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  • Early on Sunday morning local time, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
  • US president Trump said he believes Iran is to blame for the attack on the school of Iranian girls.
  • As the conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, dozens more people have died in Lebanon as a result with major Israeli air and ground operations.
  • On Saturday, Trump visited an air base in Delaware for honorable transfer of six US service members who had been killed in the fighting.
  • After a week of strikes, Israel and the United States had almost complete control of the skies over Tehran, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared on Saturday that Israel would continue its fight with Iran "with all our force."

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February 19, 2025

The Guangzhou Garment Workers Behind SHEIN’s...

In September 2022, the Kanglu garment district of Haizhu saw a major protest against grueling lockdowns under the ruling Communist Party’s zero-COVID policy, which ended later in the same year following nationwide protests.

February 17, 2025

Myanmar Junta Frees Nearly 1,000 Rohingya...

Myanmar’s military government has released from prison nearly 1,000 members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, a human rights group said on Monday, a rare gesture of goodwill towards the persecuted community.

February 15, 2025

In North Korea,Rich Women Own Taxis...

Although it isn’t legal for women to obtain drivers’ licenses, it isn’t exactly easy for men to get them either. Only men who are in the military or work in a factory and are approved by the government are eligible to undergo driver training, which can take three to six months to complete.

February 14, 2025

China Expels 1,000 Monks and Nuns...

Chinese authorities have expelled over 1,000 Tibetan monks and nuns from the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in the latest blow to the major center of Tibetan Buddhist learning, sources inside Tibet with knowledge of the situation said.

February 13, 2025

UN Bangladesh Report: Hasina Directed Use...

Bangladesh’s top leaders, including then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, directed large-scale operations where law enforcers fatally shot anti-government protesters despite concerns from senior security officials about excessive use of force, according to a new report by the United Nations.

February 12, 2025

Myanmar Military Torches Nearly 200 Homes...

Myanmar junta forces torched nearly 200 homes in the northwestern region of Sagaing, the latest incident in a campaign to punish communities that support insurgents that has seen more than 100,000 homes burned since a 2021 coup, residents and a monitoring group said on Wednesday.

Malaysian Gay Couples Dream of Saying...

Malaysia remains one of the most difficult places in Southeast Asia for LGBTQ+ individuals, where homosexuality is criminalized under colonial-era laws and further penalized by Sharia courts for Muslims.

February 11, 2025

Harsh Siberian Winter Cripples North Korea

Bitter cold in North Korea has forced schools to close, hospitals go into emergency mode and water supplies to be disrupted as pumps freeze over, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.

Awami League, Opposition Activists Among Hundreds...

At least 1,600 people, including scores belonging to Bangladesh’s deposed former ruling party, were swept up in a crackdown launched by authorities over the weekend, court documents show, days after protesters destroyed a museum memorializing the country’s founding father.

February 10, 2025

The Secret Jungle Hospital Where Myanmar’s...

The hospital is funded almost entirely by donations. After four years of war, fundraising is becoming more difficult, Yori said. That raises the stakes for the Interim Executive Council, or IEC, the rebel-formed state government trying to simultaneously meet the needs of Kayah citizens.

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