Headlines- Iran's High Council for Human Rights condemned attacks on religious, cultural, and historical landmarks across the country by the United States and Israel.
- Despite an ongoing ceasefire, the National News Agency of Lebanon has reported several Israeli attacks in the country's south.
- A new round of peace talks was reportedly scheduled to take place in Pakistan with Vice President JD Vance and other American diplomats.
- The US will host new talks between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday with the aim of encouraging an agreement.
- US President Donald Trump has stated that unless an agreement is made with Tehran, the US will not lift its embargo of Iranian ports.
- Data from the Defense Department shows that at least 415 American troops have been injured in the war with Iran.
- US On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to leave for Pakistan in preparation for the upcoming round of peace talks with Iran.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump claimed on social media that Israel "never talked" him into going to war with Iran.
Year: 2021
Thousands of Rohingya Refugees in Northwest...
Thousands of Rohingya refugees live in temporary camps in India’s northwestern Jammu and Kashmir region, where they fear deportation back to Myanmar
North Korean Youth Find Ways to...
More and more North Korean youth are dodging mandatory military service, because ruling party membership and all its perks are no longer as automatic for those who finish lengthy stints in the armed forces, sources in the country told RFA
News Digest
People over 60 in the city of Karachi received COVID-19 jabs on March 10 as part of the second phase of Pakistan’s vaccination campaign..Twenty years after the Taliban blew up two famous Buddha statues, Afghans commemorated their loss at a ceremony in the central Bamiyan Valley on March 9
Tunisia Social Media Crackdown
Tunisian police are arresting social media activists for criticizing the government online and calling for protests, according to rights groups
What The Paycheck Protection Program Means...
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Israel Begins Vaccinating Palestinian Workers
Most Palestinians remain without access to the COVID vaccine, but Israel is vaccinating Palestinian laborers who work in Israel and the Jewish settlements in the West Bank
Myanmar Anti-Junta Activists Mount Boycott of...
As protests and violent suppression by troops grind on in Myanmar, coup opponents are stepping up a campaign to make China rethink its support for the military junta, including a boycott of imports from their giant neighbor and threats against a major Chinese energy pipeline and port
UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Ten...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on ten years of ongoing conflict in Syria
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With the Kremlin cutting deals to ship its Sputnik V vaccine to countries struggling to combat the coronavirus, Russian soft power is on display. Yet the global outreach campaign is happening amid signs the government is struggling to inoculate its own population at home
COVID-19:Child Marriage
Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF