Headlines- 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.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 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.
Year: 2022
Fundraising for Afghan Earthquake Relief by...
Areas of eastern Afghanistan devastated by a deadly earthquake are now receiving some international relief. However, according to humanitarian workers, much more is required. To aid those impacted, more than $100,000 has been raised through fundraising in Southern California
Thailand Hosts Transgender Pageant as Parliament...
The biggest transgender pageant in the world, which was held in Thailand, a nation with a spotlight on gender equality law, attracted competitors from as far away as Honduras and India for the first time since the pandemic
Sharia Court Jails Woman For Changing...
Starting Monday, a Malaysian single mother of three is spending a week behind bars for rescheduling her ex-husband’s visitation dates with their children, a move considered contempt of court under Islamic law which governs Muslim families in the country
Tibetan Convention Calls on Governments to...
Participants at an international meeting on Tibet called on governments to do more to advance the rights of Tibetans who face repression at the hands of the Chinese government
How Elon Musk’s Starlink is Aiding...
The deployment of thousands of Starlink satellite internet terminals by Elon Musk has significantly helped Ukraine in its conflict with Russia
Child Marriage: Too Young to Get...
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, there are 130 million child brides, already-married girls under the age of 18, and women who were married as children but are now adults across Africa. For the protection of girl child, the UN agency has urged African states and regional organisations to outlaw child marriage
Former Journalists For Hong Kong’s Folded...
One year after the paper was forced to shut down and several senior editors arrested by national security police, former reporters at Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper are still writing the stories the paper might have run, and posting them to social media
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Republic of Uzbekistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bakhtiyor Ibragimov (left), speaks before the Security Council about the situation in Afghanistan and its effects on global peace and security.
Displaced Ethiopians Face Dilemma:Stay or Return...
The lack of food and shelter has caused internally displaced people in Ethiopia’s Afar region to leave their camps. The United Nations is requesting more foreign aid and has issued a warning that returning home would not be any better
Poland Struggles to Help Millions of...
In recent months, Poles have generously welcomed those fleeing the conflict in the neighboring Ukraine. For Poland, which has a population of approximately 38 million, however, taking in more than 3 million refugees is a significant problem. Other European countries are providing help, as Greg Flakus reports from Warsaw, but if the conflict lasts for a very long time, the burden may be too much for the Poles to bear