Landmine Deaths Break Quiet But Myanmar’s...

Nine members of an extended family from a village in Maungdaw township were traveling home from a Buddhist alms-giving ceremony when their vehicle hit the mine. Kyaw Ye Aung, 25, his wife Aye Sann Nu, 20, and their son Kyaw Hsan Oo, 3 were killed, while four severely injured family members were taken to a hospital in the state capital Sittwe on Wednesday

Solidarity with Venezuelan Migrants: Reasons, Suffering...

As reported in the note sent to Agenzia Fides, the report wants to share the testimonies of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, making visible their feelings, the challenges they had to face and the strength with which they overcome all kinds of difficulties

China Bans Smoke Offerings Outside Lhasa’s...

China is now banning offerings of burnt juniper boughs and other fragrant smoke outside the iconic Jokhang temple in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa, with authorities citing concerns over air pollution, sources in the city say

Armenian PM Under Increased Pressure After...

In spite of the oblique language, the response was immediate and explosive. Many accused Pashinyan of trying to incite violence against his opponents, and even in more generous interpretations that he was engaging in an unproductive search for enemies when the country is in crisis. “Don’t you have anything better to do than to watch dozens of videos?” one user asked under his post.

Will Wearing a Mask be the...

Not all Americans have adopted mask-wearing, especially not those who view masks through a political lens.But pandemics have changed public habits in the past. Wearing a face covering is much more common in East Asia since the outbreak of SARS,a viral respiratory illness,in 2003

Arrest warrant for the Muslim Religious...

Karachi court issued an arrest warrant, without the possibility of bail, for Qazi Mufti Ahmed Jaan Raheemi, an Islamic religious accused of having celebrated the marriage of a Christian minor girl, Neha Pervaiz, kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam in April 2019. Neha Pervaiz managed to escape from her 45-year-old husband after a week in captivit

UN Rights Chief Alarmed by Reports...

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warns escalating fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could spiral out of control if allowed to continue much longer. More than a week of fighting between the Ethiopian army and forces of the Tigray regional government has resulted in civilian casualties and widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure. Reports of …

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Myanmar Ruling Party Follows Election Win...

With nearly all votes tallied from Sunday’s vote, the NLD clinched a clear majority of seats in the bicameral national Union Parliament, the Union Election Commission (UEC) said on Friday

Jailed Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut to...

The award will be presented at a virtual conference, “Freedom to Think 2020: Responding to Attacks on Higher Education,” and will be accepted by Dawut’s daughter, Akeda Pulati, who described her mother in an SAR statement Wednesday as “a scholar, not a criminal.”

Uyghur Businessman Faces Deportation to Xinjiang...

Hamidulla Wali once ran Hadiya Clothing, a company based in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) that sells clothes embroidered with Uyghur designs.