Headlines- A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Month: October 2023
Body Found in Myanmar’s Pale Township...
Myanmar’s junta killed a man as a convoy of troops moving through Sagaing region continued to raid villages and abduct residents, locals told Radio Free Asia Friday.
Witch Camps Would be Shut Down...
Ghana’s parliament voted a bill, making it a crime to accuse someone of practicing witchcraft in late July. The bill will also force the closure of camps where hundreds of accused witches live in exile if the president signs it into law.
Thai Police Arrest 2 Suspects for...
Two men accused of selling a gun to a 14-year-old suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting spree at a popular Bangkok shopping mall have been arrested, Thai police said Thursday.
Thousands Flee Sagaing Region Townships After...
Almost 5,000 people have fled their homes after two days of raids on villages in Sagaing region’s Salingyi township, locals told RFA on Thursday.
New Uncertainties Face Afghans Seeking Refuge...
All illegal immigrants must leave Pakistan willingly by November 1 or face deportation, according to Pakistani authorities. The Afghan population, many of whom fled their country after the Taliban captured power in August 2021, are those who will be most affected by the new order.
At Washington’s National Mall, World Culture...
Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from September 29 to October 1, for the fourth World Culture Festival. The festival was first held in Bangalore in 2006, and it continued in Berlin in 2011 and Delhi in 2016. More than 3 million people showed up to that event.
As immigrants Flood City, Mayor of...
In September, there was a sudden surge in the number of migrants crossing the Rio Grande after a decline in illegal immigration at the border. City officials in Eagle Pass, Texas, were forced to declare and extend a state of emergency due to the sudden surge of thousands into the border city.
Using Artificial Intelligence, Kenya’s Longhorn Publishers...
With the use of artificial intelligence technology, sometimes known as A.I., Longhorn Publishers, a publishing company based in Kenya, is helping students with different financial backgrounds to attend high-quality education.
DRC Initiative fights Waste Pollution in...
Resilience for Development Group, a non-governmental organization led by entrepreneur Mukengere Muderhwa Bienvenu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is helping residents of eastern city of Goma by cleaning up pollution from Lake Kivu, which is where they get their drinking water.