Detained democracy activist Xu Zhiyong will stand trial for subversion in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on June 22, lawyers and a rights group said on Friday
According to the United Nations, Ghana has one of the world’s highest rainforest losses, with its trees covering only one-fifth of what they did a century ago. Coastal towns are aiming to plant 200,000 mangrove trees and bushes as part of the government’s Green Ghana programme to help with carbon capture, erosion, and floods
Since May, a group of refugees in South Africa has camped in front of UN offices, pleading to be sent to a third country. Refugees from Burundi, Congo, Malawi, and Rwanda say they are afraid to return to their homelands and that they are no longer welcome in South Africa
Bloomberg journalist Haze Fan has been released on bail, but still faces charges of “endangering state security,” according to the Chinese Embassy in Washington
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania and President of the Security Council for the month of June, Olta Xhaçka, briefs reporters ahead of the Security Council meeting on UN-EU cooperation in sustaining international peace and security
Abu Baker Samoon and his family accept American culture while maintaining their Afghan traditions in their new home in the United States
Reporter Nawroz Rasho describes life in a Syrian camp where she has lived for four years after fleeing bombardment in her hometown
Chinese authorities in an earthquake-hit region of Sichuan are telling Tibetans offering support to survivors to return home, saying their help is no longer needed, RFA has learned
The League of Arab States’ Assistant Secretary General and Head of the Social Affairs Sector, Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, briefs the Security Council on women, peace, and security
Zachary Coffin was simply another American who had relocated to India. But his life was turned upside down when a random filmmaker approached him and requested him to portray a bad guy in a Bollywood film. Coffin recounts how he has lived up to the role in this short documentary