Month: January 2021

A Myanmar government official says the country wants the U.S. Embassy to stop using the term “Rohingya” to refer to the nation’s mainly Muslim minority. The official, Myanmar’s permanent secretary…

In the Philippines, voters will elect a new president today. They also will elect a vice president — the country’s second highest position. One of the leading candidates for vice…

A documentary film about Australia’s asylum policy opened in Melbourne last Thursday. “Chasing Asylum” explores the tragedy found at detention centers that Australia operates on islands in the South Pacific…

This week, a court in the United States sentenced a Russian man charged with creating a modern form of cybercrime. About 10 years ago, Nikita Kuzmin created a malicious software…

The U.S. military introduced a warship on Thursday that can direct itself and be used to hunt enemy submarines. The American technology is a major upgrade in robotic warfare against…

A man in Pakistan who did not go to school as a child because he was too poor is now working to help children get an education. It is estimated…

A raging forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta forced the evacuation of 88,000 residents this week. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls the damage “absolutely devastating.” Fort McMurray…

Turkey’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has announced he will not seek re-election as the head of the ruling party. Davutoglu spoke Thursday after a meeting of the Justice and Development…

Vietnamese officials have banned the processing or selling of dead seafood washed ashore or caught in an area along the country’s central coast. The ban relates to fish and other…

At sunrise Friday, 1,500 vehicles began driving from camps north of Fort McMurray, Alberta to Canadian cities and towns further south. The drivers and passengers are escaping a raging forest…

Americans are divided about how involved the United States should be in the problems of other countries. They also do not agree whether U.S. economic involvement in other nations –…

Businessman Donald Trump has become the de facto Republican Party presidential nominee after all other opponents withdrew from the competition. Ohio Governor John Kasich was the last candidate to suspend…

A 5-year-old Afghan boy who became world famous earlier this year has fled his country because of safety concerns. A photograph of Murtaza Ahmadi first appeared on the Internet in…

Some people think their problems will be solved if they just leave home and move far away, perhaps to another country. Yet resettling in a new country is not always…

A 21-year old Somali refugee is critically injured after setting herself on fire on Nauru, a tiny South Pacific republic. Australia operates a detention camp on the island. Some people…