A mass LGBTQ+ wedding in the capital, organized by campaign group Bangkok Pride with city authorities, expects hundreds of marriage registrations as the law comes into effect [Read More]

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Israeli defense minister has made repeated threats in recent weeks to target Houthi leadership in retaliation for group firing hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel [Read More]

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The Iraqi parliament controversially passed three laws as a package on Tuesday: the amended personal status law, a general amnesty law, and the repeal of Ba’athist decisions on Kurdish land in disputed areas. Kurdish lawmakers, under political pressure, voted for the package despite opposing the personal status law and the amnesty law. 
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Chinese government’s recent drive to cut medical costs is causing a rare public backlash in Beijing and Shanghai, with doctors and patients saying that domestic generic drugs do not work as well as imported original drugs. 
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Businesses in several Kurdish cities in Iran went on strike Wednesday after Kurdish groups called for a protest against the death sentences of two female political prisoners. Six Kurdish groups released a joint statement urging people to stage a strike on Wednesday to prevent the executions of Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi. 
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With the continuation of Turkish attacks, Syrian Kurds are calling on the international community to put pressure on Turkey to end the war in Syria. In recent days, there has been a movement to denounce attacks on the Kurdish region of Syria. 
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Two senior executives at China’s Aviation Industry Corporation have been removed from office. The removals coincide with heightened scrutiny of the aerospace and defense sectors amid Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, which has implicated several military leaders.  
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The United States is expected to reduce funding to U.N. agencies that do not align with the Trump administration’s “America First” policy, and newly sworn in Secretary of State Marco Rubio spelled out his foreign policy priorities and met with Asian allies. A look at U.S. policy in the Middle East going forward now that [...]

‘Favorable wildfire-spread conditions’ persist in the region, forecasters say [Read More]

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L. Brent Bozell III is president’s pick to lead agency that supervises five US government-funded international media entities, including Voice of America [Read More]

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