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.

Year: 2022

September 29, 2022

Private American Pilots Help in Delivering...

To get supplies into Ukraine, private American pilots are working  with “Ukraine Air Rescue”. VOA Russian met some of them and has this story

Philippine Offshore Gaming Industry’s Future Uncertain...

The future of offshore gambling operations in the Philippines – targeted mainly at customers in China – is in question after the new government here announced a major crackdown this week on illegal online casinos and Chinese overstayers

Former BBC Journalist Sentenced to 3...

A former BBC television presenter and freelance journalist in Myanmar was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a military regime court in Yangon for violating the country’s Unlawful Associations Act, bringing her total time in jail to six years, a source in the legal community said

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Ahead of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East situation, including the Palestinian issue, Tor Wennesland (right), Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, speaks with Nicolas de Rivière, Permanent Representative of France to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of September

September 28, 2022

Horses Helping Healing of Wounded Ukrainian...

Ukrainian war veterans who lost limbs in battle are getting an unusual sort of therapy with help from some four-legged companions. Omelyan Oshchudlyak reports

‘I’ll be able to carry on...

Myanmar beauty queen Han Lay was granted asylum in Canada after a week after her detention in Bangkok

September 27, 2022

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

United Nations Security Council meeting is briefed on the situation in Afghanistan by Fawzia Koofi,former deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament om

Syrian Kurdish Women Protest Mahsa Amini’s...

In Northeast Syria’s Kurdish city of Qamishli, hundreds of women took part in a protest on Monday in support of Iranian women  condemning the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who sadly died on September 16 while in the custody of Iranian police

Bangladesh Allows Construction on Troubled Elevated...

Bangladesh’s government has allowed a Chinese contractor to resume construction of an elevated rapid bus route after suspending the project in the wake of a girder falling and killing five people in a car last month, officials said

Hong Kong Press Freedom Index Hits...

Press freedom in Hong Kong has declined for yet another year, with most local outlets now hesitant to criticize the Chinese government, according to a recent survey by the city’s journalists

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