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
Artificial Intelligence Can Create, But Critics...
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has the potential to change the arts and entertainment industry, from music to movies, but it is also causing some concern. Is AI a tool for creativity or a threat to creators and artists?
Ukrainian Startups in Poland Throw a...
During the first nine months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 14,000 Ukrainian companies were reportedly started in neighboring Poland.Having overcome the odds of starting a business abroad, those Ukrainian entrepreneurs are now succeeding and making big and small contributions to their country’s war efforts.
Uyghur Death in Thai Refugee Detention...
The death of a Uyghur detainee held in a refugee detention center in Thailand has intensified calls from human rights organizations for Thai authorities to provide better living conditions and health services for Uyghur inmates and to allow them to apply for asylum.
Supreme Court of India Holds Landmark...
In response to petitions filed by several members of the LGBTQ community, India’s Supreme Court is holding landmark hearings on the legalisation of same-sex marriage.
Being in Wrong Place at wrong...
Some of the scenarios that resulted in shootings this month in the United States involve showing up at the wrong front door, driving the wrong driveway, and retrieving a basketball from an angry neighbor’s yard. Gun control advocates say the shootings show the need for stricter gun ownership restrictions in the US.
Since Rana Plaza Collapse,Bangladesh Factory Safety...
In the decade since the Rana Plaza disaster, local and international labor advocates acknowledge that safety in Bangladesh’s garment factories has improved.
‘Thousands’ of Trafficked People Held at...
Thousands of human trafficking victims from all over Asia – and as far away as Africa – are trapped at a scam casino complex on the Thai-Burmese border that RFA has been investigating, local sources say.
Court Blocks Small Town in South...
After a court decided against the town’s use of an independent solar electricity producer instead of the country’s utility, Eskom, the little town of Frankfort, South Africa, would experience fresh power outages.
Junta’s Second Bombing of Sagaing Village...
A military airstrike last week on a village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region where an earlier attack killed nearly 200 people was part of a bid to “destroy evidence,” a member of the armed opposition said Monday, as reports emerged that the latest bombing killed nearly 20 of the junta’s own troops.
To Save Lives,US Transplant Surgeon Heads...
A New York transplant surgeon plans his third trip to Ukraine, where he has been working with doctors to help patients affected by Russia’s war with that country. Dr. Robert Montgomery, the surgeon, is also working to raise money for the purchase of medical equipment for a hospital in Lviv.