Headlines- Final referendum results showed on Sunday that Icelandic voters have rejected a plan to restart accassion talks with the European Union.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- On Saturday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were attacked by masked Israeli settlers who trapped them in their homes and pelted rocks at them.
- On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the "criminal acts of violence" that Israeli settlers perpetrated in two Palestinian villages.
- In central Zimbabwe, a minibus carrying churchgoers crashed head-on with a truck, killing at least 27 people and injuring seven more.
- After being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, far-right British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom.
- The "Yes" and "No" camps in Iceland's EU referendum are tied at 51.17% and 48.83%, respectively.
Year: 2022
UN: Bangladesh’s Shutting Down of Guman...
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Mother of Jailed Chinese Activist Huang...
Pu Wenqing, the mother of jailed rights activist Huang Qi, says her cancer is spreading from her lungs to her liver, and has called on the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to allow her to visit her son in prison before she dies
During Tightly Controlled Visit, Ethiopia Denied...
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Locals in Kyiv Are Being Warned...
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Thailand Makes Cannabis Partially Legal But...
Thailand partially decriminalized cannabis as of Thursday, allowing users to possess, consume and grow low-potency plants, but it discouraged smoking the weed in public by attaching a hefty fine and jail sentence for those who are a nuisance while lighting up
Uyghur University Student in Xinjiang Arrested...
A Uyghur student who had attended university in southeastern China was arrested last December during an internship in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region and sentenced up to five years in prison, his family told RFA
Mozambique Elected to UN Security Council...
Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo, speaks to reporters after the country was elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the years 2023-2024
Students Challenge Blinken on Press Freedom...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced questions from student journalists on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, including why the US deals with countries like Saudi Arabia, which is accused of killing journalists, while condemning others like Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela for threatening press freedom
Prominent Tibetan Writer Confirmed Detained After...
Prominent Tibetan writer and scholar Rongwo Gangkar, who went missing more than a year ago, has been confirmed arrested by Chinese authorities, RFA’s Tibetan Service has learned
Ethiopian Journalists Are Being Held Without...
In the last month, Ethiopian police have detained at least 19 journalists and are holding them in detention centres without charge. According to rights organisations, the government is deliberately targeting journalists in order to intimidate them into self-censoring their reporting on the Tigray war and other issues. In this report from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Halima Athumani speaks with a lawyer who is trying to help those who have been detained