The Bangladesh men’s football team did not qualify for the World Cup, which kicks off in Qatar this weekend, but its garment workers and expatriate migrants have poured their sweat, tears and – in some cases – blood into the tournament.
The Myanmar junta is preparing to launch airstrikes against the Chin National Front in the country’s western Chin state, a spokesperson for the ethnic armed organization told Radio Free Asia, citing leaked internal military documents.
In a significant triumph for environmentalists and Native American communities, the largest dam removal in American history has gotten final federal approval. Salmon and other species have been declining, and this reduction has been attributed to the four old hydroelectric dams that line the border between California and Oregon in the United States
Riot police scuffled with pro-democracy activists as they protested Thursday against the Thai prime minister on the eve of the APEC leaders’ summit being staged in Bangkok amid high security
China is clamping down on social media comments, ordering all websites, apps and other platforms to seek political approval for public comments – including emoticons – under news stories before they’re published in the latest expansion of government censorship.
Through “Confucius Institutes” in colleges across the world, the Chinese government has been exercising soft power for nearly 20 years. In contrast to previous trends in which colleges in the West have been closing these institutes, African universities have seen an increase in the number of Confucius Institutes opening
Senior officials from Bangladesh’s government are sternly warning ambassadors from major donor nations not to cross a line or interfere with the nation’s politics by airing concerns about the integrity of the vote here.
China has been hacking into Uyghur-language mobile apps and infecting users’ devices to further monitor the persecuted predominantly-Muslim group in its northwestern Xinjiang region and in other countries, according to a new report
The harsh winter of Ukraine, where temperatures can drop as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius, is approaching.Th econflict between Ukrainian forces and invading Russian forces will probably be significantly impacted by the changing season
The creator of a popular Tibetan language video-sharing app abruptly announced on Thursday he was shutting it down for financial reasons, a source inside the Tibetan Autonomous Region saidc