Erin Cook

Amid a changed political landscape – and a pandemic – Rizieq Shihab’s return from Saudi Arabia raises much speculation.

Despite promising new policies, the city’s new leader faces the same problems as the last, and few options.

Another former actor-turned-politician has stolen the show and injected the spark of change into Philippines politics.

Yogyakarta-based artist Eko Nugroho fears self-censorship is again growing in Indonesia’s otherwise flourishing art scene.