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.
Month: August 2022
Bangladesh Police:2 Rohingya Leaders Were Victims...
Unidentified assailants fatally shot two Rohingya leaders as they returned home after overseeing community night-watch duties at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, police said Wednesday
Hong Kong Police Arrest Four Over...
Hong Kong police arrested four people for “seditious” social media posts in connection with a Facebook page titled “Civil servant secrets,” after the page was denounced by a newspaper backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for “inciting civil servants” and “smearing government policies and operations”
Motorcyclist Rides into the Dark Heart...
American traveller Neale Bayly has been riding his motorcycle around Ukraine as part of what he calls his humanitarian travels, not only to see the sites but also to raise awareness of the war and money for the children he meets there
Missing Afghan Child Reunited
Farzad, a two-and-a-half-year-old who spent more than 40 days apart from his family as they were evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, is now enrolled in kindergarten. Wahida Alizada, his mother, is delighted for her children’s future in the United States but concerned for her husband, who is still in Afghanistan
Volunteers Help Evacuation of Bedridden People...
Over the past few months, a small group of volunteers were able to evacuate more than 600 bedridden people from the front lines of fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine
COVID-19 Infections Rise in Xinjiang,Said to...
Authorities in Xinjiang are implementing new lockdowns in response to a coronavirus outbreak thought to have originated with Chinese tourists who visited the western region’s Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, local officials said
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The United Nations Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist activities is presided over by Zhang Jun, the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August
Afghan Uzbek Refugees in America
Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan last year, Sayed Kabir and his family were among the thousands of Afghans who were resettled in the United States. In this story narrated by Umid Uzokov, VOA’s Soleh Yahyoyev follows the ethnic Uzbek family and their adjustment to life in the United States
China Begins Shipping Trains for Indonesian...
The first trains for Indonesia’s Beijing-backed high-speed rail line are being shipped from China, the Ministry of Transportation said Friday as questions linger about who should pay for a U.S. $2 billion cost overrun that has beset the controversial project
Uyghur Who Studied in Turkey Arrested...
A Uyghur scholar who studied in Turkey and worked for an international company in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was arrested by authorities from his hometown Urumqi, a local police officer and Uyghurs with knowledge of the situation said