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
Xinjiang Authorities Arrest Prominent Uyghurs in...
The public arrests of prominent Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities is part of a bid by authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) to instill fear in the local population, according to Uyghur sources in exile
Douglas Rogers on Operation That Toppled...
United States-based journalist and author, Douglas Rogers, wrote a book titled ‘Two Weeks in November: The Astonishing Untold Story of the Operation that Toppled Mugabe’
Malawian Midwife’s Clinic Report Record Number...
The founder of a Malawian maternity clinic for poor women says it has set a record – delivering more than 8,800 babies with not a single death of mother or child. For her efforts improving access to safe childbirth, Charity Salima has become known as “Malawi’s Florence Nightingale,” the English founder of modern nursing
An (Almost) Purr-fect Plan: The Fat-Cat...
When a flier’s overweight cat was refused by a Russian airline, he hatched what he thought would be a purr-fect plan using a feline double
Czechs To Mark Velvet Anniversary With...
Fears over the future of democracy in the Czech Republic have stoked new mass protests as the country marks 30 years since the 1989 Velvet Revolution saw the overthrow of communism
Hong Kong Protests Enter New, More...
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests entered a new, more violent phase this week, following the death of a young protester
Chaos in Bolivia: Clueless and Targeted...
A Unitel TV station was ransacked in El Alto , a neighboring capital city of La Paz, on 9 November. On the same day, the journalists and collaborators of the public media Bolivia TV and Radio Red Patria Nueva had to abandon the building that houses their editorial staff, under the constraint of demonstrators who managed to interrupt the broadcast of the broadcast signal. Th
Los Angeles Takes On Cybercriminals
As the world becomes more connected people are vulnerable of being victims of cybercriminals. Police departments, hospitals, universities and businesses everywhere are also at risk
Watchdog Report Cites Bangladesh for Internet...
Internet freedom deteriorated significantly last year in Bangladesh and four other countries compared with the previous year, an independent watchdog group said Tuesday in a report while noting that Malaysia was one of a few countries to show improvement
Hong Kong’s Triads: A Reporter Looks...
The triads first began to organize as part of a patriotic movement to restore Ming rule. But they gradually turned to crime, including the sale of drugs, such as opium, heroin, and cocaine. They gained control of gambling and prostitution rings. Much like mafia groups, members are expected to regard each other as blood brothers