Headlines
  • 1,332 people have killed as a result of the US-Israeli attacks in Iran.
  • Early on Sunday morning, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
  • In what appears to be a planned assassination, Israeli forces bombed the Ramada Hotel in central Beirut, killing at least four people and injuring ten more, Al Jazzira reports.
  • The US and Israel are strikes Tehran's refineries and oil storage facilities for the first time.
  • 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

‘I Want to Defect to South’:North...

A North Korean soldier captured in Russia has given the first public account of conditions supporting Russian forces, struggling with a language barrier, inadequate support and Ukrainian drones on what he had been told was a training mission.

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 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.

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.

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.

February 8, 2025

North Korea to Punish People for...

North Korean authorities have threatened to punish citizens who spread “rumors” about the country’s soldiers dying in Russia’s war with Ukraine — and ordered people to snitch on each other about this, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.

February 3, 2025

Myanmar Junta Kills 12,including Internally Displaced,in...

Myanmar airstrikes on a northwestern village and camp for internally displaced people killed 12 people, including four children, and wounded more than a dozen, an insurgent militia and residents told Radio Free Asia.

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