International forecasters warn Tropical Cyclone “Mocha” is intensifying in the very warm waters of the Bay of Bengal and is forecast to be one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades when it comes ashore Sunday, May 14.
A Chinese court Thursday sentenced Yang Maodong, a veteran pro-democracy activist, to eight years in prison on subversion charges for his two-decade advocacy of rights and freedoms.
Voters in Thailand head to the polls Sunday in national elections seen as a pivotal test of the military’s hold on power and the chance for political change in a country where victory at the ballot box is often thwarted by coups and court rulings.
The United Nations (UN) refugee agency says more than 700,000 Sudanese have fled their homes since violence broke out last month between two armed factions fighting for control of the northern African nation.
