Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Year: 2022
Myanmar’s Junta Bans Family Visits,Food Deliveries...
Myanmar’s military junta on Thursday banned family visits and delivery of food and other necessities to inmates in seven prisons across the country after an explosion at Yangon’s Insein Prison killed eight people the day before, relatives and lawyers of the prisoners said
UN Security Council Meets to discuss...
Editor-in-Chief of the Zan Times, Zahra Nader, addresses United Nations Security Council meeting on women, peace, and security
Cryptocurrency Aid Fund in Ukraine Helps...
Individuals and organisations as well as governments are sending money and supplies to Ukraine. Cryptocurrency is increasingly being used for financial aid.
Women in Pakistan’s Flood-Affected Areas Delivering...
Over 33 million people, including hundreds of thousands of pregnant women, have been affected by flooding this summer in Pakistan, which has caused the displacement of close to 8 million people.
Malaysia Probes Possible Israeli Involvement in...
Malaysian authorities are investigating whether Israel’s spy agency was involved in the kidnapping of a Palestinian in Kuala Lumpur in late September, a senior police official said Wednesday
For Protection of Endangered Gorillas,Rwanda Turned...
Only 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild, and they are only live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Rwanda has turned to social media platform Instagram with an initiative they call GorillaGram to encourage tourists and locals to help the protection of the endangered gorillas.
Police: Suspected Gunman in Philippine Broadcaster’s...
Philippine police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of a radio journalist who was known for criticizing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his immediate predecessor
China ‘Gutted’ Press Freedom in Hong...
As ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping lauded his government for bringing “order from chaos” with a citywide crackdown on dissent in the wake of the 2019 protest movement, an international journalists’ group said press freedom has been “gutted” in the former British colony.
UN Security Council Meets on Mali...
briefing on the situation in Mali is given to the Security Council meeting by El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
As tensions Between Turkey and Greece...
A photograph of migrants found exposed and naked at the Greece-Turkey border last week shocked the world and raised concerns that the migrants and refugees may be the latest victims of Turkey-Greece tensions