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: December 2022

December 19, 2022

Fiji Election’s Kingmaker Party Favors Australia,...

The leader of the kingmaker party in Fiji’s election says he doesn’t support forming a security relationship with China, preferring foreign relations to be closely aligned with Australia and like-minded countries in the Pacific region.

December 18, 2022

Ethiopia’s Tigray Peace Deal Reached, but...

A peace deal to end Ethiopia’s two-year civil war with Tigrayan forces was reached in November, but it is uncertain whether it would be honored.

Asia Fact Check Lab: Are 70,000...

Amid public concerns about the gloomy job market in China, a 2021 claim that more than 70,000 master’s degree holders in China worked in food delivery began circulating on the internet. China’s official media outlets dismissed the figure as misinformation and “typical rumor.” 

December 17, 2022

Qatar 2022:Two Seperate Fan Zones

A football festival, featuring 29 days of football, music, culture, and lifestyle, is welcomed by football fans from all over the world

Bangladesh Govt Criticizes US Envoy for...

U.S.-Bangladesh tensions notched up this week after protesters caused the American ambassador to Dhaka to cut short a visit to the home of the mother and sister of a missing opposition politician for security reasons.

Malaysian Teams Search for People Missing...

Rescuers were still searching late Friday for a dozen people missing after a landslide swept through unlicensed campsites at a farm north of Kuala Lumpur and killed at least 21 people, including children, officials said.

December 16, 2022

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

The Permanent Representative of the State of Libya to the UN, Taher M. El-Sonni, addresses Security Council about the situation in Libya

Migrant Caravan Arriving Southern US Border

Thousands of migrants are waiting for Title 42, a Trump-era policy allowing the swift expulsion of migrants at the U.S. border, to expire on December 21 in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, which is located just south of El Paso, Texas

UNICEF Plans Big Expansion of Program...

Starting in 2023, UNICEF plans to extend a pilot program to educate Rohingya children at upper grade levels who are living at refugee camps in Bangladesh and have been deprived of schooling for years, officials said. 

Locals Discover Charred Body After Junta...

The body of a man was discovered in a burned-out house by returning locals who abandoned their homes before a two-day raid on their village in Myanmar’s Sagaing region.

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