Story Archive
2019-08-28
Waste may have leaked from a pipeline into a river that flows into the Yellow Sea.
2019-08-28
Disputes should be resolved through peaceful means, Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad and Nguyen Xuan Phuc say.
2019-08-28
A vast expanse of grass is all that remains of half the complex in Sichuan.
2019-08-28
Adhoc’s Soeng Senkaruna says the Chinese community is lawless and causing ‘anarchy’ in his country.
2019-08-28
Rev. Hkalam Samson had appealed to Trump to take action against religious persecution in Myanmar.
2019-08-28
Local police are investigating the incident to make sure the mine was operating according to law.
2019-08-28
Beijing’s letter to UN member states is its latest attack on the World Uyghur Congress and its leader, Dolkun Isa.
2019-08-28
Apology was contained in a memorandum released by the Philippine government.
2019-08-28
Rights group expresses concern over promises made by Laos during similar bilateral dialogue with Canberra.
2019-08-28
Protesters come out in support of victims of sexual assault in police custody and the politicized sacking of airline employees sympathetic to the protests.
2019-08-28
The Unirule Economic Research Institute is shut down, following police raids on its office last year.
2019-08-27
Troops from both countries will withdraw from the disputed area by Aug. 29, a Lao military website says.
2019-08-27
Meanwhile, a mortar shell blast kills one civilian, injures another amid fighting in northeastern Shan state.
2019-08-27
Some enter as tourists or are trafficked, sold by one employer to another for sexual exploitation or work for little pay.
2019-08-27
CCHR says Cambodian authorities used disproportionate force against land dispute protesters in 2018-19.
2019-08-27
Sayit Haji Qasim is thought to have stayed in a hotel where ‘a suspect’ stayed the same night.
2019-08-27
North Korean Myong Shin brand ciggies cost one-tenth of Chinese brands, with similar quality.
2019-08-27
The move enables state security police to hold Yang Hengjun for at least two more months, his lawyer says.
2019-08-27
Zhang Wen says he fears he will be arrested if he goes home, after he took part in the storming of Hong Kong's legislature on July 1.
2019-08-26
The Northern Alliance warns civilians to stay off roads in conflict zones.
2019-08-26
The workers already contend with a lack of jobs, delayed payments, and extortion from their handlers.
2019-08-26
Rinso, a resident of Sichuan's Dzoege county, is held and and then released amid a crackdown on politically sensitive content online.
2019-08-26
Critics take issue with police claims of 'minimum force,' saying much of the violence is being caused by law enforcement operations.
2019-08-26
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is stepping up pressure on critics of the regime, partly for fear that mainland China will be 'set alight' by Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
2019-08-23
They say no plans for compensation have been explained to them, as the date for start on the work draws near.
2019-08-23
Government military fighter jets launch air attacks, helicopters hit targets near the Laymyo River.
2019-08-23
Rapes by army were done to "intimidate, terrorise and punish the civilian population and as a tactic of war,” says the UN report.
2019-08-23
Observers say Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen seeks ‘political benefits’ from a nationalist stance on the issue.
2019-08-23
Google is the third major social media platform to shutter China-linked accounts over coordinated influence operations linked to the Hong Kong protests.
2019-08-23
At least eight ships and two aircraft will take part in the exercises, Thai Navy says.
