Headlines- 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.
- At least 362 people were 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.
- 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.
Month: September 2023
Amid Modern Tensions,Search for Okinawa Bones...
One of the bloodiest land battles in the Pacific Ocean took place in 1945 when American forces attacked the Japanese island of Okinawa. A man who has spent decades looking for the bodies of those who were killed fears that Okinawa is again vulnerable as tensions rise between China and the United States.
Over One Million People Flee Conflict...
Over 1 million people have fled the conflict in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, according to the UN.The global body added, some of the neighboring nations, like South Sudan and Chad, are welcoming refugees, while others, like Egypt, have restrictions.
New Bosnia Defamation Law Will Restrict...
Opposition lawmakers, media watchdogs, and the EU are all concerned about the republic of Srpska in Bosnia adopting a law to make defamation a crime.