Headlines- A shooting that took place early on Sunday on a pedestrian promenade near to the University of Iowa campus in downtown Iowa City injured at least three students.
- After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
- Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
- On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
Month: September 2020
Virtual Event on Sexual and Gender-based...
Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, addresses the event on sexual and gender-based violence, “Strengthening commitments to prevent, respond and protect against Sexual and Gender-based Violence in humanitarian crises”
Journalists Hit Out at Fresh Probe...
An ongoing investigation into a hard-hitting journalist with Hong Kong’s government broadcaster RTHK will have a “chilling effect” on the city’s news organizations, the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association (HKJA)
Father And Daughter Duet Benefiting from...
A South African father-daughter singing duo that gained attention in Britain for their singing talents has gone viral in Colombia after being mistakenly identified as relatives of a famous Italian opera singer
Macedonian Air Quality App
There are all kinds of apps that rate the air quality in your home and outside. But one young programmer has created one on his own, that has taken off in his native Macedonia and is expanding worldwide
A Community Forest
Meet a community that came together to create a woodland retreat
Prime Minister of India Addresses UN...
Narendra Modi (on screens), Prime Minister of the Republic of India, addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Kayaking:New Yorkers Find a Safe Way...
With gyms closed and a lot of sports club unable to reopen, New Yorkers have turned to a new safe way of exercising
Indian Grandmother A Symbol of Resistance
An 82-year-old Indian grandmother who became the symbol of resistance to a controversial new citizenship law passed last year that prompted widespread protests has been named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. The protest was cleared in late March after India imposed a stringent lockdown amid the COVID 19 pandemic
Fourth Day of UN General Assembly...
Staff cleans the dais between sessions during the fourth day of the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Myanmar Sees First Gay Election Candidate...
Myanmar’s first openly gay candidate to run for a parliamentary seat in the conservative Buddhist country’s November elections wants to put an end to the abuse that members of the LBGT community say they suffer at the hands of the police