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  • For the sixth night in a row, the US military strikes Iran, and Iranian media reports explosions in areas including Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, and Iranshahr.
  • Two persons injured in a US attack on the Bandar Abbas railway junction station, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Thursday that it would not "allow" the United States to cause instability in the region.
  • In a post to X on Thursday, the headquarters of the Kuwait Armed Forces stated that the Gulf country's air defenses were once more "confronting attacks by hostile drones" that were launched from Iran.
  • Eight more Iranian missiles were intercepted by Jordan's military early on Thursday morning, according to the official Jordan News Agency.

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March 10, 2023

Chinese Police Descend on Home of...

State security police surrounded the home of rights activist Li Wenzu and her rights lawyer husband Wang Quanzhang on International Women’s Day, as a U.S.-based rights group hit out at the country’s intimidation and harassment of dissidents.

March 9, 2023

Global Figures Urge Bangladesh to Stop...

From Ban Ki-Moon to Bono, 40 global public figures have jointly urged Bangladesh to stop harassing Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is often openly vilified by the Sheikh Hasina government.

UN Human Rights Chief: China Has...

The U.N.’s new human right chief said his agency has documented China’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and the separation of children from their families in comments during a global update on human rights on Wednesday in Geneva.

March 8, 2023

Myanmar’s School System in Shambles Since...

Battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the military coup and an ensuing civil war, Myanmar’s school system is in shambles. The number of high school students taking a key exam has plunged 80%, parents, teachers and educational experts say.

March 7, 2023

Bangladesh Investigators Probe Cause of Fire...

Bangladesh inspectors are investigating the cause of a massive fire at a Cox’s Bazar camp that destroyed about 2,000 makeshift homes and left 12,000 homeless over the weekend, an official said Monday.

China Arrests Tibetan Woman for Contacting...

Chinese authorities in Tibet arrested a woman for contacting Tibetans outside the western autonomous region amid an increase in surveillance and security searches before a politically sensitive anniversary, a Tibetan with knowledge of the situation said. 

March 5, 2023

Border Town Residents Feel Safer After...

Residents of this community near where mass graves of trafficked migrants were discovered eight years ago say the border area is much quieter now – and they’re hoping it stays that way. 

PROFILES IN TRAGEDY: Lives Snuffed Out...

The conflict engulfing Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 military coup has led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians and ordinary people who took up arms to fight junta troops, who have raided and razed villages, bombed them from the air and rounded up hundreds for detention, torture or immediate execution.

March 4, 2023

Court Acquits Ex-PM Najib,Former 1MDB CEO...

A Malaysian court on Friday acquitted former Prime Minister Najib Razak on charges of tampering with an audit report into the troubled 1Malaysia Development Fund, where a massive financial scandal implicated Najib and brought down his government. 

Child Fighters Beheaded as Myanmar Killings...

Two teenagers found beheaded last week were two of the most gruesome victims of an escalating number of violent incidents that the United Nations’ special rapporteur says are “consistent with patterns of brutality” among forces affiliated with the military junta.

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