Headlines
  • The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
  • Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
  • Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
  • In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
  • According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
  • An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.

Month: April 2022

April 8, 2022

Rights Coalition: Thailand Shows No Improvement...

Thailand has made no progress in the past year in its efforts to combat human trafficking, especially of migrant workers, a global seafood industry watchdog said in a report released Thursday

Public Anger Grows in China Over...

Public criticism is growing in China of the authorities’ Cultural Revolution-style anti-COVID-19 campaigns after a doctor took his own life over a hospital outbreak and officials killed pets whose owners tested positive for the virus

April 7, 2022

UN General Assembly’s Emergency Special Session...

During the 10th plenary sitting of the General Assembly Eleventh Emergency Special Session on Ukraine, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, presents the draft resolution

As People Flee the War in...

Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes since Russia’s invasion began, leaving behind thousands of animals in shelters and zoos. It is now up to dozens of volunteers and international organisations to look after them. The account is told by Mariia Prus, but first, a word of caution

Despite Russia’s Invasion,Many US Citizens Chose...

President Biden urged all American citizens staying or living in Ukraine to leave the country immediately twelve days before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. And, despite the fact that many have left, others stay in Ukraine with no plans to leave

Prominent Uyghur Journalist Said to be...

A prominent Uyghur journalist who went missing in November 2017 is serving 15 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region for “political crimes,” his son and authorities in the region told RFA

April 6, 2022

In Ukraine, Inside An ‘Execution Cellar’

Another gruesome atrocity has occurred at a Ukrainian children’s summer camp. Bodies with bullet holes in their heads were found in a cellar with their wrists tied behind their backs. It was a war crime committed by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian authorities

Bucha Massacre

After Russian soldiers evacuated from the area, VOA’s Heather Murdock files this VOSR about civil deaths and destruction found in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha

Two More Uyghurs Detained in Saudi...

Two more Uyghurs — a mother and her daughter — are in danger of being deported from Saudi Arabia back to China, where they could face severe punishment at the hands of authorities there, an international human rights group said

April 5, 2022

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo speaks to the Security Council about the situation in Ukraine

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