According to Ukrainian officials, around 16,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly transferred to Russia or territories in Ukraine that are under Russian control. Only 324, including Olena Dudnik’s son Andriy, had been returned as of March 24.
An International Women’s Day march, a film about a Muslim character exploring other religions’ views on the afterlife, and an interfaith program have all recently become targets of religious conservatives’ outrage in Muslim-majority Malaysia.
Myanmar’s junta is planning 15 new villages with 750 plots of farmable land in Rakhine state as part of a pilot program that would see 1,500 ethnic Rohingyas repatriated from refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh next month.
One of the deadliest diseases in the world is tuberculosis, or TB, an infection of the lungs caused by bacteria. Cases are rising again after decades of progress. World TB Day is observed on March 24.
Thailand’s election in May could result in no party winning a clear mandate, likely forcing the longtime opposition Pheu Thai party and a military-backed one to form an alliance, Thai activists and academics told BenarNews this week.
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.