Headlines- After gunfire outside the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump was evacuated.
- After attending high-level discussions and presenting Pakistani officials with Tehran's list of demands for ending the war, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Islamabad, Pakistan.
- US President Donald Trump has called off envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff's planned visit to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran.
- An intercepted ship affiliated to the Iranian "shadow fleet" is being escorted back to Iran by a Navy helicopter, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
- About ten minutes after he announced on Saturday morning that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would not be traveling to Pakistan for diplomatic talks, US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran sent over a new peace offer that was "much better" than what they would have worked with going into the meeting.
- On Saturday, Tuareg rebels and an Al-Qaeda affiliate took credit for synchronized operations throughout Mali.
- In the first elections since the start of the Gaza war, Palestinians in the West Bank and central Gaza cast votes for local councils on Saturday.
Year: 2020
Ugandan Healthcare Workers Cite Success Against...
Uganda’s healthcare workers say they are seeing some success in hospital wards as they fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. Uganda has confirmed 79 coronavirus infections, 49 recoveries, and – so far – no deaths. But outside of Uganda’s hospitals, healthcare workers face stigma
UN Security Council Members Hold Open...
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, briefs the Security Council members during an open video conference in connection with United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the Sudan and South Sudan
Emrati Princess Hend Faisal Al Qassimi...
Speaking to RFA’s Uyghur Service, Al Qassimi acknowledged that the Muslim and Arab world has been largely unaware of the situation in the XUAR citing language barriers and ongoing wars in many Muslim-majority nations, but said she hopes to help highlight the plight of the Uyghurs
South African UIF Disbursements Surpass R3...
Kubayi-Ngubane, together with her colleagues in the economic cluster, briefed media on risk adjustment measures and economic relief interventions, on Tuesday
COVID-19: Afghan News Digest
On the high casualties among Afghan forces, Kay said “it is sad, it’s tragic and it is extremely wrong that the Taliban now, after their agreement with the United States, are continuing to attack Afghan national security forces and Afghan civilians.”
Benin Journalist Ignace Sossou’s Appeal Trial...
Ignace Sossou , investigative journalist for the information site Bénin Web TV, will appear before the Cotonou Court of Appeal tomorrow April 28, 2020. Convicted for “harassment by electronic means” in December 2019, he is detained in a prison in the Beninese capital for more than four months. Pursued for having relayed on social networks the words of a prosecutor held during a workshop on disinformation, he nevertheless committed no fault. In a video confronting the magistrate’s statements and the journalist’s tweets, RSF had managed to prove his total innocence and to show that he had taken verbatim the words of the prosecutor, whom he considered, as a journalist, to be ‘They were of public interest
Myanmar IDP Camps Brace for Coronavirus...
In Myanmar, an estimated 350,000 internally displaced persons living in crowded and sometimes unsanitary conditions face the danger of a widespread outbreak of COVID – 19. Special teams are forming in some of the camps to help provide information and some equipment to prevent a disaster as the country comes to grips with the pandemic
In Spain the confinement began on...
In Barcelona the city has been quiet for months. It’s required everyone to change and adapt to a new normal
Connect Hungry Harvest
Having access to local, organic fruits and vegetables is often a key to a nutritious diet. The following story, reported before the COVID-19 outbreak, tells of one man trying to make getting good food easier. And a little update – his service is busier than ever due to the pandemic
New York is Feeding Its Residents...
New York City’s grab-and-go meal service program that once provided free meals to school children has been expanded during the pandemic. Evgeny Malsov investigated how the program works