Headlines- After a migrant boat sank overnight off the coast of Djibouti in northeastern Africa, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Sunday that 109 people had died, 80 had survived, and 116 were still missing for.
- According to Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galecka, police received information about a potential attack against Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, prompting the emergency meeting at the Internal Security Agency's (ABW) Counter-Terrorism Center.
- The latest attack on Riyadh's King Khalid airport claimed 12 lives and injured 309, according to Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority.
- In a statement posted on social media, Saudi military spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki blamed the Iran-backed Houthis for Saturday's fatal attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
- US president Donald Trump stated that he would "take a look" at joining Saudi Arabia in attacking the Houthis and resuming attacks on Iran.
- Four people died as Storm Isaias moves across the southern United States.
- A man was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle driven by an Immigration Customs and Enforcement agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man on Saturday in Houston, Texas.
- More than a week after her botched execution in Tennessee, Christa Pike was discharged from the hospital and returned to prison.
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