Headlines- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- At least 362 people were killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Year: 2021
UN Security Council Neets to Discuss...
T.S. Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks at a Security Council meeting about Haiti
A Dance Troupe From Zimbabwe is...
Duramazwi Traditional Mbira Dance Troupe performed at Haka Game Park in Msasa, Harare, along the Cleaveland Dam. The group is expected to be performing at the next Dubai Expo
In a Road Accident, Threatened Swedish...
Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who had been living under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body drew death threats, died Sunday in a road accident, according to Swedish news agencies
Focus:Georgian Municipal Election
On October 2, Georgia voters went to the polls to elect mayors and city councils. A mobile team delivered the ballot box to COVID-19-infected electors in Tbilisi, the capital
With Public Universities Still Closed, Afghan...
After a month of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, fears of women being barred from higher education and public life are growing. Lawmakers in the United States are urging the Biden administration to maintain pressure on Taliban officials to protect women’s rights
President of UN General Assembly Addresses...
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session, speaks to reporters after the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session’s general discussion
Scientists in the United States Are...
By 2027, geneticists, lead by Harvard Medical School’s George Church, hope to revive the woolly mammoth. However, other experts aren’t sure it’s such a good idea
With Coronavirus Book,Nigerian Author Helps Children...
As the coronavirus has spread across Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, myths surrounding the virus have grown as well, particularly among children. A Nigerian author has written a book for children to help them understand the pandemic and how to prevent getting infected
In Northeast Syria, Curfew Imposed Amid...
A surge in coronavirus infections has forced local officials in northeast Syria to declare a week-long curfew to curb the virus’s spread
South Africa May Change it’s Coal...
Coal accounts for more than 75% of South Africa’s energy supply, but public and corporate pressure is increasing to change that. Protests erupted across the country last week, and a proposed coal power plant backed by China may now be abandoned