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Inspired Stories 01/16/20, 16:31

One little boy in Hingham, Massachusetts, is doing his part to help Australia animals cope with the devastation of the wildfires from thousands of miles away. Owen Colley, 6, whose father is from Australia, was upset ...

Trending 01/13/20, 10:01

Native Australian animals at risk of extinction received tons of vegetables to help them survive one of the nation's worst wildfires. The New South Wales government confirmed nearly 2.5 tons of carrots and sweet potatoes have ...

Australia & Oceania 01/11/20, 17:23

The devastating fires in Australia were caused by humans and the application of wrong policies, not by so-called climate change, said American experts. Decades of "green" policies have made Australia's fields prone to rapid fire in ...

Australia & Oceania 01/10/20, 16:27

Elton John has pledged to donate $1 million to the Australian bushfire relief as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. On Tuesday night, Jan. 7, the singer-songwriter became rather emotional as he spoke about the tragedy ...

Australia & Oceania 01/10/20, 07:20

A Queensland man who lost his home in the recent North NSW bushfires was shocked to find he had  won the lottery—$1 million. The man is from Mount Cotton, but during last year's bushfires lost his ...

Australia & Oceania 01/08/20, 16:19

The 1-year-old daughter of a firefighter killed battling the Australia wildfires wore her father's helmet as she stood by her father's casket. In a white dress, Charlotte O'Dwyer stood beside Andrew O’Dwyer’s casket as mourners grieved ...

Inspired Stories 01/08/20, 12:59

The Australian actor, Chris Hemsworth, who is famous for his role "Thor" in the Marvel Universe franchise, announced on Instagram his donation and called on others to “chip in” and contribute funding the relief effort ...

Australia & Oceania 01/07/20, 12:47

Authorities said over two dozens people in the state of New South Wales have been charged with intentionally setting Australia bushfires. On Monday, Jan. 6, the New South Wales police said that it has taken legal ...

Australia & Oceania 01/07/20, 11:46

Rain and cooler temperatures on Monday, Jan. 6, brought some relief to Australian communities battling the devastating wildfires that have ravaged the country. But the rain was also making it challenging for fire crews attempting to ...

Australia & Oceania 01/01/20, 17:38

During the last season of 2019, bush fires devastated several sectors of Australia and for this reason many citizens signed a petition to stop a fireworks festival this year and to use the money to ...

Australia & Oceania 01/01/20, 11:25

Catastrophic fires raging in Australia have claimed seven lives in the past few days, taking the toll to at least 17 lives lost this bushfire season.  Fears are held for the safety of two people ...

Australia & Oceania 12/30/19, 14:18

"If you leave your front door unlocked, you can't complain too loudly when someone steals your TV," argued Tom Marland, an agribusiness lawyer based in Bundaberg, Queensland. "It's the same with bush fires," he added. Marland ...

Australia & Oceania 12/30/19, 01:24

The East Gippsland area in Victoria is facing catastrophic fire conditions over the next day, and in what is one of the most massive evacuations in Australia's history, 75,000 residents and tourists were ordered to ...

Australia & Oceania 11/24/19, 20:49

Being able to prebook an organ transplant is real—in China. Organs on demand is happening; innocent people are constantly being arrested, blood typed, organ checked and kept on demand for a needy patient desperate and ...

Australia & Oceania 11/22/19, 10:36

A talk show personality revealed in a prerecorded interview he no longer felt pride in the United States on Nov. 19. CBS Late Show Host Stephen Colbert recently admitted in a national broadcast that he did ...

Australia & Oceania 11/20/19, 00:27

Homelessness is an issue that has always been prominent in our world. They don't have a home, a job, or money. This can be the result of many social and economic factors and it is ...

Australia & Oceania 10/14/19, 09:20

Upon delivering the 12.9-pound infant last Monday, Oct. 7, an Australian mum jokingly likened her newborn daughter to a "mini sumo wrestler." Wollongong couple Emma and Daniel Millar told Illawarra Mercury, a local news source, that ...

Australia & Oceania 09/03/19, 21:46

A dying father had his final wish granted by kind medics, who went out of their way to help. Brave Chris Shaw, 45, wanted to see his favorite beach one last time after being told his ...

Australia & Oceania 08/13/19, 23:51

Hong Kong hospital staff Tuesday Aug. 13, stepped forward to protest against police brutality and the island territory’s government. Employees from 13 hospitals across Hong Kong participated in the protest, according to a local cable television. Workers ...

