Headlines- A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
- The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
- A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
- Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
- The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
- After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.
Tag: China Human Rights
Chinese Police Arrest Uyghur Sisters and...
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang’s regional capital Urumqi on July 4 arrested two Uyghur sisters and their mother for sending goods to their eldest sister in Turkey, and a third sister was arrested a week later, the eldest told Radio Free Asia.
Tibetan Activist Dies After Setting Himself...
A Tibetan activist died Thursday after setting himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in New York.Lobsang Palden, popularly known as Lobga Rangzen, a longtime Tibetan activist based in New York, died at Bellevue Hospital after succumbing to his injuries.
Exclusive: Tiananmen Victims’ Families Banned from...
Days before the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, several relatives of victims of the crackdown learned they would be forbidden this year from visiting their graves.
China Arrests Underground Church Founder, Pastors
The founder of one of China’s most prominent underground churches and dozens of its pastors and members have been arrested, the founder’s family and a church spokesperson said, part of a multi-city crackdown in recent days.
Hong Kong Plans Big AI-Powered Surveillance...
Surveillance in Hong Kong is set to intensify, with tens of thousands of new cameras and AI facial-recognition software deployed in the coming years, the city’s security chief said Friday.
U.S. House Passes Uyghur Policy Act...
The House passed the Uyghur Policy Act on Tuesday, a bill that advances a strategy for the United States to support Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities enduring persecution at the hands of China’s government.
Closing Arguments Conclude in Hong Kong...
Closing arguments ended Thursday in the national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, although judges did not say when they would render a verdict.
Veteran Chinese Dissident Faces Ongoing Police...
Three months after his prison release, veteran dissident Chen Yunfei is in the cross-hairs of police over his social media posts and has faced multiple rounds of questioning and harassment amid ongoing surveillance, Radio Free Asia has learned.
Two Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Leaders Sentenced...
Authorities have sentenced two senior Tibetan monastic leaders to three- and four-year prison terms for their roles in rare 2024 public protests against a planned Chinese hydropower dam project, two sources in the region told Radio Free Asia.
Imprisoned Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong...
One of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, Joshua Wong, was transported from prison to court Friday and charged with colluding with foreign forces, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.