The public arrests of prominent Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities is part of a bid by authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) to instill fear in the local population, according to Uyghur sources in exile
United States-based journalist and author, Douglas Rogers, wrote a book titled ‘Two Weeks in November: The Astonishing Untold Story of the Operation that Toppled Mugabe’
The founder of a Malawian maternity clinic for poor women says it has set a record – delivering more than 8,800 babies with not a single death of mother or child. For her efforts improving access to safe childbirth, Charity Salima has become known as “Malawi’s Florence Nightingale,” the English founder of modern nursing
When a flier’s overweight cat was refused by a Russian airline, he hatched what he thought would be a purr-fect plan using a feline double
Fears over the future of democracy in the Czech Republic have stoked new mass protests as the country marks 30 years since the 1989 Velvet Revolution saw the overthrow of communism
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests entered a new, more violent phase this week, following the death of a young protester
A Unitel TV station was ransacked in El Alto , a neighboring capital city of La Paz, on 9 November. On the same day, the journalists and collaborators of the public media Bolivia TV and Radio Red Patria Nueva had to abandon the building that houses their editorial staff, under the constraint of demonstrators who managed to interrupt the broadcast of the broadcast signal. Th
As the world becomes more connected people are vulnerable of being victims of cybercriminals. Police departments, hospitals, universities and businesses everywhere are also at risk
Internet freedom deteriorated significantly last year in Bangladesh and four other countries compared with the previous year, an independent watchdog group said Tuesday in a report while noting that Malaysia was one of a few countries to show improvement
The triads first began to organize as part of a patriotic movement to restore Ming rule. But they gradually turned to crime, including the sale of drugs, such as opium, heroin, and cocaine. They gained control of gambling and prostitution rings. Much like mafia groups, members are expected to regard each other as blood brothers