News: Several government departments in China's far western region of Xinjiang have banned Muslim staff from fasting during the month of Ramadan. One department website said that civil servants cannot "take part in fasting and other religious activities". Increasing tensions State-administered Bozhou Radio and TV University said on its website that the fasting ban applied to party members, teachers and young people. "We remind everyone that they are not permitted…

News PHILADELPHIA: Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban because she advocated education for girls, has won the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Yousafzai was just 15 when she was shot in the head while returning from school in Mingora, Pakistan, in October 2012 since arguing that girls should be allowed to pursue an education, which was hindered under the Talibaan."It's an honor to…

News Even though I read many articles online, every day, I like to have one physical newspaper that I buy from the shop and read. That is usually one of the broadsheet newspapers that cover local and international news with more depth and seriousness. As I walk into the shop to get my broadsheet paper, I sometimes see young people buying the UK's tabloid newspapers such as the Sun or…

News: On 18 June 2014, Reuters Online and many other media have reported an overloaded boat carrying suspected illegal Indonesian immigrants sank as it left Malaysia's west coast early on Wednesday, and at least three passengers drowned and 34 were missing. The boat, whose passengers included women and children, sank at the mouth of a river shortly after midnight as it left Malaysia's Carey Island, likely bound for Indonesia's Sumatra…