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.
Year: 2021
Migrants Still Out In The Cold...
Hundreds of migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries have been sleeping outdoors in freezing weather since a fire destroyed part of the Lipa camp in northwest Bosnia-Herzegovina. The military is rebuilding the camp to provide suitable winter shelter, but there’s no timeline yet for when migrants will be able to move in
Protesters Continue Sit-In After Killing Of...
In the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, hundreds of people continued a sit-in protest for the third consecutive day. They are protesting the January 3 killing of 11 Shi’ite Hazara coal miners in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group-RFE/RL
Pedophile Attacked Children on Social Media
A man was detained for indications of various crimes of child sexual abuse, rape and pornography of minors on 27 December by the Criminal Investigation Department of Aveiro of the Judicial Police, in Portugal
Afghan Talks to Resume Tuesday Amid...
The second round of talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban will resume Tuesday. Meanwhile, the United States rejected the Taliban’s accusations that U.S. forces have violated the U.S.-Taliban agreement
Uyghur Iron Traders Are ‘Taught’ Cooking...
Two Uyghurs in the iron trade who expanded their business to Kazakhstan in recent years have been detained in an internment camp in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) where they are being “taught” culinary skills
Flag Installation Ceremony for Incoming Non-permanent...
Mona Juul, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, speaks during the flag installation ceremony for the incoming non-permanent members of the Security Council
International Police Cooperation is key to...
Within the scope of the European Arrest Mandate, a woman and three men were extradited from France and Greece to Portugal in December for crimes of theft, fraud, forgery of documents, qualified theft, rape, sexual abuse of minors and debauchery of private life, money laundering, forgery of documents and criminal association
Nature Man
In 1983, Joe Pachak discovered the first rock art of a mammoth in North America, a 14,000 year-old etching. Later, he built life-size effigies of the mammoth and other effigies of animals that are burned in celebration of nature and the Winter Solstice
Portugal Government to Take Active Role...
Portugal Parliament approves PAN recommendation to mobilize the international community to stop crimes against humanity in Mozambique
With Russia’s Help, Belarus’ Opposition Hopes...
2020 brought an unprecedented scene of protests in Belarus, after a presidential poll showed longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko getting 80 percent of the vote