Headlines
  • Thirty people have died in a devastating fire at a pub in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, according to reports on Tuesday.
  • Two UAE tankers have been struck in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  • On Monday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that airstrikes on Iran have started for the third night in a row.
  • On Monday, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced that two Iranian tankers had attacked two national tankers. One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured, including four critically, by cruise missiles in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz in Omani territorial waters.
  • Despite unleashing fresh attacks on Iran and reimposing a blockade of Iranian ports, US President Donald Trump said on Monday that an deal with Tehran to end the Middle East war was still possible.
  • IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said in a statement on Monday that Iran will "continue to exercise our sovereignty and management over the Strait of Hormuz."
  • A constitutional amendment was passed by the Hungarian parliament to oust Orban ally President Tamas Sulyok.

Year: 2022

May 20, 2022

The UN Security Council Meets to...

Carolina Ache, Uruguay’s Deputy Foreign Minister, speaks during a Security Council meeting on conflict and food security in the context of international peace and security

IDPs in Kayin Are Now Being...

The number of persons displaced in Myanmar has risen to nearly a million as a result of airstrikes and indiscriminate bombardment. As conflicts between Myanmar’s army and opposition forces get closer to civilian targets, civilians who have just abandoned their homes in Kayin state speak out about the dangers of returning to work in their fields ahead of the new growing season

Abortion Rights Restrictions in US Could...

If the Supreme Court overturns its 1973 ruling legalising abortion, American women’s access to the procedure will be severely restricted

US Investigators Indict Exiled Chinese Pro-Democracy...

A prominent Chinese democracy activist in exile has been indicted on spying charges in the United States alongside four intelligence officers, suggesting successful infiltration of exile groups by China’s state security police

May 19, 2022

UN Deputy Secretary-General meets with Kenya’s...

Amina Mohammed(left) United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, meets with Raychelle Omamo, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs

As Mariupol Falls to Russian Forces,...

Russia has taken control of Mariupol, Ukraine’s strategic port city, after months of siege, and relief workers say they are unsure how many residents remain. Many people risked everything to get out of Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine

Police: Arrested IS-Linked Militants Sought to...

Many of the 24 suspects arrested in Central Sulawesi with alleged links to a pro-Islamic State militant group wanted to join another extremist outfit whose decimated membership has dwindled to two, Indonesian police said Wednesday without disclosing details

Uyghur Lecturer Said to be Detained...

A computer teacher from a university in the Xinjiang region has been detained by Chinese authorities since 2017 for failing to sign an oath of allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a Uyghur source in the town of Ghulja and local officials told RFA

May 18, 2022

UN Secretary-General Meets With Pakistan’s Foreign...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs on Ma

Kalush Residents React to Their hometown...

Kalush residents were overjoyed when their hometown band won the Eurovision Song Contest. On May 16, RFE/RL spoke with Kalush residents about their feelings in the following of the Eurovision victory RFE/RL

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