Australia & Oceania 08/08/19, 09:09

An angry KFC customer who claimed she was served raw chicken by the fast-food giant has posted pictures of her meal—and claimed her complaint was ignored for nearly a week, according to The Daily Mail. The ...

Central America 12/02/19, 13:06

At least 21 people were killed after security forces engaged in a gun battle with suspected cartel members on Saturday, Nov. 30, in Villa Union, a town in Coahuila State near the U.S. border with ...

2020 Campaign 11/08/19, 10:41

An independent candidate promised on Nov. 7 to decommission immigration agencies and weaken the nation's ability to enforce immigration law, if he wins the 2020 presidential election. Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has proposed a ...

Central America 11/05/19, 18:37

At least nine dual US-Mexican citizens, including six children and three women, were shot to death on Monday, Nov. 4, near Rancho La Mora on the border between Sonora and Chihuahua—a shooting attack that relatives ...

Central America 11/03/19, 22:25

Relatives of women and girls murdered or missing in Mexico marched through the capital Sunday carrying over 100 purple crosses inscribed with the names of victims, demanding justice for their loved ones and improved efforts ...

Central America 09/06/19, 13:26

Mexico said it has met a U.S. 90-day deadline to reduce migrant flows across its territory. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard is to deliver a final report on the Mexican government initiatives on Friday, Sept. 6, three ...

Central America 08/22/19, 23:19

U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was in Panama City on Thursday, Aug. 22, to meet with security officials and ministers from Central America and Colombia. He tweeted his arrival for the Ninth Northern Triangle ...

Central America 08/10/19, 11:11

Mexican police discovered 19 dead people, some people hanged from an overpass and others butchered and dumped on the road, in what authorities believe is a gang turf war, according to The Associated Press. In the ...

Central America 08/07/19, 00:19

The United States is ready to target any individual or country that supports Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime. On Tuesday, speaking from Peru's capital Lima, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said the Trump administration will start ...

Central America 08/03/19, 15:54

Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard announced on July 30, that the number of illegal immigrants heading to the United States from Central America has been greatly reduced. Ebrard explained that although 144,278 immigrants ...

Central America 07/25/19, 19:34

Mexico is building a huge shelter for illegal immigrants on its northern border. The facility will allow these people to await for a response to their asylum applications in the United States. In the city of ...

Central America 07/22/19, 15:54

As part of his visit to Latin America, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele met last Sunday at the Presidential House in San Salvador to discuss economic cooperation and measures ...

Central America 07/22/19, 10:30

The Costa Rican Health Ministry said it has confirmed 19 deaths from the consumption of alcohol tainted with methanol. The ministry said in a Friday report that the investigation is continuing, but it has counted 14 ...

Central America 07/12/19, 20:25

Two weeks ago, the Cuban Ministry of Finance published a new list of prices for products sold in CUC (the Cuban equivalent of the dollar) and in pesos. The inventory of prices of food and hygiene ...

Central America 07/12/19, 19:17

As a contingency plan to curb immigration, the Mexican government unveiled the first two U.S. investment projects in the south of the country. The $800 million granted for the region would be for the construction ...

Central America 07/10/19, 19:40

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador fired Mexican doctors or will not renew their contracts this December, and will import Cuban professionals. Due to the socialist president's huge health cut—44%—at least 10,000 Mexican workers in the ...

South America 12/11/19, 11:06

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro called Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg a “brat” on Tuesday, Dec. 10, after her comment on two Indigenous people Brazilians' death in the Amazon. The fight ignited on Monday after Thunberg ...

South America 12/10/19, 08:29

Chile's air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight Monday evening to the country's base in Antarctica, and authorities indicated several hours later that they were not optimistic ...

South America 12/09/19, 12:06

Out of 90 contestants, Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi took the crown for Miss Universe 2019, and Madison Anderson, Miss Puerto Rico, coming in as first runner-up. The new #MissUniverse2019 is... SOUTH AFRICA!!!! 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/gRW8vcuT3A — Miss ...

South America 11/16/19, 18:53

When children, who usually bring fun to the family, are born, they need the love and care of adults because they can't drink or feed themself, and they also can't say they're hungry. But as ...

South America 11/13/19, 17:40

After the protests of Bolivian citizens intensified following the controversial electoral elections of Oct. 20, which led President Evo Morales to resign as head of state, various senators of the Democratic wing such as Bernie ...

