Headlines- In response to a U.S. Navy destroyer being targeted, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed five oil tankers belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday.
- After an alleged U.S. strike on an Iranian oil ship, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a warning that all oil tankers in Bahraini and Kuwaiti waters should evacuate.
- Iran claimed to have taken control of an American underwater drone, which the United States claimed had malfunctioned.
- The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on 36 entities it claims assist Iran's aviation industry, which it claims enables the Iranian government to "move weapons, personnel, and illicit cargo," as well as companies that it claims served as Iran's intermediaries.
- In response to plans by the UK, France, and Canada to prevent imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Israel said on Tuesday that it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem.
Year: 2019
75 Years after D-Day, Normandy’s US...
On June 6th, heads of state including US President Donald Trump will gather at a beach in northern France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. In this successful but deadly military operation, thousands of American and other allied soldiers lost their lives in the first phase of a final push to liberate France and the continent from German Nazi occupation
Non-Muslim Teacher Fasts During Ramadan to...
A high school teacher in the state of Minnesota is fasting during the high holy month of Ramadan to show support for his Muslim students
Zimbabwean Businesses Abandon Local Currency for...
With Zimbabwe’s economy struggling, more businesses are refusing to accept local currency, taking only U.S. dollars. As Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, even some government agencies have started charging in American currency
Pope Francis’s Romania Visit
Pope Francis arrived in Bucharest on May 31 at the beginning of a three-day pilgrimage to Romania. Thousands of people gathered along the main boulevards of the capital, Bucharest, to see Francis as he made his way to the presidential palace. After meeting with President Klaus Iohannis and the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Daniel, the pontiff performed a mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral.Tens of thousands of believers attended an open-air mass led by Pope Francis at the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine on June 1
Alvie and the Ozarks
Meet Alvie Dooms! An 89 year old musician who’s collected about 250 instruments over the past 40 years. Learn more about his life and the Ozark culture while sitting in the front row with Alvie and his friends!
Freedom to Play
ASIYA is changing the lives of Muslim girls and women by producing culturally-appropriate athletic wear
Ramadan Tradition In Washington: Young Muslim...
Muslims around the world break their fast at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims believe Ramadan is an opportunity to get closer to God by, in some cases, learning more about the poor
Photographer Shares Long-Hidden Photos of Tiananmen...
Liu Jian hid 2,000 photographs shot over the weeks leading up to the 1989 massacre, printing them only after he was living in the U.S. and realized his daughter’s generation knew nothing of the movement
World No Tobacco Day
WHO and global partners today (31 May) celebrate the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The annual campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure, and to discourage the use of tobacco in any form