Headlines- The catastrophic flooding in Nepal has left at least 1,010 people dead and 3,916 missing,546 people are missing and 16 people have died in Tibet.
- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
Year: 2022
New York City’s Food Businesses Struggle...
On Wall Street, concerns of a recession have grown as inflation in the US has reached a 40-year high. However, it seems that the majority of the cost of increased prices is being borne by customers and small businesses
Ukraine’s War Babies Step Into A...
In Ukraine, more than 100,000 kids have been born since the beginning of the extensive Russian invasion. The ceiling of a bomb shelter was what the most of them first saw. An air raid siren was among the first sounds that many of them heard.In Ukraine, more than 100,000 kids have been born since the beginning of the extensive Russian invasion. The ceiling of a bomb shelter was what the most of them first saw. An air raid siren was among the first sounds that many of them heard. With cameraperson Eugene Shynkar,VOA’s Anna Chernikova went to a maternity hospital in Kyiv that has been serving as a bomb shelter and is also the starting point of a new journey of hope for new parents
Refugees: ARSA Rebels Threaten Rohingya Leaders...
Five years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled a brutal crackdown by Myanmar’s military, refugees stuck at camps in southeastern Bangladesh say they feel increasingly unsafe as ARSA rebels and armed criminal gangs are targeting community leaders for attack
Ailing Vietnam Journalist Pham Doan Trang...
Award-winning Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang is in increasingly poor health as she heads back to court this week to appeal her nine-year jail sentence for “conducting anti-state propaganda,” her lawyer told RFA on Wednesday
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, addresses United Nations Security Council Meeting on Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine
For Displaced Rohingya People,Wheels of Justice...
More than 700,000 Muslims from the Rohingya ethnic group fled a brutal military “clearance operation” in Myanmar five years ago after reporting that an insurgent Rohingya group had attacked police outposts.The ensuing retaliation from Myanmar security forces which led to massive exodus as well as the accusation of genocide against army leaders
Prison For Ex-PM Najib as Top...
Last-minute theatrics failed to save former Prime Minister Najib Razak from the lockup Tuesday as Malaysia’s highest court upheld his conviction in a 1MDB-related case and sent him to Kajang prison on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to serve his 12-year sentence for corruption
Hail,Torrential Rain Leave At Least 31...
Hail and heavy rain caused the deaths of at least 31 people in Tibetan-populated counties in northwestern China’s Qinghai and Gansu provinces, Tibetan sources said. More than 2,000 heads of livestock were also killed in the storms
Permanent UN Security Council Representatives Brief...
Following the Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan, Enrique Ochoa, the Political Coordinator for Mexico’s Permanent Mission to the UN,and other Security Council members hold a press conference
Ukrainian Company Repairs Broken Drones for...
The conflict in Ukraine is highly dependent on unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. It can be challenging, though, to keep them in the air.One Ukrainian company is doing just that and more