Headlines- The United Nations warns that 800,000 people in Yemen have lost access to life-saving food aid due to the conflict's escalation, and hospitals are overcrowded with injured combatants.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran was accused by a U.S. official of lying about a cargo ship that sank on Wednesday and of attacking it, most likely with a missile.
- A cargo ship struck a naval mine on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route," according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
- Protests against the government in the capital of Albania Tirana turned violent on Wednesday, leaving several official buildings severely damaged and at least one on fire.
- After the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage by Russia's FSB security agency, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned in Russia's ambassador on Wednesday.
Year: 2022
Uyghur Lecturer Sentenced to 13 Years,...
A Uyghur academic who studied in Germany has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to a security officer at a university where the man worked
International Mother Earth Theme is Marked...
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session, speaks during an Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature to Commemorate International Mother Earth Day: Contributions of Ecological Economics and Earth-centered Law in “Harmony with Nature”
Ukrainians Queue To Purchase Defiant Snake...
Thousands of people queued outside Kyiv’s main post office to purchase a stamp honoring defiant Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island. They refused to surrender to the Russian battleship Moskva, which sank in February
War Affects Ukrainian Children, Causing Trauma...
Explosions, death, displacement, and fear are all part of the story. The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have long-term ramifications for Ukrainians, particularly for the numerous children who have been displaced from their families as a result of the conflict
Muslim Girls Can Wear Hijabs at...
A court in Thailand’s Islamic-majority Deep South ruled Thursday that Muslim girls can wear hijabs at a Buddhist school housed within a temple where the principal had banned the religious headgear as part of the campus dress code
Mystery Fences Spring Up Blocking Shanghai...
Mysterious fences have begun appearing overnight blocking city thoroughfares in Shanghai amid a grueling COVID-19 lockdown affecting some 26 million people, residents told RFA
Adopted From Ukraine as a Child,...
Tom Birkhoff was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and was adopted by a family in the United States more than 15 years ago. But, now that his homeland has been invaded by Russia, he has launched a fundraising campaign to aid Ukraine. Birkhoff sends essential supplies and obtains funds, which he then distributes to a childhood friend
2 Children Among 6 Rohingya Killed...
Hundreds of Rohingya detained for two years in northern Malaysia escaped Wednesday following a pre-dawn riot, but six were killed by vehicles as they tried to cross a highway, in a tragic turn of events highlighting conditions at the country’s secretive immigrant detention centers
Chinese Police Order Residents to Hand...
Police in the central Chinese province of Hunan have ordered local residents to hand over their passports to police, promising to return them “when the pandemic is over,” amid a massive surge in people looking for ways to leave China or obtain overseas immigration status
Emotional Support for Nigerian Journalists is...
new media initiative is providing trauma support to Nigerian journalists working on the front lines of conflict reporting