Category: Asia
Israel to deport Palestinian lawyer to France – rights group
A Palestinian-French human rights lawyer who Israel has stripped of his Jerusalem residency is at imminent risk of deportation, an Israeli group says [...]
Russian mercenary videos ‘top 1bn views’ on TikTok
TikTok is hosting dozens of videos that glorify violence by Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries and they have been viewed more than a billion times, [...]
India on track for record $100 billion in remittances, says World Bank
The extensive Indian diaspora will help the South Asian country reach a special milestone this year.
Asia’s third largest economy is on track to r [...]
Jiang Zemin: Former Chinese leader dies aged 96
China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the Tiananmen Square protests, has died at 96.
State media said he had died just after [...]
Niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader urges world to cut ties with Tehran over unrest – online video
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece, a well known rights activist, has called on foreign governments to cut all t [...]
One person killed and 10 missing following landslide on Italian island of Ischia
One person was killed and 10 more are missing after heavy rain caused a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia on Saturday.
As of Sunda [...]
Venezuela takes first step out of political stalemate
Venezuela's government and the opposition have signed a preliminary agreement to find a way out of the country's political crisis.
During talks in [...]
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen quits as party chair after local elections
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the governing Democratic Progressive Party after its poor showing in local elections.
The [...]
One person killed and 10 missing following landslide on Italian island of Ischia
One person was killed and 10 more were missing Saturday after heavy rain caused a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia.
Search an [...]
China Xinjiang: Urumqi rocked by Covid lockdown protests after deadly fire
Videos shared on social media in China have appeared to show fresh protests against Covid restrictions, after an apartment block fire killed 10 peopl [...]