Two days of junta attacks in Myanmar’s Sagaing region leave 4 dead
Junta forces targeted three Sagaing townships this week, killing four civilians and injuring 17, as they continued to try to impose martial law in the...
Month : July 2023
Blinken, Wang Yi meet on ASEAN sidelines in Jakarta
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jakarta and met with Wang Yi, China’s leading diplomat, amid allegations of a Chinese cyberespionage attack targeting...
Cambodian ruling party spokesman rejects criticism of Theary Seng conviction
Renewed calls from the U.S. State Department and a U.N. working group for the release of Cambodian-American lawyer Theary Seng are a violation of Cambodia’s...
Did a US Defense Department official downplay civilian casualties from cluster bombs?
In Brief The recent announcement that the U.S. will provide cluster bombs to Ukraine has sparked controversy about potential civilian casualties caused by the weapons....
Myanmar’s central bank revokes licenses of 10 forex companies
The junta-run Central Bank of Myanmar has revoked the licenses of 10 foreign exchange companies, state-controlled newspapers said Thursday. In Wednesday’s announcement, the bank said...
US, Australia call for China-Solomons police pact to be made public
The United States, Australia and the Solomon Islands opposition leader have called for China and the Solomon Islands government to make public a police cooperation...
Beijing mulls ban on commercial ads on public buses in Tiananmen Square
Beijing authorities are moving to ban the display of commercial advertising from buses on routes that pass through the iconic center of Communist Party rule...
Three Uyghur groups receive grants from Elie Wiesel Foundation
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity has awarded grants amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars to three Uyghur groups dedicated to Uyghur rights advocacy...
Junta airstrikes kill 2, injure 4 in Myanmar’s Kayah state
A junta fighter jet repeatedly strafed a village in Myanmar’s Kayah state, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring two more locals, Karenni Defense Force Officials...
China’s social media coverage of French riots rife with misinformation, distortion
In Brief The death of a French teenager of African descent shot by police during a roadside confrontation has sparked public clashes with police and...
