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On this year’s International Human Rights Day on Tuesday, human rights organizations representing Chinese dissidents in exile from Hong Kong, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet held a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in London. The organizations called for accountability for China's human rights violations and demanded that the British government confront Beijing's ongoing abuses.   They urged Britain to end its economic activities with China to avoid complicity with an authoritarian...

The national security trial of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai has dominated headlines this year. Analysts say Lai’s case and new laws on national security are emblematic of Hong Kong’s ongoing decline in media freedoms. Liam Scott has the story for VOA News.

Leaders of Belarus and Russia signed a treaty that gave security guarantees to Belarus, including the possible use of nuclear weapons

A fake American “media outlet” posted a story about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy buying Adolf Hitler’s car — and it was widely shared in Russian media. The website for the “media outlet” (apparently trying to copy a renowned Seattle Times) was registered about a week ago. The photo was photoshopped and the story is fake. Some researchers connected the website to John Mark Dougan, an American who fled to Russia. A VOA Russian investigative reporter debunked this fake story.  See...

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A human rights organization has released a report on the condition of Qarchak Prison in Varamin, Iran, describing it as “a hell for women and children” and urging it to be shut down.  The Iran Human Rights Organization published a new report on Tuesday, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, emphasizing that the report represents "only a fraction” of the atrocities occurring at the prison.  It says Qarchak Prison has become "one of the darkest symbols of systematic human...

Some sense of normalcy returns to Damascus, the Syrian capital

The blaze threatens more than 8,100 homes and other structures

The report also found that some congressional staffers had their records obtained by prosecutors solely for accessing classified information despite that being part of their job responsibilities

Faiz Hamid is also being investigated in connection with May 2023 attacks on Pakistani military properties and installations

Former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun has been accused of recommending martial law to president and sending troops to the National Assembly to block lawmakers from voting on it

The Treasury Department accuses the company and one of its employees of compromising some 80,000 firewalls

Analysts say Beijing is trying to make it difficult for Taiwan and regional countries to respond to its military operations by not releasing public announcements

An article from The PIE, which focuses on the international education sector, takes a look at the effect international students have on the U.S. economy. It finds that international students support some 378,000 jobs in the U.S. Read the full story here. (November 2024) 

France has about 1,000 troops in the African nation

The average age of Japan's atomic bomb survivors is now 85

'I have been waiting for eight years for this moment,' the Israeli prime minister said

John Mahama’s return to power sparks mixed reactions, with some celebrating a fresh start and others questioning his ability to address Ghana’s challenges