Boko Haram Jihadis Kidnap Dozens of Women Living in Victim Camp
Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadis are once more accused of kidnapping dozens of women from a refugee camp in northeastern Nigeria.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadis are once more accused of kidnapping dozens of women from a refugee camp in northeastern Nigeria.
South Korea seeks early renewal of a defense agreement, anticipating Donald Trump will return to office and demand much higher contributions.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that major Indian firms are interested in building at least ten gigawatts of coal-fired power generation over the next decade, expanding some existing plants and reviving projects that stalled out when coal power fell into environmentalist disfavor.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resurfaced in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, having disappeared from public view after a meeting in Kenya.
One of the Indian men who were lured to Russia with the promise of a good job and forced into the Russian military has reportedly been killed.
The families of several Indian citizens tricked into fighting for Russia on the front lines in Ukraine have asked the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring their missing sons and husbands home safely.
China set an official 2024 target for GDP growth of around five percent in a report from Premier Li Qiang to the National People’s Congress.
Haiti’s neighbors scrambled to increase patrols, build border fences, and recall their diplomatic missions as violence escalated on Monday.
The FBI issued a public alert for Majid Dastjani Farahani, an Iranian agent allegedly plotting to kill Trump administration officials.
Indian police on Sunday detained four men and continued their manhunt for three others who allegedly attacked a Spanish tourist couple, beat them both, and gang-raped the woman.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in for another term on Monday, despite opposition protests.
Almost 3,000 people who claim to have suffered illnesses from China’s dodgy coronavirus vaccine signed a petition asking Chinese Communist Party officials to take responsibility for their illnesses and plan to appear at this week’s “Two Sessions” policy meeting in Beijing.
The Haitian government declared a state of emergency on Sunday following days of street battles, two dangerous prison breaks, and an open declaration of insurrection by gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier.
The government of Nepal is requiring everyone who climbs Mount Everest to carry a tracking chip for safety and verification.
The meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) ministers in Abu Dhabi ran into a fifth day on Friday as most major issues remained deadlocked.
Freedom House rates the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan conquered in 2023, as the most unfree place on Earth.
Mourners gathered for the funeral of opposition leader Alexei Navalny faced a heavy police presence in Moscow on Friday.
Nicaragua’s brutal socialist dictator Daniel Ortega hosted a meeting on Wednesday with Gen. Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, and several other high-ranking Russian security officials.
India and South Africa on Wednesday blocked the passage of a major investment agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference in Abu Dhabi, potentially scuttling hundreds of billions of dollars in investments — many of them slated for developing countries of the “Global South,” which India frequently claims to champion.
Cholnan Srikaew, the health minister of Thailand, said on Thursday that recreational marijuana will be banned by the end of 2024. Thailand was the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical marijuana in 2018, followed by recreational use in 2022.
China cites President Joe Biden’s campaign page on TikTok as evidence that the U.S. government has been lying about the dangers of the app.
Indonesia takes some pride in holding the world’s largest single-day election, but the toll this takes on overworked election staffers is severe.
Japan, Singapore, and South Korea all posted record-low birth rates for 2023, providing the latest evidence that much of Asia is grappling with a severe demographic crisis that will lead to higher costs for social services and reduced manpower for industry in the near future.
Brazil’s far-left socialist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he hopes Joe Biden wins the 2024 presidential election.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss the Houthi terror attacks on Red Sea shipping.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, already jailed on corruption and national security charges, was indicted on Tuesday on charges that he and his wife Bushra Bibi accepted parcels of land as bribes when Khan was in office.
Friends and allies of Alexei Navalny say they cannot find a public or private funeral agency in Moscow willing to host a ceremony.
Chinese security forces are cracking down hard on Tibetans protesting against a massive hydroelectric dam project that will destroy several villages and Buddhist monasteries.
A member of the influential Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference suggests lifting all restrictions on family size.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Monday reported Palestinian leaders, and advocates of their cause, are increasingly turning to China as their last hope to end the Israeli military campaign against Hamas.
The U.S. State Department accused North Korea of shipping more than 10,000 containers of munitions to Russia for use against Ukraine.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced it will lift sanctions against the Niger junta.
The U.S. and UK on Saturday launched a fourth round of “self-defense” airstrikes against 18 targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, destroying missile storage facilities, drones, radars, and one helicopter.
New home prices in China slipped again in January, and existing home sales slipped even more, notching the steepest decline in nine years.
Indian farm protesters burned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in effigy, while a Sikh warrior sect deployed to protect the farmers.
The leader of the Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen says the terror campaign against Red Sea shipping is “continuing, escalating, and effective.”
India’s leading drone manufacturer IdeaForge is making a play for U.S. business with a line of light, high-endurance drones engineered to fly in the thin atmosphere and harsh climate of the Himalayas.
A group of more than eight hundred Russian Orthodox priests and church members wrote a letter demanding the release of Alexei Navalny’s body.
A massive trove of leaked documents reveals Chinese security firm I-Soon worked as hackers under contract to the Chinese government.
Canadian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday that with the voluntary return of 23 permits by Chevron Canada in February, energy companies have surrendered the last of the outstanding permits for oil and gas drilling off Canada’s Pacific coast.