Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
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.