Headlines- Despite a recently extended ceasefire, 14 people were killed by Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
- Hezbollah rejected claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the pro-Iranian group violated the ceasefire agreement, saying on Sunday that it will react to Israel's "violations" of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
- Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, departed Islamabad for Moscow, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
- North Korea and Russia agree on "long-term" military cooperation.
- At least 19 people were killed in a bombing on a highway in southwestern Colombia, and the authorities are holding a drug lord who was formerly a member of the FARC insurgent group accountable.
Year: 2019
More Aid Getting to Cyclone-Hit Mozambique...
Two weeks after Cyclone Idai slammed into Mozambique, some towns remain all but inaccessible because roads and bridges have been washed away. The situation has slowed the delivery of desperately-needed food and medicine
Tymoshenko Claims Election ‘Falsified’ But Won’t...
The election results mirrored three separate exit polls, which showed Zelenskyy, who portrays a teacher-turned-president in a television series, with at least 30 percent. All the polls put Poroshenko in second with about 18 percent, while Tymoshenko followed with around 14 percent
UN Report: More than 113 Million...
The FAO report says that 2018 was the third consecutive year in which the number of people facing all levels of food insecurity topped the 100 million mark, although it was slightly better than 2017’s number of 124 million people. The study said some countries were less affected by severe weather events such as drought and flooding
New Zealand’s New Gun Control Laws...
The bill, which passed 119-1, bans military-style semi-automatic rifles and automatic assault rifles like the weapons used in the March 15 attack on the al-Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch that left 50 worshippers dead. Police Minister Stuart Nash said the massacre revealed that far too many New Zealanders have access to dangerous guns
Teaching Kids the Art of Filmmaking
Children can do more than watch films… they can learn how to produce them. That’s according Vonnya ((Pron. Vahn-YAY)) ((Like in Kanya West)) Pettigrew, the founder of Root Branch Productions and Film Academy
Turkey Faces Political Reset After Erdogan...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered his worst electoral setback, with his AKP Party losing control of the capital, Ankara, and apparently set to lose Istanbul in Sunday’s local elections
Your Body: The Network You Didn’t...
Networks like Bluetooth connect our devices easily and effortlessly. But the area that these portable networks cover is big enough to make them hackable. Now, a group of engineers from Purdue has solved that problem by turning your body into a network
One Outcome of Rwanda Genocide 25...
Rwanda will this week mark 25-years since the genocide that killed an estimated 800, 000 people, mostly Tutsis. Despite that, Rwanda’s GDP has grown by 6 – 8% a year since 2003 (World Bank)
UN Secretary-General Visits Tunisia
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres lays a wreath to pay tribute to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia
Sudan Graffiti Artist Honors Anti-Government Protest...
As Sudan’s government seeks to quell months of anti-government protests that have left more than 50 people dead, a Sudanese graffiti artist is honoring demonstrators killed in the protests