Headlines- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Month: November 2019
Report: US Agriculture Uses Child Labor,...
New research has found that U.S. agriculture uses child workers without proper training and care for their safety. The report published last week in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine says 33 children are injured every day while working on U.S. farms, and more child workers die in agriculture than in any other industry
Female Artists Underrepresented in Predominantly Male...
While men tend to dominate the comic book industry, there are female voices rising through the industry. VOA Indonesia’s Dhania Iman reports on some women artists who are overcoming the gender bias
US Senate Passed A Bill Making...
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The so-called PACT – Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture – Act was approved unanimously
Advancements for Pakistani Women in Tech...
A few Pakistani women friends, working for big tech companies in the US, decided they wanted to create the mentoring and professional network they wished they’d had when coming up in the busines
Nearly 2,000 Flee Rakhine Villages in...
More than 500 residents of Thayattapin village of Kyauktaw township meanwhile also fled their homes after Myanmar soldiers and police showed up in their community to question civilians, said a villager who requested anonymity for security reasons
Malaysian who Sent $48 to IS...
judge in Malaysia sentenced a former gold trader to three years in prison Friday, convicting him under the nation’s strict terrorism financing law for sending less than $50 to a top Malaysian recruiter in Syria for Islamic State
Inside Campus Fortresses, Hong Kong Students...
Student protesters are barricading themselves in at universities across Hong Kong, stockpiling makeshift weapons and turning campuses into what look like war zones. It marks a dangerous new phase in Hong Kong’s five-month-old anti-government protests
Afghan Bonesetters Remain Trusted Healers, Despite...
Afghans who can’t afford doctors, can’t reach one easily, or don’t trust them often opt for a visit to a bonesetter. These traditional practitioners offer low-cost treatment for breaks, sprains, and other injuries. But some doctors say patients who use them are putting themselves in danger
ICC Decision to Investigate Rohingya Atrocities...
Following the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision on Thursday to authorize an investigation into alleged crimes committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya population, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southeast Asia said, “his decision marks an important step in the fight for justice and accountability in Myanmar
The Colbert Factor: Of Special Status...
It is obviously for this reason that the UN, 1970, Declaration on the Friendly States, cautions that ‘Nothing in the foregoing… shall be construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which could dismember or impair totally or in part the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States conducting themselves in compliance with the principles of equal rights and Self-determination of a people… and thus possessed of a government representing the whole people belonging to territory without distinction as to race, Creed, and colour’.