Headlines- According to Yemen's government, a Houthi missile attack on the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden was survived by the prime minister and cabinet. At least five people died and sixteen were injured.
- Attacks on King Khalid International Airport between October 7 and October 11 resulted in 17 fatalities and 333 injuries, according to the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran's navy said an oil tanker that tried to cross a forbidden area in the Sea of Oman is on fire in the eastern portion of the Strait of Hormuz.
- After a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday, at least three people—including children—have died.
- Nidal Hasan, a convicted military base shooter who killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was canceling plans to broadcast the execution live.
- Only a few days after undergoing surgery, Pope Leo XIV resumed work, the Vatican press office announced on Thursday.
Year: 2020
Illegal Logging in Monarch Butterfly’s Sanctuary...
In the Mexican state of Michoacan this year, the suspicious death of a prominent communal leader at the Monarch butterfly’s World Heritage reserve rocked the conservation world. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias went to Michoacan and found that in this place of beauty, there was an underside of lawlessness, corruption and poverty that could threaten the sustainability of the biosphere
Acres of Florida Fruit and Veggies...
going to waste in Florida, as local farmers let fruits and vegetable rot unable to deliver them to restaurants that don’t need as much as before during the times of the pandemic
UN Security Council Members Hold Open...
José Singer (lower screen), Special Envoy of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, chairs the open video conference with Security Council members in connection with the political situation in Syria
North Koreans in China Live in...
Authorities on both sides have stepped up physical barriers and electronic monitoring of the border area in recent years, while the ruling Chinese Communist Party relies on an army of citizens with red armbands to keep tabs on illegal immigrants and report them to the authorities.
Forced Eviction in Addis Ababa Render...
According to the authorities in Bole District, the demolitions, which started mid-February, were targeting illegal structures in the area. Victims, however, told Amnesty International they had built their homes on land they bought from farmers in 2007. The authorities however do not recognize this purchase and insist the families are squatters because they did not purchase the land from the Addis Ababa municipality.
Ecological Operators, Almost all Non-Muslims in...
Shahid Mushtaq Asi, president of the Union of Ecological Operators said that all garbage and waste of all kinds, including those of a sanitary nature, are collected by these workers, without any special precautions.”
Windowsill Concerts and other COVID Music
Musicians around the world are being creative about performing and honing their craft while stuck at home
Russians Denied Critical Care As COVID-19...
Scheduled surgeries for patients in Russia are being canceled as resources are diverted to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. Treatments are being delayed or denied for patients with conditions like cancer, hepatitis and cystic fibrosis~RFE/RL
‘You Didn’t See the Boy You...
The Ethiopian community in the Washington D.C. area is mourning the loss of a mother who died from coronavirus earlier this month shortly after giving birth. The woman never got to see her newborn baby
Drones Spread Word About COVID-19 in...
Drones are helping to spread messages from the sky on how to prevent coronavirus infection in the far-flung, poor, rural areas of northern South Africa’s Greater Tzaneen Municipality. Local authorities have been pioneering the use of these aircraft in South Africa as a tool to educate people about COVID-19 in the local languages of Sepedi and Tsonga