Headlines- The body of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, was found by rescue personnel in southern Lebanon.
- A day before the previous ceasefire was about to expire, US President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that the Iranian regime was "seriously fractured" as part of his justification for extending the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely.
- US President Trump has not given Iran a "firm deadline" to submit its most recent proposal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
- As part of the embargo against Iran, U.S. forces have ordered 29 vessels to turn around or return to port, according to U.S. Central Command.
- Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has warned that Lebanon urgently needs €500 million to handle the aftermath of weeks of fighting as the country rushes to contain a worsening humanitarian disaster.
Month: September 2019
Countering the Rise of Domestic Extremism...
U.S. law enforcement officials and experts are discussing ways to help counter domestic hate groups, similar to steps the government took to expand the fight against foreign terrorist organizations. The group addressed the issue during a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington
Why credit scores are like grades
Think back to a time when your performance was measured in letter grades. Basically, having a great credit score is equivalent to being an a student
Elliott Abrams on U.S. Policy Toward...
U.S Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams discusses an ongoing refugee crisis, U.S. aid and human rights abuses in Venezuela
Uyghur Businessman Remains Jailed Eight Months...
China recently organized two visits to monitor internment camps in the XUAR—one for a small group of foreign journalists, and another for diplomats from non-Western countries, including Russia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Thailand—during which officials dismissed claims about mistreatment and poor conditions in the facilities as “slanderous lies.”
Interview with Bill Gates
Living conditions have improved greatly since 2000 even for the world’s poorest people, but billions remain mired in “layers of inequality.” That is the assessment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s third annual report
How Leonid Met Aleksandr And Together...
Leonid was born in a small town in Russia’s Far East, where his mother beat him for being gay. When he finished school, he left home and met Aleksandr, with whom he now campaigns for LGBT rights
PM Narendra Modi Offers Prayers at...
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi offers prayers at Dutt Mandir, in Garudeshwar, Gujarat
Thirty-fourth Annual International Prayer Breakfast
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) speaks at the thirty-fourth Annual International Prayer Breakfast
From the US to Ghana, a...
African Americans are being encouraged to visit Ghana to mark 400 years since the beginning of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Ghana has dubbed 2019 “The Year of Return.” A renowned chef is awaiting U.S. visitors to offer a taste of home in the homeland
Edhi Foundation Providing Homes for Pakistan’s...
There are an estimated 153 million orphaned children in the world. And in many places life for these unwanted children is harsh, and can be deadly. One foundation in Karachi Pakistan, however, welcomes unwanted babies. VOA’s Muhammad Saqib spent a day inside Edhi Foundation and filed this report narrated by Bezhan Hamdard