South America 11/12/19, 22:44

President Donald Trump praised the Bolivian people for forcing the resignation of socialist leader Evo Morales. In a statement published by the White House, the president stressed that the fall of Morales, after almost 14 years ...

South America 11/10/19, 21:41

Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests. The decision came after a day of fast-moving developments, ...

South America 11/08/19, 05:13

Brazil's Supreme Court delivered a ruling that could release almost 5,000 inmates still appealing their convictions, including former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other powerful figures jailed in a sprawling corruption investigation. The court ...

South America 11/01/19, 18:38

The U.S. government is considering sanctioning Spain for the aid that the socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would be provide to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. According to Bloomberg, the Treasury Department is studying economic ...

South America 11/01/19, 15:43

Amid Chile's social crisis, President Donald Trump said he supports Chilean President Sebastián Piñera's government in its efforts to "restore national order" in the South American country. President Trump called Piñera on Wednesday to express his ...

South America 10/30/19, 12:36

A 13-year-old Brazilian girl has been arrested over the murder of her pregnant sister who she is accused of killing before cutting out her baby and stoning another child to death. Fabiana Santana, 23, was eight ...

South America 10/29/19, 09:50

Fresh protests and attacks on businesses erupted in Chile Monday despite President Sebastián Piñera's replacement of eight key Cabinet ministers with more centrist figures and his attempts to assure the country he has heard calls ...

South America 10/25/19, 13:25

A sick Brazilian boy died after his father blew up the money that was raised for the child's medical treatment on hookers, drugs, and parties instead, according to reports. Two-year-old Joao Miguel Alves died at his ...

South America 10/18/19, 18:26

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Venezuela’s election to the Human Rights Council “is an embarrassment to the United Nations and a tragedy for the people of Venezuela.” Venezuela won a contested election for ...

South America 10/15/19, 20:08

A seven-story building collapsed Tuesday in an upscale part of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, killing one person and leaving others trapped with some communicating with family members by cellphone from under debris, officials said. Fire ...

Inspired Stories 09/18/19, 12:10

A garbage man created a community library in his own home and donates books to children, believing that education can break the cycle of poverty. Jose Alberto Gutierrez, 55, a garbage man who lives in Bogota, ...

South America 09/17/19, 17:45

The former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ordered his subordinates to coordinate actions to flood the United States with cocaine produced by the Marxist guerrilla FARC, since 2005. U.S. federal prosecutors reported these attempts by the ...

South America 09/13/19, 22:24

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met his visiting Brazilian counterpart, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Speaking at the press conference, the two men affirmed the strategic partnerships between ...

South America 08/30/19, 23:01

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and the country's foreign minister visited the White House, on Friday, Aug. 30, seeking U.S. help, as firefighters battled to contain the ravaging wildfires in the Amazon. The Brazilian leader said ...

South America 08/24/19, 17:32

Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. Some 44,000 troops will ...

Middle East 01/21/20, 05:45

Social network users post videos and photos of citizens who continue to protest against corruption in their country and Iran's interference in internal affairs. "Jan 20 - Baghdad, #Iraq. Al Tayaran Square. Security forces are firing ...

Middle East 01/18/20, 22:25

President Donald Trump on Friday, Jan. 17, said Iranian leaders “should abandon terror and Make Iran Great Again!” instead of leading the country toward ruin. President Trump made his suggestion after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

Middle East 01/16/20, 23:42

The silence was golden on Tuesday, Jan. 14, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), a retired Army Ranger who lost both legs and a finger while on active duty in Afghanistan, ...

Middle East 01/15/20, 15:39

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard arrested the person who posted the video of the Ukrainian plane shot down by a missile, which killed 176 people, according to Business Insider. After denying guilt for the tragedy for several ...

Middle East 01/14/20, 15:46

Iran opened fire on the protesters in the streets as they shouted angrily "Death to Khameini," the country's ruling ayatollah. Protesters then tore up and trampled posters with photos of their leaders, including the recently dead ...

Middle East 01/13/20, 10:54

President Donald Trump said on Sunday, Jan. 11, that he "couldn't care less" even if Iran chooses to negotiate with his administration under maximum pressure campaign, warning Tehran not to develop nuclear weapons and kill ...

Middle East 01/13/20, 10:47

After President Trump warned the Iranian government not to harm the Iranian protesters, the Islamic government appears to have had a change of direction in its attitude toward the United States. Ten days after tension had ...

