Headlines- According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
- In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
- During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.
Month: November 2018
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Met...
According to UNHCR, the socio-economic, political and human rights situation of Venezuela has led to the largest movement of people in Latin America’s recent history
Interpol Elects South Korea’s Kim Jong...
Interpol’s general assembly voted Wednesday to make South Korea’s Kim Jong Yang its new president.
Kim had been serving as the organization’s acting president
Dominican Republic: Abortion Ban Endangers Health
The 78-page report, “‘It’s Your Decision, It’s Your Life’: The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic “, documents that women and girls facing unwanted pregnancies have clandestine abortions, often at great risk to their health and lives.
Ghost Schools Add to Pakistan’s Education...
In Pakistan, where 2.5 million children are not in school, thousands of ghost schools are making matters worse
Millie Bobby Brown Named UNICEF Goodwill...
Actress Millie Bobby Brown briefs press on the importance of empowering children, as part of UNICEF’s commemoration of World Children’s Day
Some 220,000 people facing severe acute...
The most complicated cases are children who are not only severely malnourished but who also are suffering from cholera
Reports: Nicaragua Government Cracks Down on...
At least 420 violations against press freedoms in the country. That is according to the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation
Decapitated Body Of Police Officer Found...
Mr Ngafei is said to have been on his way to Yaounde to defend his case in front of authorities. He was accused on several occasions
Special Event on UN International Day...
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, addresses the special even on 19 November to mark United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Gun Violence and Students
Why do shooters target students and young people, and does it give international students and their families pause before applying to U.S. schools? VOA NEWS