Headlines- In order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said late Monday that it was striking Iran for the tenth night in a row.
- After their announcement of a naval blockade in the southern part of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia denounced the Houthis in Yemen, who are supported by Iran.
- According to Jordan's state television, the Jordanian Armed Forces said that three missiles launched from Iran had been intercepted.
- After the deaths of three American service personnel this past weekend, US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that they "will pay" every time they kill Americans.
- Multiple Iranian airstrikes on Middle East bases this month have injured nearly 100 US service men.
- In the latest round of Iranian retaliatory attacks on the Gulf state allied with the United States, the Kuwaiti army said it is working to intercept Iranian missiles and drones.
Category: News & Views
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Indonesian Parliament Passes Law Banning Sex...
Indonesia’s parliament passed a broad new criminal code on Tuesday that punishes sex outside marriage and cohabitation between unwed partners, in what critics called a threat to civil liberties in Southeast Asia’s most populous country.