It’s Sunday, and I'm onstage at the Soapstone Comedy Club in the metaverse. My VR avatar is clad in a black suit, tie, ...

Iranian news outlets say a national security official has stressed that the country's new leadership "must be a symbol of national unity." The media reported comments by the secretary of the Supreme ...

It's been a snowy and bitterly cold morning in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. It's a place where journalists and their cameras are usually not allowed; its brutal history makes it a highly sensitive ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping enshrined in law his vision for a powerful China united around a single national identity, the culmination of a long-running campaign to assimilate the country’s ethnic ...

China's parliament passes new ethnic unity law Taiwan officials fear law's language could be applied to Taiwan China views Taiwan as its own territory China's legal system has no jurisdiction in ...

[NEW YORK] There are less than 100 days to go until the biggest Fifa World Cup in history – a 48-nation extravaganza, 104 games in 16 cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico over 39 days of ...

BEIJING — China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a ...

Beijing has long been accused of restricting the rights of minority ethnic groups in regions like Tibet China has approved a sweeping new law which claims to help promote "ethnic unity" - but critics ...

Oil prices were back well over $100 a barrel in a blow to consumers around ‌the world. Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants ...

Accra, Mar. 12, GNA – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, has urged leaders of Muslim countries to set aside personal interests and work towards unity. He ...

The world faces an alarming rise in conflict and violence—with more violent conflicts today than at any time in the past three decades, and the largest forced displacement crisis ever recorded. These ...