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
If rockets fired into the Syrian...
A fragile ceasefire between Government forces and opposition fighters has held in Idlib for 10 weeks, guaranteed by Russia, Turkey and Iran, who re-committed to the deal at talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday
Alcohol Consumption Falling in Australia
Alcohol, Australia’s most lethal drug, kills more people each year than all other illicit substances combined
Drug Addicts of Manipur
According to some estimates,there are about 40,000-50,000 drug addicts in Manipur of whom nearly half of them are injecting drug users (IDU)
INDIA: Authorities remain in denial even...
Ironically, the authorities claims, that deaths did not occur from hunger, flies in the face of the village head’s admission
Banyana qualifies for France World Cup
Banyana Banyana have made the country proud while also making history, by qualifying for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France
António Guterres Stresses Palestinian Rights
Speaking at an event in New York today Guterres stressed that containing the situation was “not sufficient.” He said, “Demolitions, illegal continued settlement expansion and construction, forced evictions and collective punitive measures will not bring peace
UN Chief Appeals to G20 Leaders...
The U.N. General Assembly adopted the SDGs in 2015. The 17 global goals provide a framework for ending extreme poverty and hunger, improving health and education, and protecting the planet, all by 2030
UN Secretary-General Meets King and Queen...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets wth King Letsie III
and Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho
Artificial Intelligence
VOA’s Plugged in ponders Artificial Intelligence — how it’s changing the way we live and work, and how it will shape our future
Malawi Farmers Rush to Gold Amid...
Villagers are digging up and sifting soil in search of the precious metal to sell to buyers in neighboring countries