Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Year: 2021
Women-Only Farmers Market Vendors Feel the...
Diyarbakir, Turkey’s women-only farmers market, is a unique place.Women,many of whom are divorced or abuse survivors, can start over here. However, Turkey’s economic woes are making life much more tough for them
Facebook’s Future Is Uncertain Following Whistleblower...
The question remains whether and how Facebook will change after internal Facebook documents were widely released with news organisations
University President Warns Chinese Students Not...
A U.S. university president who is a former governor of Indiana has condemned Chinese nationalist students in his state who harassed a Chinese pro-democracy graduate student for openly praising Tiananmen Square protesters
Drought Intensifies Conflict Between Herders And...
Rainfall levels around Lake Chad in Cameroon have decreased, causing streams to dry up and escalating the conflict between farmers and herders over vital resources
Moroccan Court Rules in China’s Favor...
A Moroccan court on Thursday approved an extradition request by China for a Uyghur accused of terrorism and detained five months ago based on an Interpol warrant that the international police organization later withdrew
The Ancient Forests of Lebanon Are...
Illegal logging has increased as a result of Lebanon’s terrible economic situation. Local governments are caught between a tough situation as they struggle to conserve both a valuable ecological heritage and their own vulnerable citizens
Dissident Couple Stand Trial Over Criticism...
A dissident poet and his wife stood trial on Wednesday in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan for “incitement to subvert state power” in connection with his public support for the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, RFA has learned
UN Secretary-General Meets With US Special...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres talks with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry
Efforts to Restore Damaged Archaeological Sites...
Local groups in northeast Syria are attempting to safeguard and restore archaeological monuments that have been ravaged by the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and rebels for over a decade
Women Encouraged to Learn About Blockchain...
Nigeria’s information technology business has been rapidly expanding, yet according to government statistics, just one-fifth of IT workers are women. Aid organisations are attempting to educate women and girls about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in order to assist them in entering the IT sector