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.
Month: July 2024
Photos: Deadly Unrest in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is experiencing its worst civil unrest in more than a decade as over 30 have died over the last three days including 25 on Thursday, according to Agence France-Presse, as students launched protests against a discriminatory job quota system.
Permanent Representative of United States to...
Representative of the United States to the United Nations, briefs reporters on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.
Investigative Journalist in Peru Weathers Physical...
A Peruvian investigative media outlet uncovered high-level corruption in the government. Threats and legal action are now being faced by their journalists.
At Least 6 Killed in Bangladesh...
A court’s reinstatement of a quota system for government jobs has stirred violent unrest. Ahammad Foyez/Dhaka At least six people died and hundreds were injured during a third day of student protests in Bangladesh on Tuesday against a quota system for government jobs that has sparked escalating violence and brought parts of the country to …
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Gymnastics:Pakistani Sisters Choose Over Working as...
In Pakistan, sixty-four percent of people are under thirty. While there aren’t many opportunities for this population to play sports,they barely exist for the country’s girls.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security, on the theme “Multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order”
Over 300 Bangladesh Students Injured in...
Hundreds of university students in Bangladesh erupted in fury on Monday against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she equated those who wanted to end quotas for independence heroes’ families with Pakistan army collaborators during the independence war.
Russia’s Missiles Destroy School in Largest...
The Russian missile strike on July 8, which resulted in the destruction of Ukraine’s largest children hospital and its school for seriously ill children trying to continue their studies, was also destroyed. Since its opening at the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, the School of Superheroes has expanded to other children’s hospitals throughout the country.
Ministerial Opening of High-level Political Forum...
Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the ministerial opening of the High-level Political Forum 2024.