Headlines- A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
- 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: May 2022
Rape Used as Weapon by Both...
Rape has been used as a weapon by both sides in Ethiopia’s conflict with Tigrayan rebels, which began in November 2020. VOA spoke with 14 women in the northern Amhara region who claim they have been subjected to brutal sexual assaults by Tigrayan fighters and as a result have been ostracized by their communities
Indonesian Military Chief: Soldiers Named as...
Ten soldiers were named as suspects in the alleged torture deaths of at least six people who had been kept in two cage-like rooms in the house of a regency chief in North Sumatra province, Indonesia’s military chief said Monday
Tibetan Monks Told to Take Blame...
Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are forcing Tibetan monks to take the blame for the destruction of sacred statues torn down by China, ordering them to sign affidavits claiming responsibility, RFA has learned
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Security Council meeting on technology and security under the maintenance of international peace and security is chaired by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of May
Many Ukrainian Refugees in Berlin Living...
Since the war started, more than 600,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Germany. Many persons with HIV, particularly women, are among them. According to UNAIDS, 260,000 Ukrainians are HIV positive
Charcol Makers in Iraq
A few families in Iraq’s Mosul make a living by making charcoal, a 200-year-old traditionmM
School Closures in Syria: Another Setback...
According to aid organisations, financial cuts in Syria might prevent as many as 100,000 children from attending school in the next weeks in Idlib, the country’s last rebel-held province. In Idlib, about a third of children do not attend school
Ukranians Use Facial Recognition Technology to...
Face recognition software is being used by the Ukrainian authorities to identify captured and killed Russian soldiers
UN Rights Chief’s Office Announces Dates...
The U.N.’s human rights chief on Monday will begin a six-day official visit to China, including to the far-western Xinjiang region where widespread abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities at the hands of Chinese authorities are said to have occurred
The UN Security Council Meets to...
Carolina Ache, Uruguay’s Deputy Foreign Minister, speaks during a Security Council meeting on conflict and food security in the context of international peace and security