Approximately 5,000 minority Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee from this week’s fighting in western Myanmar have been waiting for several days near the Naf River for an opportunity to cross into Bangladesh, residents said.
The appointment of Yahya Sinwar as the leader of Hamas has left Israelis even less hopeful about a cease-fire agreement, as they consider Sinwar as an even more extremist figure than his predecessor.
At the Paris Olympics, Africa has it’s own special fan zone. It’s a place where Africa’s citizens and supporters can come together to celebrate their continent’s sporting successes while putting aside their political differences and conflicts.
Indonesian human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of Papua province earlier this week.66.
Though there’s more to them than that,China’s Confucius Institutes teach Chinese around the world. Kate Bartlett visited a recently opened Institute that focuses on green technologies and is located hundreds of kilometers outside of the capital in rural South Africa.
Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, speaks at the United Nations Security Council meeting on women and peace and security.
This week, on the 79th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan that ended World War II, Japanese officials have reiterated their aim of eradicating atomic weapons from this world. After decades of pacifism, the country is seeing a significant shift in how it views military force in the face of numerous regional threats. It is even looking for guarantees that the US will use its own nuclear deterrent to protect Japan.
Muhammad Yunus has long advocated for peace through prosperity.Now, the 84-year-old Nobel laureate has to restore stability to Bangladesh in the face of a flailing economy with angry youth battling unemployment and citizens crushed by the burden of inflation.
Chinese government measure to boost the economy and improve the business environment of the Tibet Autonomous Region will benefit the large and growing Han population there, while Tibetans face increased economic marginalization, according to a new think-tank report.
Since Israel-Hamas’ war began, the keffiyeh, a Palestinian symbol, has drawn more attention from around the world. The Arab headdress, which was formerly just a simple article of Bedouin clothing,has taken on symbolic meaning. To some, it represents resistance; to others, it should be outlawed; and to still others, it is a piece of high fashion.