Asia

Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached a significant milestone in their path towards a peace deal, with Armenia agreeing to return several villages to Azerbaijan after two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Al Jazeera reported. The handover of…

The Uyghurs in China are facing detention, forced labor, and cultural erasure, prompting a call for global action at an interfaith conference organized by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity on Thursday. According to RFA’s article, survivors, experts, and religious…

The Xinjiang authorities have banned Uyghurs from using social media apps such as TikTok and tools to bypass censorship, RFA reported yesterday. The ban was announced in a video by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, with violators facing arrest,…

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan on Wednesday with no immediate reports of loss of life or infrastructure damage, Anadolu News Agency reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was off the coast of Ehime Prefecture with a depth of…

Heavy rainfall in Oman caused flash flooding, resulting in at least 17 deaths as rescuers searched for survivors, the Associated Press reported on Monday. In one incident, a group of school children and a driver died when their vehicle was…

India has rejected China’s renaming of about 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it “senseless” and reaffirming that the region is an “integral” part of India. China claims the area as part of South Tibet, calling it Zangnan, but India…

Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are using festivals and surveillance to prevent Uyghur Muslims from fasting, praying and observing Ramadan, RFA reported in an article. They organized arts events, outdoor feasts, and distributed free food, while also holding communal meetings to…

Global efforts have confined polio to a few areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two countries where the virus still affects children, VOA reported in an article. According to WHO, progress has been made in tackling the disease, with…

Prominent Uyghur publisher Erkin Emet, 65, known for publishing books on Uyghur cultural identity and China’s persecution of Uyghurs, has been sentenced to prison, RFA reported. He was taken into custody in July 2018 and accused of inciting ethnic separatism…

Chinese authorities are under scrutiny for reportedly gathering genetic data from the Muslim Uyghur minority to facilitate a forced organ transplant scheme targeted at Muslim medical tourists from Gulf nations, RFA reported. During a recent U.S. congressional committee hearing, experts…