Middle East

Lao preacher arrested previously for evangelism found dead and badly beaten

A Lao Christian preacher who had previously been arrested for evangelism was found dead and badly beaten a few days…

2 years ago

Laos rescues 11 Indian nationals trafficked to work as phone scammers

Authorities in Laos have rescued 11 Indian nationals who were lured to the Chinese-run Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in…

2 years ago

Report criticizes ASEAN, international response to Myanmar humanitarian crisis

A new report by lawmakers from Southeast Asia and other regions criticizes what they describe as a timid response to…

2 years ago

Xi Jinping’s extended term as supreme leader sparks warning to China’s ethnic groups

Xi Jinping's third term in office as Chinese Communist Party supreme leader will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority…

2 years ago

Interview: ‘History is something you want to be on the right side of’

Since its founding in 1986, the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity has striven “to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice through…

2 years ago

China’s Xi Jinping gets third term, packs ruling committee with loyal ‘minions’

China's ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping began a third five-year term in office on Sunday, packing the all-powerful Politburo…

2 years ago

Myanmar’s junta bans family visits, food deliveries to seven prisons after bomb blast

Myanmar’s military junta on Thursday banned family visits and delivery of food and other necessities to inmates in seven prisons…

2 years ago

Laos put on edge by two recent brutal killings of Chinese nationals

The grisly killings of two Chinese nationals, whose bodies were found stuffed into bags and floating in rivers within two…

2 years ago

Two associates of Iran’s security forces have been killed in continuing Iranian revolution against the regime

Videos on social media show students and schoolgirls joining the demonstrations across the country. Dozens of protesters have been killed…

2 years ago

Vietnam promotes ‘problematic’ bid for UN Human Rights Council membership

Vietnam is mounting an assertive campaign to win a seat on the United National Human Rights Council in an Oct.…

2 years ago

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