A US man is facing up to two years in jail in Thailand after posting negative reviews of a hotel he stayed in. He was sued by the resort under the country's strict anti-defamation laws. Wesley Barnes, ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia, Azerbaijan conflict escalates; Turkey calls allegation of downing jet ‘absolutely untrue’
Armenia said one of its warplanes was shot down Tuesday by a fighter jet from Azerbaijan’s ally Turkey. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan denied it. ( read original story ...)
In Japan, a revolutionary response to the pandemic: salarymen in shorts
As companies rethink Japan’s intense work culture, one chief executives plans to move his workers to a picturesque island. ( read original story ...)
Children in rural Bangladesh suffering with no schools amid Covid-19 pandemic
Online classes are lecture based and children cannot actively participate, a parent said Students in villages are suffering in terms of studies with no physical school to go to, due to the effect of ... ( read original story ...)
In Pakistan, a tweet can bring a death sentence
Last month, I sent a tweet — intended as a commentary on Pakistan’s problem of political abductions — that sparked a violent backlash of gender-based slurs, slut-shaming and death threats. By the next ... ( read original story ...)
Amnesty halts India operations, saying it is being silenced
The human rights group Amnesty International halted work in India on Tuesday, accusing the government of having frozen its bank accounts as punishment for speaking out about alleged rights abuses. ( read original story ...)
Amnesty International to stop work in India, cites government harassment and threats
Amnesty International announced Tuesday it would close its operations in India after its bank accounts were frozen and its executives were interrogated following the publication of two reports by the ... ( read original story ...)
Amnesty International says gov’t forced halt to operations in India
Amnesty International announced Tuesday that it will halt operations in India after the government in New Delhi froze the human rights organization's financial accounts there. ( read original story ...)
Protests as teenager dies two weeks after alleged gang-rape in India
Dalit woman was attacked while out cutting grass in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh ... ( read original story ...)
Ai Weiwei: ‘Too late’ to curb China’s influence
The leading Chinese dissident, the artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei, says China's influence has become so great that it can't now be effectively stopped. "The West should really have worried about ... ( read original story ...)