Middle East

Myanmar junta uses pregnant women and monks as human shields

Nearly 100 civilians were caught in a battle in western Myanmar on Tuesday, locals told Radio Free Asia. As fighting…

11 months ago

China orders financial support for battered property sector

The Chinese government has urged banks and financial institutions to back a sputtering real estate sector where the biggest developers…

11 months ago

Russian soldier in Ukraine discusses North Korean weapons in video

Video of a Russian soldier in Ukraine talking about ammunition supplied by North Korea surfaced on social media this week,…

11 months ago

APEC 2023: Xi heads for US in closely-watched summit with Biden

Even as the world watches keenly as China’s President Xi Jinping meets his American counterpart Joe Biden on Wednesday, expectations…

11 months ago

Cambodia’s Hun Manet goes up against the private sector

On November 13, Cambodia’s princeling prime minister, Hun Manet, will meet with Cambodia’s aggravated private sector for his administration's first…

11 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: How tech, social media spur misinformation

The adage “The first casualty when war comes is truth” remains as relevant today as it did when the U.S.…

12 months ago

Hamas official says North Korea could attack US over Gaza war

North Korea is part of a coalition of countries allied with Hamas and could attack the United States over the…

12 months ago

What’s behind the latest corruption trial in Hanoi?

On October  23, Vietnamese prosecutors began a second corruption trial against fugitive businesswoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan. Given her alleged…

12 months ago

Ethnic armed alliance captures 3 cities on China-Myanmar border

Allied ethnic armed groups captured three cities in northeastern Myanmar in a six-day battle, a representative of one of the…

12 months ago

Patriotic flag ceremonies at Hong Kong mosque ‘shock’ believers

Muslims at Hong Kong’s biggest Kowloon Mosque raised the Chinese national flag in formal ceremonies in July and October this…

12 months ago

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