Headlines- Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, defeated by left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil.
- Asserting that "there will not be an attack today," US President Donald Trump has ruled out taking immediate military action against Iran.
- Iran says that Washington must now "take the necessary actions to extricate" itself from the "quagmire" that the US has entered as a result of its miscalculations in starting the conflict.
- Over the past six months, US forces have assisted over 3,000 commercial vessels in crossing the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
- On Sunday, Qatari mediators visited Tehran in an attempt to ease tensions in the area.
- Israeli forces have raided Hebron, locked down the whole occupied West Bank, and killed at least eight Palestinians in Gaza.
Tag: China Human Rights Abuses
Uyghur Advocate Calls For US to...
Lawmakers must act to cut U.S. ties to forced labor and expedite asylum for Uyghur refugees, and Washington should push the global community to end what it has designated a genocide in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), witnesses told a Congressional hearing Thursday
EU to Slap Sanctions on China...
European Union members have agreed to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials and one entity over Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), European diplomats were quoted as saying Wednesday
Xinjiang Authorities Detain Head of Township...
Authorities in in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained the head of a township education committee, according to officials in his home county of Toksun (in Chinese, Tuokexun) in the region’s Turpan (Tulufan) prefecture
Turkish-Chinese Extradition Law Alarms Uighur Refugees...
Turkey has been providing refuge for Uighurs fleeing Chinese persecution, but rights groups are worried that Turkey’s parliament is poised to pass an extradition treaty with China
Police Detain Guangxi Activist in China’s...
Chinese police have detained a woman in the southwestern province of Yunnan on suspicion of subversion, as part of a crackdown on dissent in the southern province of Guangdong, her associates confirmed Friday
China Puts Rights Lawyers, Families Under...
Authorities in the Chinese capital have placed a number of prominent rights lawyers and their families under house arrest on Human Rights Day, RFA has learned
Chinese Rights Activist Who Opposed Hong...
Guangzhou-based rights activist Zhang Wuzhou has been subjected to torture in detention after she opposed Beijing’s imposition of a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, according to her son