanese

Of all the statements and speeches from Anwar Ibrahim over the last three days, it may have been his very last that meant the most to the Australian...

29.10.2025 10

The Age

Zach Hope

World leader hosting ASEAN saves his final, careful words for Albanese

Of all the statements and speeches from Anwar Ibrahim over the past three days, it may have been his very last that meant the most to the Australian...

29.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

Peace, trade and self-congratulation: A brief tour of Trump’s brush with ASEAN

You knew Air Force One had disgorged the dancing US president by the clapping and excited hoots from Kuala Lumpur’s vast press centre.

27.10.2025 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

Peace, trade and self-congratulation: A brief tour of Trump’s brush with ASEAN

You knew Air Force One had disgorged the dancing US president by the clapping and excited hoots from Kuala Lumpur’s vast press centre.

27.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

Peace, trade and self-congratulation: A brief tour of Trump’s brush with ASEAN

You knew Air Force One had disgorged the dancing US president by the clapping and excited hoots from Kuala Lumpur’s vast press centre.

27.10.2025 10

The Age

Zach Hope

Peace, trade and self-congratulation: A brief tour of Trump’s brush with ASEAN

You knew Air Force One had disgorged the dancing US president by the clapping and excited hoots from Kuala Lumpur’s vast press centre.

27.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

Beside Trump, Prabowo was in his happy place – at home it’s a different story

The Indonesian president returns from the backslapping at Egypt to plummeting approval ratings and his signature policy embroiled in a crisis of his...

20.10.2025 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

Beside Trump, Prabowo was in his happy place – at home it’s a different story

The Indonesian president returns from the backslapping at Egypt to plummeting approval ratings and his signature policy embroiled in a crisis of his...

20.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

Beside Trump, Prabowo was in his happy place – at home it’s a different story

The Indonesian president returns from the backslapping at Egypt to plummeting approval ratings and his signature policy embroiled in a crisis of his...

20.10.2025 10

The Age

Zach Hope

Beside Trump, Prabowo was in his happy place – at home it’s a different story

The Indonesian president returns from the backslapping at Egypt to plummeting approval ratings and his signature policy embroiled in a crisis of his...

20.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

The deadly war raging on Australia’s doorstep that Trump won’t touch

Credit where it’s due, the US president has been making things happen in the Middle East. But there is another brutal conflict no one will touch,...

16.10.2025 7

WA Today

Zach Hope

The deadly war raging on Australia’s doorstep that Trump won’t touch

Credit where it’s due, the US president has been making things happen in the Middle East. But there is another brutal conflict no one will touch,...

16.10.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

The deadly war raging on Australia’s doorstep that Trump won’t touch

Credit where it’s due, the US president has been making things happen in the Middle East. But there is another brutal conflict no one will touch,...

16.10.2025 10

The Age

Zach Hope

The deadly war raging on Australia’s doorstep that Trump won’t touch

Credit where it’s due, the US president has been making things happen in the Middle East. But there is another brutal conflict no one will touch,...

16.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

Over to you: The man who had to follow Trump’s wild UN speech

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto faced the daunting challenge of being next on stage after Donald Trump’s UN show-stopper. Could he pull it off?

24.09.2025 10

WA Today

Zach Hope

Over to you: The man who had to follow Trump’s wild UN speech

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto faced the daunting challenge of being next on stage after Donald Trump’s UN show-stopper. Could he pull it off?

24.09.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope

Over to you: The man who had to follow Trump’s wild UN speech

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto faced the daunting challenge of being next on stage after Donald Trump’s UN show-stopper. Could he pull it off?

24.09.2025 6

The Age

Zach Hope

Over to you: The man who had to follow Trump’s wild UN speech

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto faced the daunting challenge of being next on stage after Donald Trump’s UN show-stopper. Could he pull it off?

24.09.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Zach Hope

Trump’s Aussie ‘alpha male’ is falling flat in Malaysia

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is staring at a Nick Adams-shaped pickle.

23.07.2025 9

WA Today

Zach Hope

Trump’s Aussie ‘alpha male’ is falling flat in Malaysia

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is staring at a Nick Adams-shaped pickle.

23.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Zach Hope