Headlines- The IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US warships "patrolling regional waters," according to US Central Command, which then launched an attack on Iranian oil vessels.
- The US attacks on three oil tankers were denounced by Iran's Foreign Ministry as a "war crime," and the Iranian military threatened to launch further strikes on US naval vessels if the blockade persisted.
- On Saturday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
- As part of an anti-immigrant protest, hundreds of masked people halted ferry traffic between France and the UK on Saturday at the port of Dover, England.
- Ten days after the catastrophic floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet, a man and a woman found alive, according to officials.
Month: June 2019
Longtime Kenya Coffee Farmers Eye New...
Kenya is the fifth largest coffee producing country in Africa, but this may change. Coffee farmers in the East African nation are turning to other crops as coffee production is affected by drought and low prices in the international market. For VOA, Mohammed Yusuf reports from Kiambu, Kenya
News of the World: This Weekend
Tens of thousands of believers attended an open-air mass led by Pope Francis at the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine on June 1.Three consecutive explosions shook the same area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, early in the morning of June 2. Thousands marched in Belgrade on June 1 to protest against the Serbian government, in rallies that have taken place every Saturday since December
75 Years after D-Day, Normandy’s US...
On June 6th, heads of state including US President Donald Trump will gather at a beach in northern France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. In this successful but deadly military operation, thousands of American and other allied soldiers lost their lives in the first phase of a final push to liberate France and the continent from German Nazi occupation
Non-Muslim Teacher Fasts During Ramadan to...
A high school teacher in the state of Minnesota is fasting during the high holy month of Ramadan to show support for his Muslim students
Zimbabwean Businesses Abandon Local Currency for...
With Zimbabwe’s economy struggling, more businesses are refusing to accept local currency, taking only U.S. dollars. As Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, even some government agencies have started charging in American currency
Pope Francis’s Romania Visit
Pope Francis arrived in Bucharest on May 31 at the beginning of a three-day pilgrimage to Romania. Thousands of people gathered along the main boulevards of the capital, Bucharest, to see Francis as he made his way to the presidential palace. After meeting with President Klaus Iohannis and the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Daniel, the pontiff performed a mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral.Tens of thousands of believers attended an open-air mass led by Pope Francis at the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine on June 1
Alvie and the Ozarks
Meet Alvie Dooms! An 89 year old musician who’s collected about 250 instruments over the past 40 years. Learn more about his life and the Ozark culture while sitting in the front row with Alvie and his friends!
Freedom to Play
ASIYA is changing the lives of Muslim girls and women by producing culturally-appropriate athletic wear
Ramadan Tradition In Washington: Young Muslim...
Muslims around the world break their fast at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims believe Ramadan is an opportunity to get closer to God by, in some cases, learning more about the poor
Photographer Shares Long-Hidden Photos of Tiananmen...
Liu Jian hid 2,000 photographs shot over the weeks leading up to the 1989 massacre, printing them only after he was living in the U.S. and realized his daughter’s generation knew nothing of the movement