2018-08-22 Rohingya Refugees Celebrate Holiday, Remember Home
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday. The refugees prayed…
2018-08-22 Eritrea Fighter Pilot Escapes, Calls for Justice for Jailed Compatriots
Dejen Ande Hishel was a fighter pilot in Eritrea. He trained in Russia and flew during Eritrea’s war with Ethiopia…
2018-08-21 Riskiest Part of Haj Begins in Saudi Arabia
More than two million Muslims from 165 countries gathered to throw stones at a large wall near the holy city…
2018-08-21 Trump’s Former Aides Admitted, Convicted of Crimes
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer has told a court in New York that he is guilty of campaign-finance violations and…
2018-08-21 Microsoft: Russian Hackers Targeted US Websites Before Elections
Software maker Microsoft says that hackers linked to Russia’s government tried to launch computer attacks on United States websites. The…
2018-08-20 Afghanistan Ceasefire Conditional on Taliban Announcement
Afghan forces rescued nearly 150 people hours after their abduction by Taliban militants. The militants, however, escaped with 21 people…
2018-08-20 Pope Francis: ‘We Showed No Care for the Little Ones’
Pope Francis released a letter to Roman Catholics around the world Monday condemning sexual abuse by Church officials and efforts…
2018-08-18 Fears Increase After Attack on Indian Dairy Farmer
Rakbar Khan was walking his two cows home to Kolgaon village when he was attacked last month in the Indian…
2018-08-19 ‘Viet-Cajun’ Food Mixes Vietnamese, Southern US Cultures
Cajun culture is celebrated in areas along America’s Gulf Coast, the southern coastline that borders the Gulf of Mexico. Most…
2018-08-19 Refugee Grows African Eggplants in US
Janine Ndagijimana’s parents came from Burundi. But she was born in a refugee camp in Rwanda, a neighboring country. In…
2018-08-18 Some Elderly Koreans Uncertain About Separated Family Reunion
After World War II, many Korean families who were North or South of the line that divided the two countries…
2018-08-16 Cambodia’s Ruling Party Takes Full Control of Parliament
The Ruling People’s Party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has won all 125 parliamentary seats in the national election…
2018-08-19 Young Women in Myanmar Turn Away from Traditional Neck Rings
For hundreds of years, women in Myanmar’s Kayah area have worn bronze rings around their necks. The rings are a…
2018-08-16 Israel Eases Restrictions on Food, Goods into Gaza
Israel has reopened its border crossing into the Gaza Strip, permitting food and other goods to be taken into the…
2018-08-17 UN Rights Chief Criticizes Bosnian Serb Rejection of Report on 1995 Massacre
The parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s self-governing Serb Republic has voted to reject a 2004 report on the Srebrenica massacre.…