As Muslims around the world prepare to begin the holy month of Ramadan, China’s Muslims are facing fasting bans and their cultural and religious traditions are increasingly under attack
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in conversation with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, the president of the European Council of the European Union.
From New York to Beijing, concerns over recent bank collapses and bailouts are affecting the world’s economy, and central bankers are trying to calm depositors and the financial markets. Silicon Valley Bank, a significant player in the IT sector, collapsed earlier this month.
Two major religious observances coincided in Indonesia on Wednesday as Nyepi, a Balinese Hindu festival, shut down most activity on Bali island for 24 hours, and Muslims prepared to begin the Ramadan month of fasting and prayer.
A court in Shanghai has handed a seven-year jail term to the author of a programming and politics blog who evaded government detection for around 12 years after finding him guilty of “incitement to subvert state power,” Radio Free Asia has learned.
While many Ukrainian refugees have been welcomed by Europe and the US, many of them are currently residing in Israel without a formal refugee status and are so living in a state of legal limbo.
Europe’s largest city, Istanbul was spared the wrath of Turkey’s February earthquakes, but its mayor warns bad building construction could mean a huge disaster is waiting to happen.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report in April 2022 that at least 102 civilians were killed and 288 others injured by landmines and other explosive weapons in Myanmar since the coup.
Ghana, a neighboring country, is concerned about security as a result of Burkina Faso’s struggle against Islamist extremists. According to observers, illegal firearms are being smuggled into Ghana through the porous border.
Extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh fell to 25 or fewer in 2022 from as many as 80 the previous year, the U.S. State Department said Monday as it released its annual report on human rights across the globe.