Middle East

Myanmar rebels capture junta camp near capital of Kachin State

Ethnic minority Kachin insurgents have captured a junta military camp near the state capital of Myitkyina, in northern Myanmar, which…

5 months ago

Airstrike kills woman on Myanmar-Bangladesh border

A Myanmar junta airstrike near the border with Bangladesh on Tuesday killed one civilian and injured 11, residents told Radio…

5 months ago

China’s ‘virtual invasion’ of India and the cultural genocide of Tibet

There is no border between India and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the northwest and northeast, India adjoins…

5 months ago

Vietnamese church in land dispute dating back to 1975

Parishioners of a Catholic church in southern Vietnam are protesting the local government’s plan to build a school on land…

5 months ago

Uyghur activist moved to safe location after perceived threat in Paris

A Uyghur activist living in Paris has been moved to a secure location after a group of unidentified men appeared…

5 months ago

Chinese police harass family members of US-based content creators

Chinese authorities are stepping up pressure on the family members of U.S.-based YouTubers and other creative professionals in a bid…

5 months ago

Women account for 1 in 5 deaths in Myanmar since coup

Myanmar’s junta has killed more than 900 women and arrested nearly 5,000 others in just over three years since the…

5 months ago

Fake images of US college protests circulate in China

Pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. college campuses have gotten attention on Chinese social media, but some of these posts show unrelated…

6 months ago

INTERVIEW: Former North Korean diplomat on the drawbacks of being elite

Ryu Hyun-woo was North Korea’s acting ambassador to Kuwait when he defected to South Korea in 2019. As one of…

6 months ago

The Techo Funan Canal won’t end Cambodia’s dependency on Vietnam

First it was the Ream Naval Base. Now it’s the Techo Funan Canal.  Could the planned $1.7-billion waterway that will…

6 months ago

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