Headlines- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
Year: 2024
Back in Business:Bookstore Forced to Close...
Jifeng Bookstore reopened in Washington to reach a new audience by bringing literature and debate to the city six years after it was forced to close its doors in Shanghai.
Tribes Celebrate Largest Dam Removal in...
Fish migration on California’s second-largest river has been blocked by dams for more than a century. With the last of four dams removed, Native Americans who depend on the river have achieved a major victory.
In Somalia,Female genital mutilation continues to...
Millions of women and girls in Somalia continue to suffer from the harmful tradition of female genital mutilation despite global efforts to stop it.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Samuel Žbogar, Representative to the Security Council of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations Security Council and President of the Security Council for the month of September, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East
‘Outsiders’ Blamed for Disruption as Bangladesh...
Bangladeshi workers launched protests for a third consecutive day outside about 130 garment factories on Tuesday to demand higher wages, marking the first such action in the country’s all-important ready-made garment sector since an interim government took office last month.
UN General Assembly Meets on General...
Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 105th plenary meeting of the General Assembly on general and complete disarmament to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
Egg-freezing Gains Popularity, Giving Women More...
Due to financial challenges and carrier demands, an increasing number of women in South Korea are choosing not to have children. However, freezing eggs is becoming popular as a way for women to postpone having children while still having options.
Israel Continues on it’s Large-Scale Operation...
In an effort to root out what it claims to be Islamic Jihad and Hamas infrastructure, Israel has been assaulting the northern West Bank for nearly a week. Palestinians say that the Israeli operation has destroyed roads in Jenin and killed at least twenty people. Tensions are escalating in the West Bank, according to Israeli analysts.
As Pope Arrives in Indonesia,Muslim Groups...
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday, the first stop on a four-nation tour to Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea – which will be his longest foreign trip since he became pontiff in 2013.
Paris Flame Barely Extinguished,’Superfan’Readies for 2028...
Even though the Paris Olympics have just concluded, some diehard fans are already making plans for the Summer Games in Los Angeles, California, in 2028. One of them is Vivianne Robinson. The self-described superfan of the Olympics has been following the Games flame all over the world.