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· Ana Yoo
China and Iran call on Afghanistan to end discrimination against women
China and Iran have called on Afghanistan to end restrictions on women’s work and education. The call came after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing and the two countries issued a joint statement reaffirming their economic and political…
· Bryan Ke
‘Afghanistan’s Bruce Lee’ recalls hardship after Taliban retook power
Before you read: Meet the ‘Bruce Lee’ of Afghanistan Abbas Alizada, known online as “Afghanistan’s Bruce Lee” for his uncanny resemblance to the late legendary martial artist, recently recalled his troubling experience after the Taliban retook control of his country in 2021.
· Ryan General
Former finance minister of Afghanistan is now an Uber driver in Washington DC
Former Afghanistan Finance Minister Khalid Payenda, who served under Afghan President Ashraf Ghani before the Taliban took over in August last year, is now making ends meet as an Uber driver in Washington. Payenda resigned from his post a week before the Taliban captured Kabul…
· Myra Khan
Taliban curtailing women’s rights in Afghanistan, killing female activists
Since the Taliban takeover on Aug. 15, the Islamic extremist group has been violating women’s rights and targeting female activists despite promising the contrary, leaving many to wonder why Western allies have seemingly abandoned the people of Afghanistan. Broken promises:…
· Ryan General
US ends its 20-year military presence in Afghanistan
The U.S. officially concluded its 20-year presence in Afghanistan, with the departure of the last American military plane from Kabul on Tuesday. End of America’s longest war: The head of U.S. Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, announced the completion of the military…
· Bryan Ke
‘Underground’ LGTBQ+ community in Afghanistan fear being ‘killed on the spot’ after Taliban takeover
Members of the LGBTQ+ community in Afghanistan expressed fear as the Taliban took over the country’s capital Kabul. Death as punishment: Many members from the hidden LGBTQ+ community in Afghanistan are now talking to international media outlets to express how dangerous it is to…
· Ryan General
Afghanistan’s youngest female mayor fears for her family’s safety as Taliban takes over
A female Afghan mayor aired a plea of desperation as the Taliban’s control of Afghanistan sparks concerns for the safety of women in the country, particularly activists, journalists and politicians like her. Potential target: In a recent interview with iNews, Maidan Wardak…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Doctor Who Helped Bring in Clean Water to Afghanistan Killed by Gunmen
A Japanese doctor who brought canal-building techniques from his hometown to help irrigate arid areas in Afghanistan was killed by a group of gunmen in the eastern part of the country on Wednesday. Tetsu Nakamura, 73, founder of nongovernmental organization Peace Japan Medical…
· Ryan General
Meet the ‘Bruce Lee’ of Afghanistan
Abbas Alizada has been dubbed the “Afghan Bruce Lee” for his striking resemblance to the legendary martial arts icon. The 24-year-old Kung Fu fan from a Kabul suburb shot to social media fame about three years ago after posting a picture of himself striking a pose next to an…
· Michelle De Pacina
Singapore and Taiwan rank among happiest countries in Asia
Singapore and Taiwan are among the happiest countries in East Asia, according to the 2023 World Happiness Report released by the United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Released on Monday, the report was compiled based on global survey data from people…
· Bryan Ke
New State Department program lets private citizens directly sponsor refugees in US
A newly launched refugee sponsor program from the U.S. State Department will allow Americans to sponsor and assist refugees entering the United States. Launched on Thursday, the new program, called Welcome Corps, aims to provide new service opportunities for Americans to…
· Khier Casino
Chinese tea, Vietnamese pottery, Cambodian martial arts: Asian cultural practices granted UNESCO world heritage status
Traditional Chinese tea-processing techniques, Japanese ritual dances and Vietnamese pottery-making are some of the cultural practices that made it on this year’s intangible cultural heritage list by UNESCO. About 48 cultural practices from 61 countries were added to UNESCO’s…
· Michelle De Pacina
Afghan refugee stabbed in the throat in unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown
An Afghan refugee was stabbed in the throat and chest in an unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown. The 22-year-old victim was locking his bicycle to a street pole on Gore Avenue near East Pender Street at around 6 p.m. local time on Sunday when a man approached him from…
· Ryan General
Putin slams US lawmakers’ visits to Taiwan, blames US for Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine
Addressing an international security summit attended by military officials from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused “Western globalist elites” of trying “to shift the blame for their own failures to Russia and China.” According to Putin, the…
· Bryan Ke
Nearly 6,000 glaciers in China have disappeared due to global warming
Scientists reported that 5,956 miniature alpine glaciers have disappeared in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, also known as the Tibetan Plateau in China, in the past 50 years because of global warming. Besides the disappearance of the glaciers, 25,901 glaciers out of the 34,578…
· Michelle De Pacina
Police arrest ‘primary suspect’ in the killings of 4 Muslim men in Albuquerque
Muhammad Syed, 51, was arrested on Monday night as the “primary suspect” in the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Syed drove a Volkswagen Jetta that investigators believe was the vehicle used in at least one of the killings. Police also said they recovered…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese NGO accuses ‘warmongering’ US of violating human rights in the Middle East
The China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), a Chinese NGO, accused the United States of committing human rights violations in a report published on Tuesday titled “U.S. commits serious crimes of violating human rights in the Middle East and beyond." The CSHRS listed some…
· Jane Nam
WHO head: World’s focus on Ukraine over other countries is due to racial bias
In a virtual press briefing from Geneva on Wednesday, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia and current World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused the international community of racial bias, claiming far less attention was being paid…
· Carl Samson
Chinese netizens slam own government after Beijing retaliates against US report on human rights abuses
In a rare collective response, Chinese citizens criticized their own government on Weibo after it retaliated against the U.S. over a damning report on its alleged human rights abuses. Much of the criticism focused on the government’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in…
· Daniel Anderson
Yale Museum surrenders 13 stolen South Asian artifacts worth over $1 million
Yale University Art Gallery, the oldest art gallery in America, relinquished 13 South Asian artifacts worth over $1 million to Homeland Security and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as part of an investigation into infamous antiquities thief Subhash Kapoor. Twelve of the…