Story Archive
2020-09-04
Like the previous administration, Muhyiddin Yassin’s government will allow the refugees safe passage to a third country.
2020-09-04
He promises to sanction Chinese leaders for rights violations and to meet with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, whom Trump has not yet met.
2020-09-04
Witnesses say that a column of soldiers torched homes in two communities, forcing villagers to flee.
2020-09-04
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping outlined "Five Never Allows" in a speech on Sept. 4, telling the world that "the Chinese people will never allow any individual or any force" to impose their will on China through bullying, change China's direction of progress or system of government, obstruct the Chinese people's efforts to create a better life, as well as distort the official line on China's history -- a total of 12 actions Beijing rejects.
2020-09-04
Death of Surnaa is the fourth to be reported in Inner Mongolia since tens of thousands of ethnic Mongolians launched protests over a new language policy.
2020-09-04
Defendants in the trial set for Sept. 7 have been denied access to lawyers and family, signers of the letter to the UN Human Rights Council say, urging the UN to speak out about the case.
2020-09-04
Medical staff say Seng Chanthorn suffered ‘internal injuries’ when she was slammed to the ground.
2020-09-04
Phoebe Liu, who is now based in Hollywood, explains how a long-dead Chinese dissident brought her to the point of religious conversion.
2020-09-04
The five 'Never Allows' are the latest in a long vocabulary list of CCP officialese, analysts say.
2020-09-04
Regulators warn that debt and default pressures will spill over into next year.
2020-09-04
With a case unlikely to come before an international court, the tribunal seeks ‘an authoritative and impartial judgement.’
2020-09-03
Four civilians have been killed and 20 injured in mortar shellings and shootings since Aug. 16.
2020-09-03
The NLD says L Phaung Sho’s removal was driven by resentful MPs who were dropped from the November election slate.
2020-09-03
Impoverished residents on the border risk death to earn money to feed themselves and their families.
2020-09-03
Rohingya are not blocked from voting because of their race or religion, but because they're not citizens, Myanmar's election commission chairman says.
2020-09-03
The three activists had planned to march to the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen to demand an end to development on Boeung Tamok Lake.
2020-09-03
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for an end to China's Confucius Institutes on US campuses.
2020-09-03
Police are offering rewards for information on the whereabouts of around 100 people linked to recent peaceful protests.
2020-09-02
After he swam back to North Korea from the South, authorities blamed the refugee for bringing coronavirus into the country.
2020-09-02
Yang Jiechi is seen as bolstering ties, pursuing goals with ASEAN, and reconfirming Belt and Road commitments.
2020-09-02
China is preparing to work farther and farther afield, as it builds up its “expeditionary” capabilities with the help of its artificial islands in the South China Sea.
2020-09-02
Kem Sokha's arrest in 2017 marked the beginning of a three-year campaign by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to eliminate opposition to his rule.
2020-09-02
A military analyst says the report seeks to reassure China's smaller regional neighbors of US presence.
2020-09-02
Kaing Guek Eav, also called Duch, was responsible for the deaths of more than 12, 272 prisoners held at Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng Prison from 1975-79.
2020-09-02
Liu Lipeng has blown the whistle on China's social media censorship, publishing work logs from Sina Weibo online.
2020-09-02
Wang Yi also draws rebukes for threats to Czech Republic over Taiwan.
2020-09-01
Sangkhane Phachanthavong is being questioned for links to “an anti-government group” after airing complaints on Facebook.
2020-09-01
As forests shrink, the hunt for honey takes hours of driving before arduous hikes and climbs.
2020-09-01
China and India accuse each other of provocations in Ladakh, without providing details.
2020-09-01
Casino job-hunters from China, Myanmar, and Vietnam cross at remote, lightly guarded outposts.
