The first women settled on this stony slope outside Kabul in the 1990s hoping to escape the stigma those like them are forced to endure. Today it is known as Afghanistan’s ‘hill of widows’, home to a cluster of women who have eked out independence in a society that shuns and condemns them as immoral. … Read more
Dozens of Chinese nationals who had been held for illegal mining in Zambia have departed the African country to return home, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. China had complained that Zambia provided no strong evidence of crimes committed by the 31 arrested in the copperbelt town of Chingola, including a pregnant woman and two … Read more
Contacts between North and South Korea are extremely limited, and their tense shared border is one of the few places it is possible to see people from both sides, but Seoul has now authorised an NGO to make contact to discuss humanitarian aid South Korea on Friday authorised a civilian NGO to contact the North … Read more
Thai police said Wednesday they were trying to locate Red Bull heir Worayuth Yoovidhya who reportedly fled to Singapore on his private jet days before a warrant was issued for him over a fatal hit-and-run in 2012. After years of dodging prosecutors, 32-year-old billionaire Worayuth has become a poster child for the impunity enjoyed by … Read more
China on Tuesday urged France to protect its citizens in Paris after police there killed a Chinese father of four, sparking violent protests in which 35 people were arrested. Paris police said around 150 “members of the Asian community” gathered late Monday outside a police station in the northeast of the capital and clashes broke … Read more