As fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies near to the Egyptian border, hundreds of thousands of people have left Gaza’s southern city of Rafah and many more are on the move. Palestinian families say they have no safe place to flee to, and no aid available when they get there.
Lao police seized more than 14 million methamphetamine tablets during raids on two houses in a village in the notorious crime-ridden Golden Triangle area of Bokeo province and arrested two suspects, police in the northeastern province told Radio Free Asia.
Tibetans who protested the seizure of their pasture land by Chinese authorities in Markham county in April have been subjected to a series of political education sessions after they were accused of protesting for political reasons, two sources with knowledge of the situation said.
This week, protesters disrupted Google’s annual conference over the tech giant’s deal to provide the Israeli government with artificial intelligence and other services.
Abbas Kadhom Obaid Al-Fatlawi, Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations, attends the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Iraq.
North Korea is opening more information technology exchange centers across the country – facilities that sell apps to the growing number of smartphone users, residents told Radio Free Asia.
The widespread drought in Malawi, which is linked to the El Nino climate pattern, will be assisted in its recovery by the United Nations. According to officials, the crisis has caused a food scarcity that affects about half of the nation’s population. After visiting Malawi to assess the damage firsthand and identify ways to provide support.
A record number of people have been internally displaced globally as a result of conflict; these people were forced to flee their homes but are still living in their own countries, frequently in refugee camps.
Human rights advocates and lawyers are demanding the Thai justice system be reformed after a jailed 28-year-old activist who was on a hunger strike while in custody died of apparent heart failure Tuesday.
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of May, Pedro Comissário Afonso, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.