United Kingdom 01/23/20, 22:48

Brexit is just one step away from becoming a reality after the British Parliament ratified the legislation on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the BBC reported. The bill states that the UK will leave the European Union (EU) ...

United Kingdom 01/17/20, 23:54

Another case of conservative censorship came to light on Thursday, Jan. 16, and the victim in this case was Canadian journalist Keean Bexte, who was suspended from Twitter for "abuse and harassment" after reporting on ...

United Kingdom 01/17/20, 18:42

A new report revealed that British authorities were aware of a network of men—predominantly Muslim—abusing children, but failed to act to prevent the crimes for fear of creating "community tensions." The investigation, conducted independently at the ...

United Kingdom 01/15/20, 13:54

Lauren Dyer, a 33-year-old British woman, nearly died because the birth control pills she was taking caused two “massive” blood clots in her lungs, Fox News reported. Dyer, of Tamworth, England, fainted while at home in ...

America 01/23/20, 22:09

President Tsai Ing-wen, asked the World Health Organization (WHO) not to continue blocking her country, Taiwan, while the outbreak of the new deadly type of pneumonia-like virus that broke out in Wuhan is spreading rapidly ...

Trending 12/27/19, 07:30

A taxpayer-funded broadcaster was widely criticized for editing out part of a blockbuster movie Home Alone 2 —because the president made a brief appearance. The Canadian Broadcast Company (CBC) was questioned after several viewers used social ...

America 11/29/19, 00:16

Police in the Canadian city of Kingston say seven people have died after a small plane crashed in the area Wednesday evening. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent a team of four investigators to ...

Trending 11/28/19, 08:53

An Ontario man is behind bars after allegedly dumping poo on several victims between Nov. 22 and 25. Toronto Police confirmed local Samuel Opoku, 23, has been arrested and charged with five counts of assault with ...

America 11/08/19, 04:34

As Mexican soldiers stood guard, a mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the rocky soil Thursday at the first funeral for the ...

America 11/06/19, 09:34

The eight children, some mere infants, who survived the ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, with some walking miles ...

America 11/01/19, 22:58

A Winnipeg, Canada toddler, who was stabbed multiple times while he slept in his bed on Wednesday, Oct. 30, is to be taken off life support. Hunter Haze Straight-Smith, 3, who suffered severe brain damage, is ...

America 10/18/19, 19:54

Mexican security forces aborted an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman after finding themselves outgunned in a ferocious shootout with cartel henchmen that left at least eight people ...

America 07/05/19, 21:21

A campaign of pro-life groups has been collecting donations for migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The initiative is called Bottles to the Border and is led by former employees of abortion clinics and pro-life ...

South America 07/05/19, 17:34

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again said he would like U.S. President Donald Trump to visit South America to discuss the Venezuelan crisis with the presidents of the region. On Wednesday night, July 3, during an ...

America 07/03/19, 20:23

Mexican authorities are investigating several reports of illegal immigrants trying to buy children to enter the United States, and obtain family unit benefits. According to testimony gathered by the Seattle Times from locals and the police, ...

South America 07/02/19, 15:23

Tens of thousands of tourists flocked to cities and towns across northern Chile to stake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness Tuesday's total solar eclipse. Millions are expected to gaze at ...

America 06/28/19, 23:03

An engineer shouted for the young migrant woman to hurry up and climb aboard the freight train or she'd be left behind. In her bright red tennis shoes, she quickened her pace and was the ...

America 06/28/19, 21:28

Megan Rapinoe went from controversy to triumph, scoring twice for the United States in the much-anticipated clash with host France to send the defending champions into the semifinals of the Women's World Cup with a ...

America 06/28/19, 05:35

About 100 Mexican soldiers and immigration agents raided a freight train in the southern state of Chiapas on Thursday and detained dozens of Central American migrants riding atop the cars. Such raids had been rare since ...

America 06/26/19, 14:57

U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams assured that President Donald J. Trump supports political change in Venezuela during a briefing session on Tuesday, June 25. Abrams’s affirmative declaration came after a Washington Post article, citing ...

America 06/25/19, 02:36

Around 15,000 soldiers and National Guard policemen have been deployed by the Mexican government to the U.S. border in a bid to check migration flow from Central America, the country's defense chief told reporters on ...

America 06/21/19, 22:16

Mexico has completed its deployment of 6,000 National Guardsmen to help control the flow of migrants headed to the United States and filled 650 immigration agency posts to regulate border crossings, the government said on ...

