Headlines
  • Despite a recently extended ceasefire, 14 people were killed by Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
  • Hezbollah rejected claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the pro-Iranian group violated the ceasefire agreement, saying on Sunday that it will react to Israel's "violations" of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
  • Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, departed Islamabad for Moscow, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
  • North Korea and Russia agree on "long-term" military cooperation.
  • At least 19 people were killed in a bombing on a highway in southwestern Colombia, and the authorities are holding a drug lord who was formerly a member of the FARC insurgent group accountable.

Year: 2020

May 20, 2020

UN Security Council Members Hold Open...

Mark Lowcock, United Nations’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the open video conference with Security Council members in connection with the Middle East (Syria)

Myanmar Government Rejects Motion to Shutter...

The deputy minister noted that there “is no record from the [Pinlaung] township health department” which shows that the plant has had a negative impact on local health and the environment, and said the facility also benefits local farmers by distributing water

A Nightmare’: Mourning Doctors Felled During...

Current Time has spoken to spouses and close colleagues of medical staff who have died from COVID-19 while caring for others infected by the coronavirus~RFE/RL

May 19, 2020

Bicycle Business Booms in Uganda’s Transport...

Uganda banned the use of public and private transport in late March to curve the spread of COVID-19. With the ban on cars, the country has seen a boom in demand for bicycles.

‘We Can’t Remain Indifferent to Child...

Ghani also confirmed his stance on the return of the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) to the “offense” mode, and said that it would be a “great sin” to remain silent against those attacking and killing the children.
He said that recent attacks in Kabul, Nangarhar and Faryab provinces are a “desecration” of the peace process

Covid-19 Among Rohingya Refugees: “Prevention and...

Cox’s Bazar, just beyond the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Bengali government is home to the largest refugee community in the world: 1.1 million Rohingya ethnic and Muslim refugees

Without Georgian Migrants, Turkish Tea Farmers...

With fewer workers available this year, families like Altunkaya’s must hurry: If they don’t complete the harvest within 20 days, the leaves will change color and turn bitter. Leaves that stay on their branches also obstruct the next harvest, in July.

World Leaders Urge Unity, Solidarity to...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened this virtual assemblage of world leaders with a stark warning. He said nations were likely to face a future of fear and insecurity unless the spread of the deadly ailment was stopped everywhere. The coronavirus causes the COVID-19 disease

Senegal’s Opening Mosques During Pandemic Divides...

Senegal’s controversial decision to re-open mosques as the Muslim-majority country is still battling the coronavirus pandemic has split the religious community. Senegal so far has about 2,500 confirmed infections and at least 25 deaths from COVID-19. While some Muslims have welcomed being able to pray at the mosque during the last week of the holy month of Ramadan, others worry it’s too soon and the decision may put worshippers at greater risk of infection

UN Security Council Members Hold Open...

Geir O. Pederson, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, briefs the Security Council members during the open video conference in connection with the Middle East (Syria)

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