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  • Hezbollah claims that on Monday, fighters attacked Israeli forces three times within Lebanese territory.
  • Four people, including a woman, have been killed by Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon.
  • Cole Allen, who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, is accused of trying to kill President Trump. He appeared in federal court for the first time on Monday afternoon but did not enter a plea.
  • Iran's ambassador to the UN stated on Monday that before it can guarantee security in the oil-rich Gulf, it needs assurances against another attack by the United States and Israel.
  • US president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are met at the White House by King Charles and Queen Camilla.

Category: News & Views

December 15, 2022

Funeral Homes Operating Around the Clock...

Funeral homes in Beijing are operating around the clock amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, with cremations now backed up for at least five days, funeral parlor staff told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.

December 14, 2022

In an Increasingly Authoritarian Bangladesh,the Opposition...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the country’s principal opposition organ, this past weekend held what was arguably the nation’s biggest anti-government rally in years, marking a solid end to the party’s long hiatus.

Netherlands Honors Detained Chinese Feminist,Labor Activist...

The Netherlands has honored detained Chinese feminist and rights activist Li Qiaochu with an award recognizing her dedication to human rights

December 13, 2022

China Arrests Artist Who Painted,Tweeted Portrait...

Chinese authorities have arrested an artist who painted a portrait of the “Bridge Man” protester Peng Lifa and posted it on Twitter, his wife and a rights group said.

December 10, 2022

With key Leaders arrested,BNP Supporters Flock...

Bangladesh has arrested two senior opposition party leaders ahead of a huge anti-government rally in the nation’s capital Saturday and after political violence that drew a rare high-profile statement from the White House. 

Uyghur Groups Urge World Leaders to...

Some 55 Uyghur organizations have called on world leaders to recognize Dec. 9 as Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day, marking the day a year ago that an independent U.K.-based Uyghur Tribunal announced its findings that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang region

December 9, 2022

24 Rohingya Leave Bangladesh for US

Two dozen Rohingya departed for the United States on Thursday where they will be allowed to live, officials with Bangladesh’s foreign ministry and repatriation office announced,

Asia Fact Check Lab: Was the...

The Nov. 24 fire in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi sparked public rage throughout the country, as people blamed local COVID lockdown restrictions for impeding the rescue and escape of people caught in the blaze. Chinese government officials at the local and national level denied any connection between the deaths in the fire and pandemic prevention measures. 

December 8, 2022

BNP, Police Clash Ahead of Major...

At least one man was killed and scores were injured when violence broke out Wednesday as police clashed with a big crowd of supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party outside its headquarters in Dhaka, officials and activists said.

‘It’s a Miracle I Came Out...

A Chinese activist from the southern province of Guangdong said she was tortured, beaten and treated like a traitor while in prison for protesting a draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong.

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