America 06/21/19, 21:58

The deaths of eight American tourists in the Dominican Republic this year are not part of a mysterious wave of fatalities but a medically and statistically normal phenomenon that has been lumped together by the ...

America 06/21/19, 00:55

íMexico and El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement Thursday that includes a $30 million Mexican donation for reforestation in the Central American nation, amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of ...

Trending 01/16/20, 10:03

No Democratic Party members of a committee responsible for governing the nation's foreign affairs matters could name any deceased soldier who would justify not taking down the controversial Iranian military leader. Democrats' eerily silence when Rep. ...

Trending 01/15/20, 10:27

A congressional statement on a mass shooting that injured countless protesters in the Middle East was delayed after the Democrats prevented the House from voting on Jan. 14. House Republicans have expressed their strong dissatisfaction with ...

2020 Campaign 01/14/20, 11:11

Several Democratic Party candidates for president were criticized for remaining silent on mass demonstrations that shifted blame away from the U.S. president and targeted the Iranian regime instead. Initially only former Vice President Joe Biden and ...

Trending 01/10/20, 11:13

The nation would have regretted not launching a deadly airstrike against a controversial Iranian general, a congressman has warned. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) believes President Donald Trump acted with integrity and saved countless lives through ordering ...

Trending 01/08/20, 11:04

The president made the right decision to launch a deadly airstrike against a controversial Iranian general, a congressman has said. Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) fully supports Donald Trump's move to order a military attack that killed ...

U.S. 01/07/20, 22:48

A Chicago family is mourning the loss over their son, Henry “Mitch” Mayfield Jr., who was one of three Americans killed in Sunday’s extremist attack in Kenya. "I last spoke with him New Year’s Day via ...

Trending 01/07/20, 11:02

A deadly act of terrorism in Kenya claimed the life of a young Illinois man on Jan. 5. The Department of Defense confirmed Evergreen Park local Henry J. Mayfield Jr., 23, died during the al-Shabab terror ...

Trending 01/06/20, 10:49

Soldiers successfully ended what is believed to be a terrorist attack against a U.S. military post in eastern Africa on Jan. 5. The Kenyan Army confirmed it had stopped the al-Shabab terror group from conducting a ...

Trending 01/01/20, 10:45

A former president's official invitation was questioned after a Middle Eastern military leader led a mass uprising years later against one of the nation's foreign missions in Iraq on Dec. 31. Barack Obama has been cast ...

Africa 12/28/19, 08:41

A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 30 people, officials said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in Mogadishu in recent memory. The toll was ...

Africa 12/28/19, 03:05

ISIS terrorists killed 11 hostages, 10 of them Christians, on Christmas Day in revenge for the death of their bosses in Iraq and Syria. According to a video released by the criminals, this was intended to ...

Africa 11/27/19, 12:23

A male lecturer from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, is being celebrated on social media network for babysitting twins for his student while she writes her examinations. The lecturer identified as Frederick Bassey took to his ...

Africa 11/21/19, 11:22

According to a story from News24 in South Africa, in a desperate attempt to eventually get their insurance payout, Sifiso Mtshali's parents, 46, hauled his corpse to an Old Mutual branch in eastern South Africa. This ...

Politics 11/08/19, 11:31

Ivanka Trump on Friday, Nov. 8, echoed her father's view that the House impeachment investigation is an attempt to overturn the 2016 election. But she called the identity of the impeachment whistleblower "not particularly relevant." President ...

Africa 10/17/19, 00:57

An extraordinary haul of 20 wooden coffins dating back to Ancient Egypt and pharaonic times has been revealed by archaeologists. Archaeologists found the coffins in an ancient necropolis in Al-Assasif, an ancient cemetery on the west ...

Africa 10/15/19, 10:05

Mariam Nabatanzi, a 40-year-old woman from the Mukono District of Uganda, was named the most fertile woman in the African country after it was confirmed that she had given birth to 44 children. Nabatanzi is known as ...

Africa 10/11/19, 10:19

The story of a man from Nigeria is proof that dreams come true, especially when you work hard and never lose faith. His dream of becoming a pilot if finally realized after 24 years of ...

Africa 09/06/19, 10:50

A pastor, in south Africa, who has been spearfishing for the past decade miraculously survived without any major injuries after he accidentally shot himself straight through his head with a speargun. The horrific incident occurred on ...

