Headlines
  • After an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the weekend that set it on fire and left a crew member missing, the United States launched several waves of strikes on Iran on Sunday.
  • Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, voiced his "deep concern" over the escalating attacks in Iran and warned "catastrophic consequences" on a global scale if parties resume "full-scale hostilities."
  • Iran has denounced the latest wave of American attacks on its territory, claiming that they have "rendered futile" all of the past few months' diplomatic efforts..
  • In order "to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships" in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that its forces had carried out more strikes against Iran.
  • A bar fire in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, claimed at least 27 lives and injured over 60 more.

Tag: Cambodia

February 5, 2020

Cambodian Court Rules Against Returning Passports,...

Yeang Sothearin and Uon Chhin—who had worked as an editor, reporter and news anchor, and a photographer and videographer for RFA’s Khmer Service, respectively—were taken into custody in November 2017

January 28, 2020

Cambodian Court Upholds Reinvestigation of Spying...

Local and international rights groups and legal observers have long condemned the treatment of the pair in the courts as part of a wider attack on the media and civil society in Cambodia and called for the country’s trade and aid partners to press for their release

January 10, 2020

Chinese Investment in Cambodia Comes at...

China’s close alliance with Cambodia has been forged, in large part, with billions of dollars in aid and investment tied to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, which provides developmental assistance around the world to strengthen trade ties and political influence. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his government have welcomed this assistance, saying it comes without “strings attached” compared to western nations that link aid to democratic reforms

November 21, 2019

Map Tattoos Grow in Popularity For...

Border activists and members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) say that the legislation will cede land to Vietnam because it is based in part on the 1985 treaty, which was enacted after Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1979 to oust the Khmer Rouge regime and installed a puppet government to run the country

October 26, 2019

Declining Fish Stocks Threaten Cambodian Way...

For centuries, Cambodians have looked to the Tonle Sap for a protein-rich river fish dinner. But supply has been a challenge. Malis Tum reports from a riverbank fish market in Phnom Phen

August 19, 2019

Opposition Chief Sam Rainsy Vows To...

Most Cambodian migrant workers are in Thailand, where NGOs estimate that more than million reside while the Cambodian Labor Ministry puts the figure at 1.6 million

December 9, 2018

Girls’ Deaths Alert Cambodia to Human...

Nhep Sopheap, secretary-general at the Cambodia National Council for Children (CNCC), a government body, said she was “very concerned” about the effects on children of poverty and migration. She said the rape of children was of particular worry

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