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
Palestinian Women Are Learning Hebrew
Jerusalem is a diverse city, with Palestinians making up more than a third of the population in East Jerusalem. The majority of them are permanent residents rather than citizens, and Arabic is their first language, not Hebrew. Many East Jerusalem women, however, have expressed an interest in studying Hebrew, and an Israeli non-profit organisation is assisting in meeting the demand
Taiwan is The Fifth-Best Place in...
The democratic island of Taiwan has ranked fifth globally for online freedom, according to the latest annual report from the Washington-based watchdog Freedom House
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