Headlines- On Monday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that airstrikes on Iran have started for the third night in a row.
- On Monday, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced that two Iranian tankers had attacked two national tankers. One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured, including four critically, by cruise missiles in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz in Omani territorial waters.
- Despite unleashing fresh attacks on Iran and reimposing a blockade of Iranian ports, US President Donald Trump said on Monday that an deal with Tehran to end the Middle East war was still possible.
- IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said in a statement on Monday that Iran will "continue to exercise our sovereignty and management over the Strait of Hormuz."
- A constitutional amendment was passed by the Hungarian parliament to oust Orban ally President Tamas Sulyok.
Year: 2021
Press Briefing by UN Special Rapporteur...
A view of the press conference with Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, and Caroline Horn, Senior Legal Adviser to Agnes Callamard
Belarusian Athletes Purged For Opposing Lukashenka
More than 100 men and women have been barred from competitive sports in Belarus since signing an open letter calling for an end to police violence against peaceful anti-government protesters
Brazilians Grapple with Soaring Disappearances
Brazil has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and tens of thousands of people are listed as missing – many of them at the hands of drug traffickers and other armed groups
Focus Venezuela
Among those seeing an opportunity for change in Venezuela under the new U.S administration is Leopoldo López, one of the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition who fled the country in 2020
Canadian Lawmakers Approve Motion Labeling Xinjiang...
Canada’s House of Commons on Monday passed a motion designating rights abuses in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, making it the second nation to do so following the U.S. last month
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
Jovenel Moïse, President of Haiti, addresses the videoconference with United Nations Security Council members in connection with the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)
South African Medics to Row Northwest...
Two South African medics are swapping their medical gear for oars as they train for a risky 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) journey by rowboat through the Arctic Northwest Passage
Britain’s Royal Family Braces for ‘Harry...
Britain’s royal family is bracing for a March 7 airing of an American television interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, widely referred to as Harry and Meghan, amid reports that the content is explosive and will make for uncomfortable viewing for the British monarch and senior royals
COVID-19 Vaccine Myths
People the world over have questions about the safety COVID-19 vaccines and some are reluctant to get immunized
To Help American Spotlight Rare Disease,...
What would prompt a person to run 880 kilometers for a person he met on Facebook?