U.S. 08/31/19, 14:52

Thousands of African immigrants who arrived on the southern border of the United States demanded immediate entry into the country. In a statement the 3,000 immigrants from some 16 African countries such as Angola, Burkina Faso, ...

Africa 08/30/19, 19:58

The United States sanctioned a Lebanese bank on Thursday for facilitating the financial activities of the terrorist group Hezbollah. The Treasury Department accused the Jammal Trust Bank, and its subsidiaries, of "brazenly enabling" the financial activities ...

U.S. 01/23/20, 10:52

Relatives of a Chinese tourist, who tested positive to an incurable disease that normally affects animals, have surprised Hong Kong officials by visiting the Philippines soon after seeing the patient on Jan. 23. Hong Kong Secretary ...

Asia & Pacific 01/22/20, 17:26

A new alliance of pro-democracy groups supporting human rights in Hong Kong is calling on the Canadian government to take legal action and other measures against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), reported the Vancouver Sun. At ...

Politics 01/14/20, 03:35

The newly re-elected president of Taiwan has delivered a blow to Communist China, said one senior U.S. lawmaker. However, China's determination to take control of Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite her landslide victory. Rep. Ted ...

Asia & Pacific 01/14/20, 03:11

The Chinese communist regime banned the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) from Hong Kong in retaliation for the unrest in the city. For Kenneth Roth, the head of HRW, this reaction of the regime ...

Asia & Pacific 01/13/20, 15:47

Opinion Taiwan gave out millions of votes last Saturday in pursuit of a peaceful democracy. A year ago, re-elected President Tsai Ing-Wen was in a difficult position and the polls showed her to be 20 points behind ...

Asia & Pacific 01/08/20, 14:51

Late Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Indonesian air force deployed four fighter jets into the South China Sea in a confrontation with the Chinese regime after Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, protested a violation of its exclusive economic ...

Asia & Pacific 01/08/20, 06:17

Shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, a Ukrainian aircraft carrying 176 passengers crashed on Wednesday, Jan.8, killing all on board, Iranian state TV announced. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in ...

Asia & Pacific 01/07/20, 18:54

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), warned on his Twitter account that the elections to be held in Taiwan on Jan. 11 will be "vital" in curbing the "oppressive" influence of Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Scott, made his ...

Asia & Pacific 01/06/20, 11:06

Local authorities in Wuhan, China, said the mystery illness striking down citizens is not SARS. Bird-flu and influenza have also been ruled out, as dozens of people were stricken by the disease of unknown origin, ...

Asia & Pacific 01/03/20, 10:37

The former CEO of Nissan Carlos Ghosn, who was set to face charges in Japan in 2020 for financial wrongdoing has mysteriously fled the country, reportedly by hiding in a box used to transport musical ...

Washington 01/02/20, 18:24

Another 4,000 U.S. troops are being prepared for deployment to the Middle East to bolster security in the region after the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Bagdad, Iraq, reported Fox News. These soldiers reportedly come ...

Asia & Pacific 12/29/19, 19:00

The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insurgent group said. They didn't ...

Asia & Pacific 12/29/19, 11:52

The wreckage of a boat authorities believe originated from North Korea has been discovered washed up on the shores of the Japanese island Sado, on Friday, Dec. 27. It contained the remains of up to ...

Asia & Pacific 12/27/19, 09:54

Iran's navy kicked off the first joint naval exercise in the northern Indian Ocean with Russia and China on Friday, Dec. 27, Iranian state television reported. The four-day drill, conducted from Chahbahar a southeastern port city ...

Asia & Pacific 12/27/19, 13:22

The young Balinese widow stared across the courthouse at the man who had murdered her husband and 201 others, and longed to see him suffer. Ever since that horrible night, when she realized amid the blackened ...

Asia & Pacific 12/27/19, 02:09

A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing, and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Roman Catholic country. Typhoon Phanfone stranded ...

Asia & Pacific 12/26/19, 23:51

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a primary election for leadership of the ruling Likud party. Official results announced early Friday showed Netanyahu capturing 72% of the votes, compared with 28% ...

Asia & Pacific 12/11/19, 09:37

For Hong Kong spectators mentally and physically drained from six months of pro-democracy protests that have convulsed the city, a rousing performance of “Les Miserables” proved almost too much to bear. Audience members wept, dabbing their ...

Asia & Pacific 12/11/19, 06:45

The eruption was so silent that Lillani Hopkins didn't hear it over the hum of the boat’s engines. She didn't turn around until her dad whacked her. Then she saw it. Huge clouds of ash and ...

