Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Month: April 2020
The US military hospital ship Comfort...
The US military hospital ship Comfort has arrived in New York to help free up hospital beds in a city desperately needing help to fight the coronavirus outbreak
Vulnerable Syrian Prisoners Should be Released...
Amnesty says that since the start of the crisis in Syria in 2011, anyone perceived to oppose the Syrian government is at risk
UN Secretary-General Holds Virtual Press Briefing...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a virtual press conference to launch a report on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 titled “Shared responsibility, global solidarity
COVID Home School Parents
With schools closed during the coronavirus pandemic, parents around the world are now trying to figure out the new normal of having to home school their children and work at the same time
COVID Peace Corps Evacuation
The U.S. Peace Corps’ response to the coronavirus pandemic, evacuating all 7,300 volunteers who were working in 61 countries, has left many of them uncertain about their future, with supporters of the humanitarian organization concerned it may not survive a prolonged shutdown
Mass Muslim Event in India Spawns...
More than 350 people who were removed from a religious center where the event took place in mid-March have been hospitalized, and at least 10 attendees have died after being infected with the coronavirus disease, according to an Agence France-Presse report. The Press Trust of India said around 8,000 people took part in the event
Wuhan Awaits Lift of Lockdown Amid...
People across China are still waiting for the government to publish figures of the number of people who were asymptomatic when they tested positive for coronavirus
Cameroonians Displaced by Separatist Conflict Need...
Ongoing clashes between Cameroon’s separatists and the military have affected nearly two million people, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Many of the displaced have found refuge in the neighboring town of Douala, where they live crowded into small rooms and struggling to get by
World News At A Glance
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has climbed to 801,400 and other stories around the World…Zimbabwe began a 21-day nationwide lockdown on Monday and other stories across African Continent