Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Month: November 2018
Geneva Conference on Afghanistan
Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of National Unity Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, addresses the closing session of the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan
Greenlight for Global Citizen Festival
Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival organised by the Global Poverty Project.The project is a movement that seeks to bring an end to extreme poverty by 2030 as part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Stigma, Fear and Ignorance Keep AIDS...
On Dec. 1, we observe the 30th World AIDS Day. There’s been a lot of progress over the past 30 years, but people still die from AIDS
Bolivia: Coping With Climate Change
Using what is known as ‘talking maps’, farmers work with technical experts from the project to create visual representations of what their community looked like in the past, what it looks like now
Taliban: Attack Retaliation for Civilian Casualties
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on a British private security company, G4S, that killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 30 others in the capital, Kabul
Ukraine: Barriers to Free Movement for...
A central problem is that those in control of the area have not made the bridge at Stanitsa Luhanska, the sole crossing point in the region, safe for civilians
Ignorance of the Law is No...
Don’t send explicit messages or post pictures or videos of a person in a compromising position/private moments with out permission
Children At Risk in the Central...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are facing a neglected emergency with two in three children in the country in need of humanitarian assistance. In a report issued today (30 Nov), UNICEF said 1.5 million children now require humanitarian assistance, an increase of 300,000 since 2016. Over …
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Some of Those ‘Missing’ After California...
Sheriff’s authorities have faced criticism over spotty communication with outside agencies aiding the relief effort but insist they are constantly cross-checking names of survivors
Sikh-American Woman Highlights Diversity of Rhodes...
Serene Singh, a Sikh-American, has been named a Rhodes Scholar and is one of 21 women — the largest number of women ever in a U.S. Rhodes Scholar class