Headlines- A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
- The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
- A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
- Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
- The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
- After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.
Month: March 2021
COVID 19 Impact on Body
Last March, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, it had already proved to be lethal and highly contagious
UN Observance of International Women’s Day...
UN Observance of International Women’s Day 2021 on Theme “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World”
Global Lawmakers Call Out China For...
Lawmakers from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) issued a statement Monday recognizing the plight of women in the region, where authorities are believed to have held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a vast network of internment camps since early 2017.
Afghan Woman Shot in Face Turns...
About 52 percent of women in Afghanistan have experienced violence in their homes, according to the World Health Organization
COVID Plunging Many Kenyans Deeper into...
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, thousands of families are struggling with deepening poverty and unemployment. A survey by the charity Twaweza shows 60% of Kenyan families can no longer afford three meals per day
International Women’s Day:Women Still Facing Gender...
For over a century, International Women’s Day has celebrated women’s achievements across the globe, overcoming persistent gender inequality
Women Defying the Odds
Two documentaries shine a light on women defying the odds in the face of brutality and corruption
For Georgian Woman, A Tattoo Is...
Nano Mikautadze used to cover her head in public after an autoimmune disorder caused her hair to fall out. But in her 20s, she decided to stop wearing head scarves and decorated her scalp with a floral tattoo
Authorities in Northeast Syria Release 65...
Al-Hol camp authorities on Thursday released 65 Islamic State families of Deir el-Zour under an agreement with Syria’s tribes
For Rohingya Refugees, Myanmar Military’s Crackdown...
Seeing the violence against civilians in Myanmar in the wake of that country’s coup, Rohingya refugees sheltering in southeastern Bangladesh say their own experience has been validated now that the general Burmese population is experiencing the brutality of its military