Headlines
  • 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.

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September 15, 2022

China’s Anhui Publishes Draft Rules Allowing...

Faced with falling birth rates, authorities in Anhui are gearing up to remove bans on unmarried women having children

September 14, 2022

Newly Arrived Rohingya Refugees Say Hundreds...

Hundreds of people were waiting to cross into Bangladesh from Myanmar, a small group of newly arrived Rohingya told BenarNews, amid fierce fighting close to the border that has sparked diplomatic protests over reports of artillery and mortar shells landing in Bangladeshi territory

Authorities in Xinjiang Detain Hundreds of...

More than 600 mostly young Uyghurs from a village in Ghulja were detained by authorities in Xinjiang on Monday after they ignored a strict COVID-19 lockdown and staged a peaceful street protest against a lack of food that has led to starvation and deaths, a local police officer said 

September 13, 2022

Selangor Ruler Backs King: ‘Royal Pardon...

In a rare move, one of Malaysia’s sultans on Monday backed the king in saying that royal pardons cannot be granted arbitrarily or through any special treatment, as the ruling party leans on the palace to give one to imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak

Four Slain by Pro-Junta Group in...

Four men were found slain in Myanmar’s central city of Mandalay on Sunday in what appears to be the latest in a series of killings by a shadowy pro-junta militia group, sources in the country told RFA0

September 11, 2022

UN Secretary-General Visits Flooded Areas in...

United Nations Secretary-General witnessed the impact of the floods in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces.One-third of the country was inundated, more than 1,300 people lost their lives, and tens of millions lost their houses

September 9, 2022

Source: No Special Treatment for Najib,...

Incarcerated former Prime Minister Najib Razak is being kept in an isolation cell inside a wing for high-security inmates at the Kajang prison, but otherwise is getting no special treatment, a highly placed source told BenarNews on Thursday

WeChat Warns Users Their Likes,Comments and...

The Chinese social media platform WeChat is warning users outside China that their data will be stored on servers inside the country, RFA has learned

September 7, 2022

Thousands Rally in Jakarta,Other Cities Against...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Jakarta and other Indonesian cities on Tuesday to protest a steep hike on subsidized fuel prices that the government imposed at the weekend, and threatened a nationwide strike if the administration did not reverse course

Woman Killed,Two Injured in Army Shelling...

A 48-year-old woman was killed and two more women injured by heavy artillery as junta troops shelled and entered a village in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region on Monday

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