Asia & Pacific 12/10/19, 09:37

Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday that 11 Australians remained unaccounted for and 13 had been hospitalized after a volcano eruption in New Zealand. Three Australians were suspected to be among the initial five confirmed dead, Prime ...

World 01/23/20, 14:17

A University of Minnesota student was arrested in China and sentenced to six months in prison for a series of tweets he posted while in the United States, according to a Chinese court document, reviewed ...

News 01/23/20, 01:11

All transport leaving Wuhan in China is to be suspended from 10 a.m. local time, on Thursday, Jan. 23, in an effort to control the new SARS-like coronavirus that has broken out there. At least 540 ...

Washington 01/21/20, 12:24

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) issued its 2019 annual report on Jan. 8, highlighting the worsening human rights conditions in China and called for tougher actions against the regime. The report detailed the Chinese regime's ...

World 01/17/20, 10:57

China's economic growth fell to a 29-year low of 6.1% in 2019 from 6.6% in 2018, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Friday, Jan. 17. Though the growth rate still remains within the ...

U.S. 01/16/20, 21:57

In late 2019, several parliamentarians and senior colleagues raised their concerns with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab about the possibility that Huawei—as an alleged accomplice of the Chinese Communist Party—is committing serious human rights violations, ...

U.S. 01/16/20, 00:09

The trade agreement signed on Wednesday, Jan. 15, signaled that the highly delicate and often scrappy trade negotiations between the United States and China had thawed and given rise to an even better second deal. President ...

U.S. 01/15/20, 21:45

Counsel to the American law firm Paul Weiss and author Gordon Chang warns that the Chinese communist regime is trying to expand its maligning activities through multilateral organizations, thus attacking "freedom and democracy" in the ...

U.S. 01/14/20, 14:04

The U.S. government warned Britain that it would be "madness" to use Huawei technology on the U.K.'s 5G network. A delegation from Washington presented a document yesterday in London with evidence that demonstrated the security risks ...

Politics 01/11/20, 14:50

A new American financial group will invest billions of dollars in Indonesia, thus counteracting the growing economic influence of the Chinese regime in the region. The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will initially invest $5 billion ...

News 01/10/20, 23:36

A new type of coronavirus could be responsible for the public health crisis currently affecting China, according to preliminary reports released by the Chinese Communist regime's news agency, Xinhua. Coronaviruses—named for the shape of the envelope ...

U.S. 01/10/20, 22:27

The advance of the Chinese regime in the Arctic poses a growing concern in the United States because it could represent a serious threat in the region. For Fiscal Year 2020, President Donald Trump issued a ...

World 01/09/20, 16:23

The Chinese communist regime has banned foreign teaching materials in primary and secondary schools. Experts point out that this is an attempt by Beijing to tighten ideological control over students. The new regulation, dated Dec. 19 ...

World 01/09/20, 03:06

For the past six years, the Chinese communist regime has been monitoring the Uighur ethnic minority in Xinjiang Province, using advanced surveillance technology. Internment camps were created, and more than 1.5 million Uighurs and other ...

World 01/08/20, 14:53

The shipment to communist China of live Ebola and Henipah viruses by Chinese scientists in August 2019, before they were expelled by police from the National Microbiology Laboratory where they worked in Winnipeg, Canada, raises ...

Politics 01/07/20, 01:49

Trade officials from both the U.S. and China are preparing to sign a partial trade deal next week, which will put an end to trade tensions between the two countries, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) ...

World 12/31/19, 12:20

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Dec. 28 strongly criticized Chinese leader Xi Jinping after the communist leader was granted a new title of "people's leader," which echos the notorious dictator Mao Zedong. The Wall Street Journal ...

Europe 12/21/19, 15:48

The Chinese regime criticized the European Parliament Friday, Dec. 13, after a resolution adopted in Strasbourg calling for the immediate closure of so-called re-education camps in western China. On Thursday members of the European Parliament issued ...

World 12/14/19, 06:25

The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information, and has held high-level meetings in response to leaks of classified papers on its mass detention camps for ...

World 12/13/19, 02:55

China’s mass detention of Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang came from directives by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader to “show absolutely no mercy” in the “struggle against terrorism, infiltration, and separatism.” More than 400 ...

World 12/04/19, 19:17

Beijing fired back fiercely at the House passage of Uighur human rights bill and threatened to retaliate, reported South China Morning Post. The House on Tuesday, Dec. 3, passed the legislation in an overwhelming 407-1 vote, ...

