Headlines
  • Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said that the Gulf will be included in the restricted area outside the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Three oil tankers that have been sailing through "an unauthorized route" in the Strait of Hormuz and three US-affiliated vessels in other areas have been targeted, according to a statement released by Iran's IRGC navy on Saturday.
  • Exit polls indicate that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
  • At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo jet crashed off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking vehicles and catching flames.
  • After ash erupted from the Anak Krakatoa volcano over 150 kilometers away, affecting thousands of passengers, Indonesia halted its main international airport outside of Jakarta on Sunday.

Year: 2019

February 13, 2019

Venezuela Crisis Pits US Against Russia

Kremlin officials and Russian state media portray Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro as the country’s legitimate leader, even though the United States and a host of other countries have declared him illegitimate and recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president

Arson Attack On Kumba District Hospital:...

At least five vehicles parked outside the vicinity were set ablaze while Male and female Surgical rooms, General room, Nursing quarter were reduced to ashes

Uyghurs in Exile Launch Campaign Calling...

Adrian Zenz, a lecturer in social research methods at the Germany-based European School of Culture and Theology, has said that some 1.1 million people are or have been detained in the camps—equating to 10 to 11 percent of the adult Muslim population of the XUAR

Eating Bugs

What would it take for you to eat an insect? We go to an insect farm that raises and sells insects to restaurants and food manufacturers

February 12, 2019

Pakistan’s Bull-Racing Boy Wins New Fan

Thirteen-year-old Saad Khan has a passion for traditional Pakistani bull racing

Rights NGOs Call For Release Of...

Benevolentaire International, BI, based in the US, added it’s voice by calling on the government to release her without delay. They went further to say the human rights situation in Anglophone regions is deteriorating and needed urgent international intervention

African Union Headquarters

Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Angry Haitians Demand Regime Change

Inflation and corruption are the main sources of the ire expressed by protesters for which they hold the president and prime minister responsible

February 11, 2019

Nigeria’s ‘Melanin Movement’ Swims Against a...

In Nigeria, nearly 77 percent of women use skin-lightening products, making the world’s most populous country of black people the biggest market for whitening skin

US Humanitarian Aid Delivered to Colombia...

Many of the Venezuelans who cross the Simon Bolivar bridge each day between the city of Cucuta in Colombia and the state of Tachira in Venezuela ask, “What’s next?”

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