Headlines- 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: March 2019
Transgender Migrants Seek Asylum in the...
With the hope of being granted asylum, members of the LGBTQI community have been arriving at the United States border. They came along with various caravans of undocumented immigrants from Central America
Shocking: Twittersphere Condemns Such Henious Crime
40 people have been Killed after a gunman opened fire at two mosques in Central Christchurch Mosques.
Floods Kill 50, Displace 200,000 in...
Some 200,000 people in Malawi have been displaced by floods that have affected half of the country’s 28 districts. As of Wednesday, the government had recorded at least 56 deaths and over 500 injuries
Kenyan Family Mourns Loved One Killed...
Ethiopian families are continuing to mourn their loved ones killed Sunday in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. Thirty-four-year-old Abdulahi Ibrahim was one of the 32 Kenyans who perished in the Nairobi-bound flight
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Despite Protests, Illinois Town Approves Private...
Even though the town of Dwight, Illinois in the heartland of America is roughly 2,100 kilometers from the border with Mexico,it is in the middle of the national debate over immigration, detention, and border
SDF Intensifies Nighttime Offensives Against IS
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces continue their push to remove the last remnants of Islamic State militants from eastern Syria, intensifying their attacks against the terror group at night to advance further
High-level Event on “Women in Power”
Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women and Associate Minister for Transport and Health of New Zealand, speaks at the opening of the high-level event on “Women in Power”. She brought her son with her to the meeting
British Leadership Change Possible in the...
Britain’s politics are once again in chaos after parliament Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan for a second time