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  • On Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran would be held responsible for the Houthi attacks on Red Sea vessels.
  • On Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that the United States would begin to pay for ships and cargo damaged by strikes in and around the Gulf using frozen Iranian assets.
  • On Wednesday, the US military said that it has launched a fresh round of strikes on Iran at President Donald Trump's direction. This is the 12th night in a row that the US has attacked Iran.
  • After Iranian strikes on Kuwait for several days, the country's army announced early on Thursday that it was intercepting hostile drones.
  • The Houthis in Yemen said on Thursday that they had launched a military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers, named ENCELA and LAYLIA claming that vessels had violated a maritime blockade that the group had imposed..

Year: 2019

March 18, 2019

Business Owners Resilient On Al-Shabab’s Most...

Most of the suicide bombers in Somalia’s capital target the Maka Al-Mukarrama road which links the presidential palace to the busy K4 Junction, home to many businesses and office

March 17, 2019

Activists: Russia is Backpedaling on Women’s...

For decades, Soviet – and later Russian – male politicians have prided themselves on allowing women equal opportunities and protecting them from discrimination. But statistics still show big disparities

Exhibit Traces Post-Colonial Migration to London...

As rising nationalism and the crisis surrounding Britain’s exit from the European Union intensify divisions on the continent, a new exhibit in Paris looks instead at a powerful unifier

Homeless in Seattle Operate Their Own...

Despite decades of effort to fight homelessness in the United States, many people still sleep on the streets or in public shelters

Does Your Mother Still Do Your...

Helicopter parents take an overprotective or excessive interest in the life of their children

March 16, 2019

Rainbow Rage: Kyrgyz Rail Against LGBT...

The peaceful march by some 400 people in central Bishkek on Women’s Day on March 8 promoting women’s rights and “equality for all” was fiercely criticized by socially conservative lawmakers in the predominantly Muslim country

UN Security Council Observes Moment of...

The Security Council observed a moment of silence to honour those who lost their lives lost in the terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand

Swamped by Tourists, Venice Plans Visitor...

Some in Venice say they do not believe the entrance fee plan will work. Lawyer Roberta Pierabon said it will be impossible to implement

American Muslim Feeds the Needy in...

Pakistani immigrant who came to the U.S. as an impoverished young adult now helps feed the homeless and needy in his popular Washington restaurant

Nation’s Largest Somali Community Mourns Mosque...

The attack on Friday prayers at a New Zealand mosque that left 49 people dead and 20 more seriously wounded reverberated around the world, striking hard at one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States

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