Vietnamese customs authorities on Monday confiscated seven tons of ivory illegally shipped from Angola in what is believed to be the largest seizure of wildlife products in Vietnam in years, state media reported.
Little Arabia, a small community outside of Los Angeles where people of Arabian descent own and operate a number of eateries and stores.Explore how this neighborhood has developed over the past 30 years and about the effort to make it an official tourist destination.
Nearly 53,000 people in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, applied for a passport in just a five-day period at the end of February after the portal was opened, the Myanmar Passport Issuing Board said.
Homelessness is a problem in most major cities all over the world. In some countries, living on the streets is prohibited. Others permit those without homes to live in tent cities..U.S. city Colorado Springs considered a role model for others because it has cut the number of homeless people in half
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday directed authorities to disband all politician-controlled private armed groups (PAG), the defense chief said, amid a spate of deadly attacks on local officials.
Authorities in northeast India’s state of Manipur have detained at least 170 refugees from villages along the border with Myanmar since the start of the year, according to the refugees and an aid group, causing others to shelter in the jungle or return home to avoid arrest.
Due to teen pregnancies, forced marriages, poverty, sexual violence, and abuse, girls frequently drop out of school in Mozambique. The United States Agency for International Development is providing millions of dollars over five years to support girls’ education in an effort to combat the problem.
The family of a slain Filipino broadcaster on Wednesday welcomed a prosecution’s court filing outlining probable cause to bring murder charges against the former prisons chief who allegedly masterminded his killing.
After being severly damaged by the earthquakes in February, the rebel-controlled province of Idlib in Syria is trying to rebuild its shattered educational infrastructure.
The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday said conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were not favorable for the safe return of 1,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh whom Myanmar wants to repatriate under a China-mediated program.