Headlines- The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
- According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
- On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
- The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
- A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
- In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.
Year: 2023
Guards Beat Prison Inmates to Death...
Guards have severely beaten and interrogated 24 inmates of a prison in Myanmar’s eastern Bago region, according to sources close to the prison.
21st Session of High-Level Committee on...
A wide view of the high-level Committee on South-South Cooperation’s 21st session
Refugees’ ‘Nothing Left’ Description of City...
According to reports, fighting and intercommunal violence between the Sudanese army forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the state of West Darfur have intensified recently. Witnesses who escaped the city of Geneina say that their hometown is being destroyed.
Indonesian Leader Orders Crackdown on Human...
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered a crackdown on human trafficking syndicates Tuesday after officials revealed that nearly 2,000 of the country’s overseas migrant workers had died since 2020 because of abuse, accidents or illness.
Intense Clashes in Myanmar’s Chin,Shan States...
Intense fighting between the military and anti-junta forces in Myanmar’s Chin and Shan states since the weekend left 19 dead, including four civilians, RFA Burmese has learned.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Edem Wosornu, briefs United Nations Security Council meeting about the situation in the Middle East (Syria)
More women Ready to Help in...
As the U.N. urges greater participation of women in international peace and security efforts, West African women are playing a more significant role in the region’s military campaign to combat extremism. In order win hearts and minds in terrorist hot spots, order to win over people in terrorist hotspots, U.S.-led training is helping in putting more women on the front lines.
Mogadishu Book Fair Promotes Literary Revival
After a break of three years due COVID pandemic,the Mogadishu Book Fair, an annual literary event that launched in 2015, was held last week. The fair, which brought together literary artists and young people meant to promote reading and Somali culture and history. It was held in the National Theatre of Somalia.
Over 80 of Nigeria’s “Chibok Girls”...
Three more schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Borno state more than nine years ago were rescued by the Nigerian military this month. In that 2014 incident, Boko Haram raided a public secondary school in the Chibok town and seized nearly three hundred students. Negotiations resulted in the release of many of the girls, but many more are being held captive.
Thailand:Pro-Democracy Activists urge Senate to Respect...
Thai voters elect the progressive Move Forward Party to lead their country’s next government.But over a week later, powerful political rivals are blocking the party’s progress and forcing an early climbdown over the controversial royal defamation bill.