Announced on the auspicious day of Diwali, a major Indian festival celebrating the victory of light over darkness, was the news of Rishi Sunak’s rise to prime minister of the United Kingdom. This...

The energetic voices of bargaining customers and the smell of fragrant street food accompanied Zara Mann, 25, as she roamed around multicolored stalls on the busy paths of Islamabad, Pakistan. Mann, a...

“You really love the desert?” Hadi asked quizzically, wrapping his head around the idea after I went on about the landscapes of Jordan, my childhood, once again. The greens of my summer in Lebanon...

Legendary Hollywood actor Anna May Wong is set to reappear in the public eye; this time on a quarter, and not the big screen, as the first Asian American to be represented on currency. As only the fifth...

As Lebanon struggles with a corrupt and paralyzed government, economic collapse, and the aftermath of the Beirut explosion, civil society is under pressure to demonstrate leadership in the face of unprecedented...

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened on Sunday with an address delivered by Xi Jinping, the general secretary, summarizing the party’s achievements and new five-year agenda....

This Sunday, October 16, 2022, the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will meet in Beijing to elect the party’s top leaders for the next five-year term. Xi Jinping, China’s head of...

Richard Liu Qiangdong, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, reached a settlement earlier this month with Liu Jingyao, a former student at the University of Minnesota who accused the billionaire...

A film about poverty in China’s rural areas was withdrawn from all Chinese online video streaming platforms, provoking debate about artistic freedom and how social outcasts are dealt with. The disappearance...

This photo essay was created by Global Observer Contributor Yingyi Chen about her summer trip to Panama, featuring reflections on her time traveling and reporting in the country and 13 photos of the people,...

1. U.N. cites China’s possible humanity crimes The United Nations released a long-awaited report on Wednesday that accuses China of committing “crimes against humanity” in its mass detention of...

Ukrainian students at Northeastern University have spent the past two months watching as their home cities are destroyed, their people are massacred and their families live in fear. Worried and anxious,...