The war in Ukraine has put a strain on Istanbul’s stores, which were once teeming with Russian and Ukrainian shoppers. Food and fuel prices in Turkey are also rising as a result of the war
Thailand has made no progress in the past year in its efforts to combat human trafficking, especially of migrant workers, a global seafood industry watchdog said in a report released Thursday
Public criticism is growing in China of the authorities’ Cultural Revolution-style anti-COVID-19 campaigns after a doctor took his own life over a hospital outbreak and officials killed pets whose owners tested positive for the virus
During the 10th plenary sitting of the General Assembly Eleventh Emergency Special Session on Ukraine, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, presents the draft resolution
Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes since Russia’s invasion began, leaving behind thousands of animals in shelters and zoos. It is now up to dozens of volunteers and international organisations to look after them. The account is told by Mariia Prus, but first, a word of caution
President Biden urged all American citizens staying or living in Ukraine to leave the country immediately twelve days before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. And, despite the fact that many have left, others stay in Ukraine with no plans to leave
A prominent Uyghur journalist who went missing in November 2017 is serving 15 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region for “political crimes,” his son and authorities in the region told RFA
Another gruesome atrocity has occurred at a Ukrainian children’s summer camp. Bodies with bullet holes in their heads were found in a cellar with their wrists tied behind their backs. It was a war crime committed by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian authorities
After Russian soldiers evacuated from the area, VOA’s Heather Murdock files this VOSR about civil deaths and destruction found in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha
Two more Uyghurs — a mother and her daughter — are in danger of being deported from Saudi Arabia back to China, where they could face severe punishment at the hands of authorities there, an international human rights group said