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Georgians Vote In Key Local Elections Amid High Tensions (RFE RL)

Tensions are high in Georgia as voters cast their ballots for mayors and local councils across the deeply polarized South Caucasus country, amid early...

Rights groups urge full probe into Rohingya leader’s killing (Al Jazeera)

Rights groups have called for an investigation into the killing of a prominent Rohingya leader who was shot to death at the world’s largest...

Libya detains 4,000 people in major anti-migrant crackdown (Al Jazeera)

A major crackdown in western Libya has resulted in the detention of 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children, according to officials. The raids...

Qataris cast ballots in first legislative elections (Al Jazeera)

Qataris have begun voting in the country’s first legislative elections for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council, in a vote that has stirred domestic...

China claims chipmaking breakthrough with mass production of key material just 1/10 width of a human hair (Global Times)

A smart assembly line for the manufacturing of nanometer mono-crystalline copper, the first of its kind in the country, became operational in Pingyang county...

PLA introduces JH-7A2 fighter bomber at Airshow China; updated version carries extra surface attack weapons (Global Times)

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force for the first time revealed details on the latest variant of the JH-7 fighter bomber, designated...

Over 10,000 Chinese waiting at China-Myanmar border city to turn themselves in: official (Liu Caiyu and Zhao Yusha, Global Times)

Due to a turbulent political situation, worsening coronavirus infection, over 10,000 Chinese nationals are waiting at Ruili, a China-Myanmar border city to turn themselves...

Exclusive: China’s victory on Huawei Meng Wanzhou’s case to curb use of US long-arm jurisdiction: ex-Alstom exec ( Chen Qingqing, Global Times)

China's victory on the incident of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou could help slow down the process during which the US uses its legal system to...

We need more than empty rhetoric on Africa’s youth (Nanjira Sambuli, IPS)

‘Youth are the future, the leaders of tomorrow’, ‘young people must step up’, ‘youth empowerment’. These are common refrains peppering political rhetoric, policies and...

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