Middle East

Mud-soaked residents scuffle with officials trying to demolish their homes

Pleading for help from the mud, residents scuffled with authorities in Cambodia’s capital on Tuesday as they tried to block…

8 months ago

China’s Xi appeared ‘humble’ but now rules supreme, ambassador says

China’s Xi Jinping was once a “humble” leader who has “totally changed” since taking control of the country in the…

8 months ago

Spirit of Uyghurs is celebrated in paintings of ‘Home’

“Home” means different things to young Uyghurs – some of whom may have not even visited their ancestral homeland in…

8 months ago

Eight songs that didn’t make it into China’s Lunar New Year gala

As people across China welcome the Year of the Dragon, the ruling Communist Party's propaganda machine has stepped up a…

8 months ago

Myanmar junta kills 6 internally displaced women and children

Junta troops shot and killed women and children living in eastern Myanmar, a human rights group told Radio Free Asia. …

8 months ago

Myanmar junta troops seize over 300 hostages

One woman died and over 300 villagers were arrested after a junta raid in central Myanmar, residents told Radio Free…

8 months ago

Arakan rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine seize outpost on Bangladesh border

The anti-junta Arakan Army seized an outpost manned by the military-affiliated Border Guard Force along western Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh…

9 months ago

Hun Manet blames derelict building problem on foreign media

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet blamed bad foreign press for the abrupt end to a development boom in the coastal…

9 months ago

January sees 23 landmine injuries in Myanmar

Landmines have killed one and injured 22 others across Myanmar’s north in January alone, locals told Radio Free Asia Thursday. …

9 months ago

Myanmar junta sentences nearly 400 women in 3 years since coup

Nearly 400 women in Myanmar have been sentenced to prison, some for more than 20 years – or even death…

9 months ago

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