Headlines- A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
- The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
- A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
- Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
- The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
- After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.
Month: January 2020
Laos Cracks Down on Ivory, Rhino...
More than 200 kilograms of prohibited wildlife products were confiscated in Luang Prabang in 2017, 2018, and 2019, an official from the province’s Agriculture and Forestry Department told RFA’s Lao Service at the end of the year
US to Push Ahead in 2020...
The year 2020 in Afghanistan begins with the Trump administration vowing to push ahead with plans to withdraw U.S. troops and an upward trend in the number of U.S. combat casualties in the country. In December, the White House said U.S. troop reduction in Afghanistan was “not necessarily” tied to reaching a peace agreement with the Taliban
DC Restaurant Gives The US Capital...
Hundreds of new restaurants mushroom in Washington every year, but the “Immigrant Food” restaurant that recently opened just a block away from the White House is unique
Women in Muslim New Delhi Neighborhood...
Hundreds of women camping on a road that connects New Delhi to a satellite town are holding one of the most unusual protests that has happened in India in the aftermath of a new citizenship law. The law excludes Muslims from religious groups that can be granted expedited citizenship if they faced religious persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Bangladesh
Tibetan Buddhist Centers Linked to Larung...
A worldwide network of Tibetan Buddhist centers founded by a senior abbot of the Larung Gar Academy in China’s Sichuan province has been closed down, with followers suspecting Chinese pressure behind the move
Malaysia Detains Hundreds of Undocumented Migrants...
After obtaining identification documents from their embassies and showing plane tickets to their home countries, applicants were also required to pay a fee of 700 ringgit (U.S. $171) as a penalty for overstaying in the country, officials said
Nigeria’s Visually Impaired Struggle Against Poverty,...
A year ago, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Act to help the country’s disabled. However, Nigeria’s blind and visually impaired say they are still struggling against poverty and bias, with many forced to beg for a living.
Pakistani Reporter Nasrullah Chaudhry Sentenced to...
The anti-terrorist court in Karachi (southern Pakistan), sentenced journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry to December 5, 2019 to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 rupees (125 euros). Editor of the daily newspaper in Urdu language Nai Baat , he was arrested on November 11, 2018 for “possession of documents inciting religious hatred and jihad”
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A new surgical procedure makes it easier and safer for living donor to donate a portion of lever for live saving lever transplant..A California startup called OFFWORLD has ambitious plans that are out of this world. They are working on developing autonomous robots that would be able to mine the Moon and Mars
New denial of justice for Cambodian...
On November 14, 2017, in the wake of their arrest, the pro-government website Fresh News had indeed leaked information according to which the police had found pornographic material “produced with foreign nationals” on the computer of the one of the two journalists. It is on the basis of this pseudo-information that the judge decided to continue the investigation