Headlines- Ali al-Zaidi, the prime minister of Iraq, said that he had dismissed the commander of the province and ordered an investigation into the operations command in Maysan province, which is located on the Iranian border, after authorities confirmed that the attacks against a pipeline in Saudi Arabia were carried out from a site within the province.
- Iran is "probably" responsible for the attack on the critical Saudi oil pipeline, according to US President Donald Trump's statement on Saturday.
- According to US President Donald Trump, the Houthis called Washington, asking that it refrain from getting involved in the conflict with Yemen's internationally recognized government.
- After a rapid advance against government forces, which retaliated with a series of airstrikes along Yemen's west coast, Iran-aligned Houthi forces have taken complete control of the country's Red Sea coast.
- About 20,000 people protested the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and right-wing hate speech in Düsseldorf under the banner "Not a Step Back!" according to the police.
- The key right-wing opponent of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the election scheduled for next month, Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, is being investigated for alleged money laundering and corruption.
- Friday is the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, which killed 2,977 people at the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Year: 2019
Mugabe Funeral Preparations
The body of the late president Robert Mugabe leaves his Blue Roof residence after some people paid their last respects. The body will lie in state Thursday and Friday at Rufaro Stadium in Harare
Locals Rage At Moscow As Siberian...
Massive wildfires are burning across Siberia. In the Irkutsk region, a lack of equipment and manpower to fight the blazes has left locals feeling abandoned by Moscow. They blame authorities for negligence and corruption
Tajik Children Brave Treacherous Bridge To...
Some 300 children from four villages in the Vahdat district of Tajikistan must make a treacherous journey to school, walking between three and four kilometers every day, each way. Some wade through a river, but when the waters rise, they must cross a high, rickety suspension bridge
UNICEF Installation Showing Scale of Child...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) installation on the lawn of United Nations headquarters.
Indonesian Indigenous People Losing Their Forests:...
Human Rights Watch examines how a patchwork of weak laws, exacerbated by poor government oversight, and the failure of oil palm plantation companies to fulfill their human rights responsibilities have adversely affected Indigenous peoples’ rights to their forests, livelihood, food, water, and culture in Bengkayang regency, West Kalimantan, and Sarolangun regency, Jambi
Let Us Meet And Federate Our...
Former Presidential Candidate and Coordinator of the Now Movement, Barrister Akere Muna, has called on civil society groups, political opposition parties, and Trade Unions to come together and map out ideas that will be presented during the National Dialogue Forum announced by the Head of State, Paul Biya
In Rwanda, Some Wildlife Poachers Become...
Some Rwandans who used to be wildlife poachers have turned into conservationists
Adventure-Loving Dogs Learn to Surf in...
Surfing is an ancient Polynesian art that became a craze in the U.S. and Australia in the 1950s. In the U.S., California, and Hawaii were ground zero for surf culture, and surf-based movies and music are still a thing. And these days, people aren’t the only ones surfing
Daughter Of MH17 Suspect Traded By...
The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) leading the probe into the 2014 downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine had pleaded with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to keep Tsemakh in Ukrainian custody. But Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly insisted that Tsemakh either be included in the exchange, or the swap would be called off
Five Years on, Global Efforts to...
The U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State (IS) was announced five years ago. Despite defeating the terror group militarily, some experts believe IS still poses a major threat to global security