Headlines- The United Nations warns that 800,000 people in Yemen have lost access to life-saving food aid due to the conflict's escalation, and hospitals are overcrowded with injured combatants.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran was accused by a U.S. official of lying about a cargo ship that sank on Wednesday and of attacking it, most likely with a missile.
- A cargo ship struck a naval mine on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route," according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
- Protests against the government in the capital of Albania Tirana turned violent on Wednesday, leaving several official buildings severely damaged and at least one on fire.
- After the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage by Russia's FSB security agency, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned in Russia's ambassador on Wednesday.
Month: April 2019
Twittersphere in Shock Over Notre Dame...
Twittersphere in Shock Over Notre Dame Fire
VOA60 Africa – Sudan’s Protesters Defiantly...
Sudan’s Protesters Defiantly Continue Sit-In and other stories across Africa
VOA60 World PM – Major Fire...
Major Fire Breaks Out at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and other stories across the world
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
Muna Luqman, Chairperson for Food for Humanity, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)
As Many as 1,200 Uyghur Detainees...
The website, which routinely publishes photos and video documenting human rights violations submitted by citizen journalists from inside China, cited a second source as saying that in the fall of 2018, a street leading to Wuwei Prison was blocked off for two days, and that all vehicles and pedestrians were prohibited from passing through
Islam Underlines Indonesian Election But that...
The former general Prabowo Subianto desperately wants to be the next president of Indonesia. His failed bid five years ago hasn’t deterred him and he is campaigning with a ruthless gusto, backed-by firebrand Islamic clerics and nationalists
Interview: Ex-Afghan Warlord Says ‘No Doubt’...
Hekmatyar is a member of the Reconciliation Leadership Council, a new council led by President Ashraf Ghani, that will appoint negotiators for the April 19-21 talks with the Taliban, create their mandate for talks, and oversee their work
Can Vietnam’s Cities Ban Two-Wheel Transport?
Municipal authorities have proposed a motorbike ban in parts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This proposal has cropped up from time to time over the years, and now is one of those times
Poila Boishakh Wishes in Twittersphere
Bengalis from around the world are celebrating New Year’s day (Poila Baishakh) today on the first day of the month of Baishakh. Local TV stations of Calcutta broadcast special programs on this occassion throughout the day
How Handwriting Helps Kids with Learning...
As recently as a half-century ago, young American students would spend many lessons writing curved loops and diagonal lines, as they learned how to write in cursive