Headlines- According to Lebanon's Health Ministry, an Israeli raid on Ain Baal in the Tyre district resulted in one death and seven injuries.
- US President Donald Trump stated on Friday that he was "not satisfied" with Iran's most recent offer in talks to put an end to their conflict.
- As part of the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, 45 commercial vessels have been directed to turn around or return to port so far, U.S. Central Command said on Friday.
- Israel claimed that the majority of the activists it apprehended in the Mediterranean near Crete were taken to Greece as part of a flotilla that was trying to break the blockade of Gaza.
- The Pentagon intends to withdraw nearly 5,000 American forvesfrom Germany.
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Social media Policing in Akwa Ibom...
The technological era has changed the approach to public and private policing, as security officers are yet to adapt to the advantages of the services offered. Nonetheless, the innovation has led to structural reorganization, budget orientation in order to redefine traditional approaches to policing (Fyfe et al. 2013). Policing criminal acts are no longer limited to law enforcement agencies, as community or individuals now engage in the quest for evidence based, support with intelligence and reconfigured police structures in some countries (Den Boer, 2014). Police is gradually supplemented by a mosaic of security and safety service providers, networks and partnerships (Hoogenboom 2010), in order to resolve security challenges of old bureaucratic and centralized forms of governance
New Head of Tibetan Exile Government...
Tibetan exile political leader Penpa Tsering was sworn in Thursday as Sikyong, or head of Tibet’s India-based government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Administration, vowing to uphold the Dalai Lama’s “Middle Way” in helping his people cope with harsh Chinese rule
Xinjiang Authorities Detain Uyghur Woman Who...
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained a woman in an internment camp on suspicion of “religious extremism” after she intervened in a domestic dispute between her neighbors, according to authorities.
Niece of Prominent Uyghur Scholar Confirmed...
The niece of prominent Uyghur scholar and linguist-in-exile Abduweli Ayup has been confirmed to have died while being investigated by state security police in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) Prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), according to official sources
China Holds Social Media Users Over...
Authorities in China have detained at least five people across the country for posting derogatory comments online about Yuan Longping, who died at the weekend at the age of 90 after developing a number of hybrid rice strains that revolutionized agriculture
The Date for Reopening of the...
The Eiffel Tower will reopen to the public on July 16 after a nearly seven months closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Online reservations will resume at the beginning of next month
Chinese Rights Lawyer Still Under House...
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan are continuing to hold prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong under house arrest at his home in Luoyang city, RFA has learned
South Africa Logs More Than 3500...
South Africa on Wednesday recorded 3 522 new COVID-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 8.7%, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said
Uyghur Turkish Nationals Spent Two Years...
A Uyghur Turkish national and his wife who were detained by Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in 2017 spent two years in an internment camp and are no longer able to return to their adopted nation, they revealed to their children in a police-monitored video chat
The Man in Shackles is my...
Memet Abdulla, the former chief of the forestry bureau of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), was detained by national security officers on April 29, 2017, shortly after the launch of a campaign of mass extralegal incarceration that has since seen up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities held in a vast network of internment camps in the region. Abdulla is one of the highest-ranking officials whose detention and subsequent arrest in the campaign have been confirmed. Last year, RFA’s Uyghur Service confirmed details of his disappearance and sentencing to life in prison last year for being “two-faced”—a term regularly used by authorities to refer to Uyghur cadres who they say pay lip service to Communist Party rule in the XUAR, but secretly chafe against state repression of members of their ethnic group