Sisters of women’s rights activist step up pressure on Saudi leaders a day after her release from prison ... ( read original story ...)
Pressure Mounts on Biden to Cancel Billions More in Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
The U.S. president has already halted some arms sales to the Gulf. How he handles the rest will be a bellwether for progressives’ sway ... ( read original story ...)
Sister of rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul: ‘Women empowerment is a lie in Saudi Arabia’
Lina al-Hathloul said although Loujain has been conditionally released she does not have true freedom or justice. Her other sister Alia said the change of administration in the U.S. had brought ... ( read original story ...)
MARINE MEMORIAL SERVICE IN IRAQ
Lt. Col. Nicholas F. Marano, commanding officer of the southern California-based 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, addresses Marines and sailors during a memorial service Aug. 19, 2006, for Lance ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken, South Korea foreign minister discuss North Korea, Myanmar: State Department
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underlined the need for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and expressed concern over the military coup in Myanmar with South Korea's Foreign Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Kim lays blame at officials for N. Korea’s economic failures
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ripped into the performance of his Cabinet and fired a senior economic official he appointed a month ago, saying they'd failed to come up with new ideas to salvage ... ( read original story ...)
Facebook curbs Myanmar military over ‘misinformation’ as protests swell
Thousands take to the streets again as junta releases 23,000 prisoners and detains more opponents overnight ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar Coup Leader: ‘Join Hands’ With Army for Democracy
Myanmar’s coup leader has used the country’s Union Day holiday to call on people to work with the military if they want democracy, a request likely to be met with derision by protesters who are ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Iran oil output faces race against time as U.S. sanctions linger
Iran's oil reserves risk becoming stranded assets unless the new U.S. administration eases sanctions that have left the country lagging rivals in output capacity and losing a race against time as the ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s ‘incense village’ pins hopes on local buyers at Lunar New Year
Across this village south of Hanoi, otherwise drab patches of ground blaze with colour as bundles of magenta-tipped incense sticks are left to dry in the sun before being distributed across Vietnam ... ( read original story ...)