Headlines- Iran is "desperate" to meet and discuss, according to US President Donald Trump, who also threatens to launch a "very heavy" attack on the purported new Iranian nuclear site.
- Iran's state media claimed on Tuesday that Iran's top joint military command declared that if the US hit Iranian nuclear sites, it would target the interests of the US and its allies.
- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will permit direct flights to Lebanon, more than 40 years after direct flights between the two countries were halted in 1985, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan, after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
- Iranian drone strikes are being intercepted by Kuwait's air defenses, according to the army.
- On Capitol Hill, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed lawmakers that the United States had already spent $37.5 billion on the war in Iran.
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Prisons Chief Suspended Following Death of...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the country’s prisons chief be suspended without pay after an inmate who allegedly brokered the contract killing of an outspoken broadcaster died while incarcerated earlier this week, the justice secretary announced Friday.
Chinese Police Pressure Family of U.S.-Based...
Police in Beijing have contacted the family of a Chinese student studying in the United States after he expressed support online for the “Bridge Man” protester
Myanmar’s Junta Bans Family Visits,Food Deliveries...
Myanmar’s military junta on Thursday banned family visits and delivery of food and other necessities to inmates in seven prisons across the country after an explosion at Yangon’s Insein Prison killed eight people the day before, relatives and lawyers of the prisoners said
Malaysia Probes Possible Israeli Involvement in...
Malaysian authorities are investigating whether Israel’s spy agency was involved in the kidnapping of a Palestinian in Kuala Lumpur in late September, a senior police official said Wednesday
Police: Suspected Gunman in Philippine Broadcaster’s...
Philippine police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of a radio journalist who was known for criticizing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his immediate predecessor
Marawi Still Shows Battle Scars 5...
Five years after then-President Rodrigo Duterte declared government forces had liberated the southern city of Marawi from Islamic State militants, the area remains far from normal with thousands of residents living in limbo in temporary shelters.
Tibetans in Lhasa Forced to Watch...
Chinese authorities are ordering residents of Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa to tune in to television coverage of China’s 20th Communist Party Congress, forbidding them to leave their homes until the sessions end, RFA has learned.
Eldest Son of Philippines Justice Secretary...
The eldest son of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s justice secretary was arrested earlier this week for allegedly possessing illegal drugs valued at U.S. $22,000, his family said Thursday
Cultivate Compassion, Dalai Lama Urges,and Use...
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for people to train their minds to cultivate compassion and cautioned that digital technology should be used only to benefit humanity, at a two-day gathering in northern India that ended Thursday
Myanmar’s Detained State Counsellor Sentenced to...
Detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years in prison by the military court in Naypydaw Prison on Wednesday, for two corruption cases involving charges of accepting money from businessman Maung Weik, according to sources close to the court who requested anonymity for security reasons