Hundreds of journalists, many of them women, are seeking refuge in Afghanistan now since US soldiers have left and Kabul is under Taliban authority
Rights lawyer Zhou Xiaoyun, who formerly worked as a senior editor at the cutting-edge Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper in Guangzhou, remains incommunicado after being held under “residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL),” RFA has learned
Those who fought alongside NATO forces are among the growing number of Afghans landing in Turkey after fleeing the Taliban
Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September, Geraldine Byrne Nason, briefs reporters on the Security Council’s work agenda
According to Nigerian health officials, nearly 1,800 people have died from cholera this year, with outbreaks reported in more than 20 states. Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment is advocating appropriate hygiene and planning mass cleanups in impacted areas to battle the bacterial disease spread by contaminated water
On Monday, the United Nations Environmental Program organised a ceremony to mark the end of the use of toxic leaded gasoline in vehicles around the world. The next step, switching buses and utility vehicles to electric power, is being worked on by a company in Nairobi, where the UNEP is headquartered
On board a US military plane, more than 100 Afghans who fled the Taliban’s takeover of their country arrived in Kosovo’s capital. The Afghans, which included many children, arrived in Kosovo on August 29 ..The Taliban had been gathering a valuable resource—money—for a long time before retaking control in Afghanistan
Over 120,000 people were evacuated out of Afghanistan in the last month when the United States withdrew its forces and the Taliban seized power. One family has relocated to Houston, Texas, and is settling in
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested a journalist outside Prince Edward MTR station, as many in and outside the city marked the second anniversary of attacks on train passengers by riot police at the height of the 2019 protest movement
As Afghan refugees continue to cross the border from Iran by night, hoping to evade authorities and resettle, deportation camps in Turkey are at capacity. Officials tell VOA they are not sending people back to Afghanistan, but they also have no intentions to release detainees