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: September 2021
UN General Assembly Marks 20th...
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session, speaks at a high-level meeting of the General Assembly to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action’s adoption. Reparations, racial justice, and equality for persons of African origin are among the topics discussed during the meeting
My Early Years My Homeland 20...
Award Winning Documentary Film Makers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi’s new documentary, 20 Years in Afghanistan, is their most recent work
StartUp Africa An Unique Television Series...
StartUP Africa is a groundbreaking television series that follows the attempt to bridge Africa’s digital gap with the rest of the world
Who Will Take Angela Merkel’s Place...
After 16 years as German Chancellor, Germany will choose Angela Merkel’s successor.On September 26, 2021, Germany will hold elections. Federal Chancellor Merkel is not seeking re-election after 16 years at the helm of Germany’s government. Who will take her place?
Chinese Journalist, Rights Activist Incommunicado, Likely...
Feminist journalist Sophia Huang and fellow activist Wang Jianbing are incommunicado, believed detained, ahead of Huang’s planned departure to study overseas, the Chinese rights group Weiquanwang reported on Tuesday.
US President Speaks Before the General...
President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden Jr., speaks at the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session
Ethnic Serbs Protest New Border Regulations,...
After ethnic Serb protesters stopped two roads with trucks and other vehicles in northern Kosovo near the Jarinje border crossing with Serbia, armed police were deployed
Afghan Woman Who Was a War...
Alina Jun Nawabi was born in Afghanistan but spent years in hospitals after being taken to the United States as an injured war victim. She now works for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), where she is assisting additional Afghans to leave the country
Uyghur Exile Group Leader Turned Back...
Dolkun Isa, the president of the Munich-based (WUC) exile group, has been turned away at the airport in the Turkish capital Ankara and flown back to Germany Monday, two weeks after he learned that a travel ban against him had been lifted, he and his lawyer said
President of the UN General Assembly...
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s Seventy-sixth Session, meets with Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation (U.A.E.)