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
Six Dead,Thousands Infected in Myanmar by...
At least six people have died and 2,457 have been infected in Myanmar since the start of the month amid an outbreak of a new omicron variant of COVID-19, the junta’s Ministry of Health announced Thursday
ÙN General Assembly Remembers Queen Elizabeth...
Barbara Woodward, the permanent representative of the United Kingdom to the UN, addresses at the second plenary session of the General Assembly, which is being hosted to pay tribute to the memory of Queen Elizabeth II
Marcos Rejects Duterte-Style Drug War But...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. indicated in a television interview that he would shun his predecessor’s hardcore approach to fighting drugs, but said he still intended to shield former leader Rodrigo Duterte from international prosecution over alleged extrajudicial killings
China’s Anhui Publishes Draft Rules Allowing...
Faced with falling birth rates, authorities in Anhui are gearing up to remove bans on unmarried women having children
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East situation is presided over by Nicolas de Rivière, Permanent Representative of France to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of September (Syria) on September
Experts Say Russian Soldiers’ Morale is...
According to experts, Ukraine’s surprise counteroffensive in the country’s northeast stunned the Russian army, dealing its adversary a significant operational loss
Newly Arrived Rohingya Refugees Say Hundreds...
Hundreds of people were waiting to cross into Bangladesh from Myanmar, a small group of newly arrived Rohingya told BenarNews, amid fierce fighting close to the border that has sparked diplomatic protests over reports of artillery and mortar shells landing in Bangladeshi territory
Authorities in Xinjiang Detain Hundreds of...
More than 600 mostly young Uyghurs from a village in Ghulja were detained by authorities in Xinjiang on Monday after they ignored a strict COVID-19 lockdown and staged a peaceful street protest against a lack of food that has led to starvation and deaths, a local police officer said
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
During the United Nations security council meeting, a view of a participant on the Sudan and South Sudan
Fighting Dampens Ethiopian New Year Celebrations
Ethiopians celebrated the start of their new year on Sunday, or Enkutatash. A curfew was imposed in some conflict-affected areas as a result of renewed fighting, which dampened celebrations. However, people’s hopes have been raised by reports that peace negotiations may resume