Headlines- The Houthis in Yemen claim that the blockade primarily targets Saudi ships and that the Bab al-Mandeb Strait is not closed.
- A merchant vessel that attempted to navigate under the US blockade on Iranian ports has been "disabled" by US forces.
- In retaliation for United States most recent attacks across the country, Iran said on Friday that it had attacked US military installations and bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait.
- Although he repeated that Tehran was not yet prepared for a deal, US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US and Iran were in talks to negotiate an end to their war.
- After a deadly clash that claimed the lives of one Israeli and four Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government would establish new settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and legalize more existing ones.
- After allegedly stabbing two individuals in broad daylight in Manhattan's upscale Upper West Side neighborhood, a man is being charged with hate crimes.
Year: 2019
Odessa, West Texas Mass Shooting ...
Six People dead and 21 others injured following a traffic stop on interstate 20 near Midland where a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was shot by a gunman who then fled the spot and continued shooting people including a Midland police officer and a Odessa Police Officer.
Moscow Protest
Thousands of people have joined a march in Moscow, defying warnings by the authorities against taking part in an unauthorized demonstration. The crowds are demanding opposition candidates be allowed to run in forthcoming local elections
On Srebrenica Massacre Road, School Won’t...
Nearly a quarter of a century later, the all-Bosniak village’s Bosnian-Serb administered school does not teach children about the atrocities that haunt the surrounding woods and road outside its windows
Many From Africa, Haiti Seek Asylum...
While most migrants who arrive at America’s southern border are from the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas’ Del Rio Sector reports apprehending people from more than 50 countries in the last year
Residents of Kashmir Border Town Urge...
While millions of people continue to live under a prolonged security lockdown in Indian-controlled Kashmir, villagers near the border on the Pakistani side of the disputed territory complain intensified military skirmishes between the two countries are also impacting their lives
War and Peace
In Mosul, Iraq, grieving families of hundreds of civilians who went missing during the war against the Islamic State (IS) terror group are urging the Iraqi government to help them find their loved ones….Top US military officer said Wednesday it was too early to talk about the future of US counterterrorism forces in Afghanistan, where insurgent violence continues
UN General Assembly Welcomes Climate Activist...
General Assembly President Maria Espinosa welcomed today at the United Nations the climate activist Greta Thunberg who sailed from Europe to New York for two weeks on a zero-emissions sailboat to take part in the Climate Action Summit later in September
Chinese Authorities Detain Highest-Ranking Uyghur Police...
Authorities in the XUAR regularly detain those they accuse of being “two-faced officials”—a term applied by the government to ethnic minority cadres or other officials who pay lip service to Communist Party rule, but secretly chafe against state policies repressing members of their ethnic group
Kosovo-Pak News
Hundreds gathered in Kosovo to remember friends and family who went missing during a war 20 years ago. They marched through the capital, Pristina, on August 30..Pakistanis poured onto the streets to show their solidarity with the people of the disputed region of Indian-administered Kashmir
Shoura – An Experiment in Reconciliation
A new documentary explores a town torn between victims of Islamic State and families of IS members, and coming to terms with the past