Headlines- The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
- According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
- On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
- The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
- A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
- In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.
Month: October 2019
Peace Prize Winner Abiy: ‘All of...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was named Friday as this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. In late May, he gave his first interview to a Western news organization when he spoke to the Voice of America’s Horn of Africa service reporter Eskinder Firew, in Addis Ababa, in Amharic
Hong Kong Becoming Conflict Zone for...
In Hong Kong, journalists covering the increasingly violent pro-democracy demonstrations have been injured by police action and sometimes assaulted by protesters
Paul Biya’s Hometown, Sangmelima In Peril
Thursday’s protest was more violent. The protesters have promised to stop children from going to school until their demands are met. In Otoakam, some youths from Bamoun and Haoussa also came out in revenge after their shops were destroyed by the locals on Wednesday
Death of Activist Ahead of Mozambique...
With less than a week to go before the elections in Mozambique, the death of human rights activist Anastacio Matavele has raised concerned about the fairness of the vote
Family of Uyghur in Belgium Under...
Huriyet Abdulla, 43, had travelled to Beijing from the XUAR with her four children in late May seeking visas from the Belgian Embassy that would allow them to join her 51-year-old husband Ablimit Tursun in Brussels, where he was granted refugee status in late 2017 after his brother was sent to an internment camp, Tursun told RFA’s Uyghur Service in June
Amid Hong Kong Protests, Domestic Workers...
Antigovernment protests and unrest in Hong Kong continues after nearly four months. Among those affected by the turmoil are about 400,000 foreign domestic workers, mostly women from Indonesia and the Philippines
News from Kosovo & Serbia
Members and supporters of Kosovo’s LGBTI community marched in the country’s third Pride Parade as part of a week of events in the capital, Pristina. The October 10 rally took place under the motto “For whom your heart beats”….A landmark standing above Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, has been taken away for repairs. The Pobednik monument, known in English as “The Victor,” was dismantled from its pedestal on the Belgrade Fortress
Ukrainian Campaigns For Migrants’ Rights In...
Myroslava Keryk was born and raised in Ukraine, but now lives in Warsaw and is running in Poland’s parliamentary election on October 13 promising to represent the interests of all migrants, not just those from Ukraine. Although estimates vary, there are up to 2 million Ukrainians living and working in the country
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo Gave...
More than 67,000 girls between the ages of 6 and 17 years old from across Benin have this week received new shoes as part of a partnership with Batonga Foundation, TOMS and UNICEF. Founder of Batonga Foundation and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo has concluded a visit where she met some of the girls in …
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Tanzania’s Press Freedoms Under Legal Threats
Journalists say they are arrested for criticizing government, which denies crackdown and argues laws prevent media abuse