Uyghur county in China has world’s highest prison rate
According to media reports, nearly one in every 25 persons in a county in China's Uyghur heartland has been put to jail on terrorism-related...
Taliban’s first annual Afghan budget to have $501 million deficit
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities announced on Saturday that the government will have a budget deficit of 44 billion Afghanis ($501 million) this fiscal year, without...
Taliban restricts men, women from sitting sit together at restaurants in Afghanistan
According to a media report published on Friday, the Taliban has implemented a gender segregation strategy in the western Herat province.According to media, which...
Tuvalu is sinking in Pacific; country becoming ‘pawn’ in global competition
Tuvalu's foreign minister expressed concern that climate change, which poses an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being overlooked, and that neighboring island...
Soaring bread prices triggers protests in Iran
The media reported on Friday that rising bread prices sparked protests in Iran, with some businesses being set on fire, causing authorities to arrest...
UN holds emergency meeting as Taliban crackdown on women continues
The United Nations Security Council held emergency closed consultations on Thursday on the Taliban's latest crackdown on Afghan women, as it considered a presidential...
Australia’s #MeToo piling pressure on mining, ministers
The powerful #MeToo wave sweeping Australia is increasing pressure on mining and political leaders who are bracing for a reckoning over sexual harassment scandals...
Taliban orders Afghan women to cover face in public
Afghanistan's Taliban leadership ordered women to cover their faces in public, reverting to a key policy of their previous austere reign and escalating restrictions...
Parched mines search for water sources in drought-hit Chile
A record-breaking drought in Chile is affecting mining operations and driving corporations to expand their hunt for additional water sources, which includes anything from...