Headlines- A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Month: December 2018
Indian Elections: Some Interesting Facts and...
Former Prime Minister of India Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s father and mother share the same name Krishna. Krishna Bihari Vajpayee is his father’s name and mother’s name is Krishna Devi
Report: Freedom of Internet Declines for...
Governments around the world are increasing control over use of the internet and social media, according to the latest report by the Freedom House organization
IS Signals Re-Emergence in Parts of...
According to the CSIS report, The Islamic State and the Persistent Threat of Extremism in Iraq, IS attacks against Iraqi government targets increased from 2017 to 2018
Living Conditions of Millions of Children...
The UNICEF Regional Director said seven million children in Yemen go to sleep hungry every night and some 400,000 face life threatening severe acute malnutrition
Launch of Poem “Our Future Will...
Eavan Boland, Irish poet, addresses the event to launch her poem “Our Future Will Become the Past of Other Women”
Uganda’s Young Population Needs Jobs to...
With the youngest population in the world, Uganda is one the countries most at risk from crime and instability from youth unemployment
Egyptian Actress Questioned Over Revealing Dress...
The initial complaint against the 45-year-old Youssef was filed by a group of lawyers with a reputation for moral vigilantism but they said they withdrew their complaint Tuesday
The Same Tradition!
Eleven years back, Taslima Nasreen, another controversial writer from Bangladesh was thrown out of West Bengal by the ‘secular’ Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front Government
Indonesian Public and Human Rights Groups...
Indonesian human rights groups decried the arrests made of West Papuan students and pro-independence activists after they staged peaceful rallies across Indonesian cities on Saturday
Struggle Icon Madiba Remembered
In 1994, South Africa held its first democratic elections, in which he was elected the country’s first black and democratically elected president