Headlines
  • Iranian authorities have accused the United States of firing at one of Iran's commercial ships in the Gulf of Oman in violation of the two countries' ceasefire agreement.
  • US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that the US Navy fired an Iranian ship in the Gulf of Oman and seized control of it.
  • Hours after US President Donald Trump announced he was sending negotiators to Islamabad, Iranian state media stated Tehran did not currently plan to participate in new talks with the United States.
  • In an effort to try to reach an agreement with Iran ahead of another round of face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan on Monday, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz backed President Donald Trump's renewed threat to eliminate Iran's electrical infrastructure and bridges.

Year: 2021

January 18, 2021

COVID Lockdown Turns Family Quartet Into...

A family of four in Brooklyn, New York, has tried to make the most of their time together – and for some 300 days in a row they have been posting funny videos of their music rehearsals

Biden’s Inauguration Will Look Like No Other

Except for rare cases, the inauguration of a new president symbolizes the American tradition of a peaceful transfer of power

January 17, 2021

White House Moving Day

On Inauguration Day, the White House is cleared of the departing family’s things and prepared for its newest residents in just six hours

For Undocumented Afghan Migrants in Turkey,...

Turkey has often been described as the gateway between Asia and Europe and because of its location, millions of refugees have arrived in the country as a way station in their effort to migrate to Europe

Bangui Cautious Calm

A few days after the violent clashes that took place in parts of the Central African capital Bangui between a coalition of armed groups and the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) supported by UN peacekeepers (MINUSCA), life is now returning timidly back to normal in the city

101 cases of Female Genital Mutilation...

The case of a one-and-a-half-year-old baby victim of female genital mutilation (FGM), who was on trial in the Sintra Court, ended this January with the sentencing of the Guinean mother to three years in prison and the compensation paymant of ten thousand euros, in Portugal

US Presidents Inauguration History be

On January 20, former Vice President Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Every four years, Americans pause for this peaceful transfer of power — a potent symbol of American democracy

January 16, 2021

Refugees COVID-19 Vaccination in Jordan

The Jordanian Ministry of Health kicked off the vaccination campaign on Wednesday at 29 health centres across the Kingdom. Over 200,000 people have enrolled on the national platform vaccine.jo, and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is currently aware of 53 refugees who have already received vaccination appointments

COVID-19:Kenya Private Schools Repurposed

Scores of privately owned schools in Kenya have closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But some of the school buildings have been repurposed as businesses, such as providing residential housing and even one selling coffins

Book by Uyghur Retiree Details Two...

France-based Uyghur woman’s trip back to Xinjiang to sign retirement papers in late 2016 turned into a 32-month ordeal of cold-iron shackles, interrogation and brainwashing sessions in one of the northwestern Chinese region’s notorious internment camps, detained by communist authorities as an alleged terrorist

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