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: February 2019
A Little Communist Fine-Tuning? Armenians Revisit...
A key symbol of Armenian nationalism, Our Homeland was banned by Bolshevik officials and became an underground protest song against Soviet rule.
Nigerian Center Teaches Coding to Conflict-Displaced...
Nigeria’s internal conflicts have displaced nearly two million people, according to the United Nations, 60 percent of them children. A program in the Nigerian capital is trying to teach internally displaced children technology skills
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Fun Bus For Refugee Children in...
Fun Bus” is a UNHCR and EU funded initiative implemented by the Makhzoumi Foundation, a Lebanese NGO, and aims at reducing the working hours of street children in Lebanon – most of whom are Syrian refugees
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Europe Gives Muted Response to Trump’s...
European allies have offered a muted response to U.S. President Trump’s demand that they take back their own citizens who have been captured fighting for Islamic State in Syria
Four Suspected Poachers, Staff Arrested
Combating rhino poaching remains a national priority and as such, all the relevant government departments will continue their close collaboration to ensure that this iconic species is conserved for generations to come
Report: Iraqi Forces Sexually Abuse IS...
The mistreatment of the so-called IS families is also justified by many Mosul community members as a fair punishment, the report claimed
Puck, Goal, Sticks And A Snorkel:...
The sport of hockey – where players use hockey sticks to knock a puck into a goal – is now not just limited to being played on ice or on the field. It can be played underwater too by players equipped with snorkels and fins