Story Archive
2018-04-18
Observers say the personnel will intimidate voters and question whether they’ll be trained adequately.
2018-04-18
The Kachin Women’s Peace Network says families hiding in the jungles of Tanaing township are in need of food.
2018-04-18
The nation meets eligibility criteria for the first time since it was added to the list in 1971.
2018-04-18
Meetings with a Chinese embassy official in Poland and a journalist in Sweden were unconnected with intelligence work, he says.
2018-04-18
The Higher People's Court in the northern city of Tianjin upholds the original verdict and sentence handed down in December.
2018-04-18
The detentions come amid a renewed crackdown on civil groups from the civil affairs ministry in Beijing.
2018-04-17
New president Win Myint grants amnesty to prisoners and reiterates his main priorities for the coming year.
2018-04-17
Local Tibetans lose land they have farmed for generations, with compensation paid at below-market rates.
2018-04-17
A report by the Mekong River Commission found that the river would lose 900,000 tons of fish biomass by 2040.
2018-04-17
A young Lao woman recounts her abuse as a trafficked bride in China.
2018-04-17
Beijing has repeated called for a "political solution" to the Syrian crisis, but has vetoed numerous Security Council measures aimed at addressing the conflict - including an investigation of war crimes in the country.
2018-04-17
Authorities in Beijing are stepping up surveillance of activists in the capital this year, as the family of Hu Yaobang pays their respects at his graveside.
2018-04-17
Former student protest leader Joshua Wong applies for a judicial review of the decision, which officials say is in keeping with the city's mini-constitution.
2018-04-16
New homes are being built for them in accordance with recommendations by a former commission led by ex-U.N. chief Kofi Annan.
2018-04-16
Provincial authorities say the school may not charge the fees, but do nothing to stop the collection.