Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Month: November 2019
Malaysia: Mahathir Announces Program to Combat...
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday announced the launching of a public-private partnership where financial institutions can share information with law enforcers to combat money laundering and terrorism financing
Baghdadi: A Legacy of Terror
Special Program on slain IS Terror Group Leader Abu Baker al-Bagdadi by renowned political commentator Greta Van Susteren
Cambodian Choreographer Promotes Healing Through Dance
Cambodian Choreographer Promotes Healing Through Dance
Thousands Demand Resignation Of Pakistani Prime...
An anti-government sit-in entered its sixth day in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, with thousands of protesters continuing to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan
African-Made Mobile Phone Launched in Rwanda
Dubai-based Mara Group launched in October what it calls Africa’s first smartphone manufacturer in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Mara Phone says its device is the first high specification, affordable smartphone made in Africa to compete in a market dominated by South Korean and Chinese brands
Mix & Match
In the age of technology, walking to get around doesn’t have to slow you down. We can call a taxi like service such as Uber or Lyft, we can rent a bicycle using our phones, but the most recent form of transportation is taking cities across the globe by a storm….Gwabi Gwabi mfana ngilentomb’iyami … The Music of Blessings Nqo Nkomo and Zethekeli Music Group
Hope And Anxiety As Troops Pull...
Troops and civilians are adjusting to a new reality after forces began disengaging along the line of separation between the Ukrainian military and Russia-backed separatists. Amid hopes for peace there’s also distrust and anxiety
Freedom House: Social Media Increasingly Conduit...
The democracy watchdog group, Freedom House, has released a report painting a bleak outlook for the way many governments are using social media
Fueled by Teenagers, TikTok, the Short...
The video app TikTok has become the world’s most downloaded app. Teenagers are fueling the craze by posting videos as short as 15 seconds of themselves dancing, lip-syncing, being silly and generally showing off
Trafficked Myanmar Woman Returns Home After...
The 47-year-old woman, whose leg had been broken by her captors, was found by Chinese police and transferred to Myanmar authorities in the border town of Muse in Myanmar’s northern Shan state on Nov. 1, they said. She was then sent back to her home in Bago city in central Myanmar’s Bago region on Sunday