Headlines- The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
- According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
- On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
- The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
- A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
- In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.
Year: 2021
Pet Adoption Business Booming Amid COVID-19...
Ever since the pandemic lockdown began in the U.S. in March 2020, the pet adoption business has been booming. But trend hasn’t just been good for the animals
US Capitol Security Concerns Mount After...
Security at the US Capitol is once again under consideration after the second deadly attack on US Capitol Police in less than three months. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports on the tough decisions before US officials as they try to keep the seat of US democracy open to the public
Hit with Second Wave, India Becomes...
India has been recording the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the world as it grapples with a second wave of the pandemic. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the impact of the massive surge of the virus
Fearing Vandalism, North Korea Surrounds Kim...
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Commemoration of International Day of Reflection...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Activist And Wartime Rape Survivor Elected...
Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, a newly elected member of Kosovo’s parliament, has broken taboos in the country by speaking about her experience as a survivor of rape during the 1998-99 war
Myanmar Exiles Are Seeking Refuge in...
Hundreds of civilians in Myanmar — including activists, members of former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy and villagers in the ethnic areas being bombed by the army — have gone into hiding
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery in New York – one of the oldest and largest American cemeteries – now has its own artist-in-resident
Anti Asian Crime Increases in America
Asians are a diverse group in the U.S. but they all share a similar response to possible hate crimes