Washington 01/16/20, 13:06

President Trump issued a proclamation on  Religious Freedom Day, 2020 on Jan. 15, reaffirming the commitment to protecting the precious and fundamental right of religious freedom, both at home and abroad.  Religious Freedom Day has been ...

U.S. 11/28/19, 17:47

Beijing fired back, furious at President Trump for signing of bill on Hong Kong human rights, reported Breibart. Just a few hours after the bill became law, China’s ministry of foreign affairs made a statement, calling ...

World 11/22/19, 11:21

Minghui.org, the website dedicated to reporting on Falun Gong (an ancient Chinese self-cultivation practice) just published a list of perpetrators involved in the persecution of Falun Gong in mainland China.  Minghui 's collection list of perpetrators This ...

Washington 11/21/19, 07:05

Free press has become the next target amid Hong Kong rising violence against pro-democracy protesters, with an arson attack on Hong Kong Epoch Times’ printing shop on 19 Nov, reported the Epoch Times.  Arson attack Four masked men ...

Washington 11/15/19, 16:44

Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Rep. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) are seeking to have the Hong Kong rights bill quickly passed by the Senate.  The bill supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong ...

U.S. 09/18/19, 17:19

U.S. Senator Mr. Patrick Leahy of Vermont issued a statement on September 12 calling on the Chinese government to end its persecution of Falun Gong. His statement has been included in the congressional record. Senator Leahy ...

Asia & Pacific 09/04/19, 21:50

Pro-democracy legislators and activists on Wednesday, Sept. 4, denounced Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s announcement to withdraw the controversial China extradition bill that triggered months of massive demonstrations. They said Lam’s concession came “too little” ...

Asia & Pacific 08/27/19, 20:30

Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Aug. 27, condemned Hong Chief Executive Carrie Lam for “trashing all the conventional, traditional values" of the territory. The legislators denounced Lam for threatening to silence pro-democracy voices with ...

Asia & Pacific 07/26/19, 18:58

If you were a visitor arriving on Friday at the Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport, this would be the scene, you saw on your first steps on to ‘Asia’s world city.’ A sea of ...

Asia & Pacific 07/19/19, 19:49

Hong Kong young activists are no greenhorns when it comes to protests. As another huge rally is organized for Sunday, protesters’ strategies are getting more creative. From hand signs to colorful post-it notes, these young activists ...

World 07/04/19, 21:41

An independent tribunal in the UK recently attracted widespread news coverage after announcing a judgment that the Chinese Communist regime is killing its detained citizens for organs. A 60-page summary of the judgment was released on ...

Asia & Pacific 07/02/19, 17:43

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on Monday afternoon for the annual July 1 march that is held on the anniversary of Britain's return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. This year’s ...

Trending 06/27/19, 16:17

Thousands of residents participated in Hong Kong’s rally on Wednesday night, June 26, to oppose the proposed extradition bill that they fear will take away the city’s freedom. They were rallying to appeal to world leaders ...

Europe 06/25/19, 18:26

Speaking at a meeting in Geneva on Monday, June 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet emphasized human rights violations in several regions of the world. Bachelet expressed disappointment at Saudi Arabia's ...

World 06/24/19, 21:33

There are 25 million adults and children suffering from labor and sex trafficking all over the world, including in the United States, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released ...

Trending 06/20/19, 14:56

Dozens of Filipinos held a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila on Wednesday, June 19, to condemn a statement Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made on Monday. The protesters are angry because President Rodrigo Duterte described ...

Asia & Pacific 06/19/19, 19:38

An activist for pro-democracy group Demosisto and a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, Joshua Wong was released from prison. Wong urged Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam to withdraw the extradition amendment ...

World 06/18/19, 02:05

A panel of experts and lawyers from the China Tribunal in London has concluded that China has in fact been murdering Falun Gong practitioners and harvesting their organs for transplant. The tribunal said on June ...

Politics 06/17/19, 15:19

Hong Kong’s former Chief Secretary Anson Chan said on Friday, June 14, that the territory's current government should drop the proposed extradition bill that has triggered massive weeklong protests. Chan said this past week’s protests involving ...

Politics 06/14/19, 17:41

A group of nine pro-democratic lawmakers condemned the Hong Kong government for describing Wednesday's mass protest on the island nation as a riot. The legislators were specifically referring to comments made by Hong Kong Special Administrative ...