Asia Times
Originally founded in 1995 as a newspaper, Asia Times shuttered in 1997 only to re-emerge in 1999 as an online-only news outlet headquartered in Hong Kong. Over the last decade, Asia Times Online has become one of the most popular - and authoritative - site when it comes to covering Asia's news and politics, from the desolate mountains by the Yalu River to the simmering cauldron that is the Gaza Strip. A number of top journalists and commentators write weekly on the Asia Times site, including M K Bhadrakumar (a career Indian diplomat), Syed Saleem Shahzad (a renowned South Asian expert and journalist), Sami Moubayed (a top Middle East analyst) and Pepe Escobar, who famously wrote a piece titled "Get Osama! Now! Or Else..." two weeks before the 9/11 terrorist attack masterminded by Osama bin Laden.
