Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 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.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Year: 2022
Former Hong Kong Healthcare Union Founder...
Authorities in Hong Kong have revoked bail for former healthcare union chief and democracy activist Winnie Yu, putting her back behind bars on International Women’s Day
United Nations General Assembly Will Meet...
As a follow-up to the United Nations Secretary-General’s “Our Common Agenda” report,Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the General Assembly in an informal thematic consultation. This is the 5th thematic cluster on the topic of “enhancing international cooperation”
A Ukrainian Family Flees Russian Shelling...
Each of the two million Ukrainians who have left Russia’s invasion has a heartbreaking tale of loss and separation
Human Rights Groups Urge UN Rights...
The U.N. human rights chief must issue an overdue report on serious rights violations by Chinese authorities targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in Xinjiang, some 200 human rights groups said in an appeal on Wednesday, a day after she announced that she would visit China and the turbulent region in May
Refugees From Ukraine Pour into Poland,...
More than 1.2 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Poland since the Russian incursion began, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. They’ve been welcomed into Poland
Volunteers From Kramatorsk Are Doing Everything...
The resistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine comes in many different of forms. For some residents in the Donetsk region, this means flooding their local volunteer centre with supplies for Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russian forces
Woman Found Chained in China’s Feng...
Authorities in China have painted over a mural and deleted accounts and memes supporting the woman found chained by the neck in the eastern province of Jiangsu, as internet users used her image to mark International Women’s Day
In Kenya,Women Are Overcoming Obstacles to...
Women own a limited percentage of property in Kenya, as they do in much of Africa, and only about 14% of Kenya’s real estate brokers are female
Afghan Journalist: ‘Our Values Were Trampled’
They had been reporting from Kandahar, Afghanistan, for years. The Anwari sisters are now adjusting to life in the United States
Residents of Irpin, Ukraine, Are Fleeing...
Thousands of people are attempting to flee Irpin, Ukraine’s second largest city, to Kyiv, the country’s capital, which is nearly 25 kilometres distant. To halt oncoming Russian tanks, Ukrainian forces blew up bridges near the city