Headlines
  • The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
  • According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
  • On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
  • The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
  • A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
  • In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.

Month: December 2020

December 11, 2020

‘She Spoke Out For Justice Without...

The authors’ group Independent Chinese PEN Center awarded Geng, who has been bullied and mistreated by fellow prisoners in a police-run detention center, its Lin Zhao Memorial Award, commemorating a Mao-era dissident who was executed after continuing to write in prison using her own blood as ink

Afghanistan: Journalist from Enekaas TV, Representative...

Journalist Malalai Maiwand , 30, and her driver, Taher Khan , were killed on Thursday, December 10 by two gunmen in Jalalabad, in the east of the country. The young woman died instantly. His driver succumbed to his injuries in hospital

Turkey Economy Reset

Turkish exporters are being shut out of Middle Eastern markets due to growing pushback by Saudi Arabia and Egypt in response to what some describe as Turkey’s aggressive foreign policy

China Puts Rights Lawyers, Families Under...

Authorities in the Chinese capital have placed a number of prominent rights lawyers and their families under house arrest on Human Rights Day, RFA has learned

December 10, 2020

‘A New Beginning’: Relief, Hope as...

British health officials are warning that people with a “significant history” of allergic reactions should not receive the new coronavirus vaccine that was rolled out in a mass vaccination program Tuesday,

Appeal to the Pakistan Prime Minister:...

According to CSJ, a total of 162 cases of Hindu and Christian women were kidnapped, converted and forcibly married were officially recorded from 2013 to 2020 in the provinces of Punjab and Sindh alone

‘Who Killed Those People?’ Ethiopian Children...

Refugees fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia say they don’t know the fate of their families left behind as they arrive at remote camps in Sudan

Vietnam’s Crackdown on Freedom of Expression...

According to Amnesty International, as of May, 2019 Vietnam had in its custody 118 prisoners of conscience. Some have since been released after serving their sentences, but many more have been arrested and detained on similar charges

December 9, 2020

Rohingya Relocation Bhasan Char Island

For the last three years, most of the 700,000 Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar have been living in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar

Zimbabwe Mining Safety Concern

High unemployment and poverty are pushing Zimbabwe’s laborers into mining for gold in disused and dangerous mine shafts that too often turn into death traps

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