Headlines- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
- said it is targeting Houthi positions in Taiz and Marib.
- A missile attack on Aden International Airport put 151 passengers on a Yemenia flight headed for Cairo in danger, the transport minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government said.
- The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has seen the least amount of deforestation in almost 40 years.
- Heidi Levine, a journalist for the Washington Post, was injured on Friday after being assaulted by some Israeli settlers while working in the occupied West Bank.
- Ahead of the country's April 2027 presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed on Wednesday that political forces are "exploiting" the country's student protesters..
- Authorities said at a press conference that the mass shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday that claimed the lives of three students and one teacher occurred inside a special needs classroom. They also identified the suspected shooter and some of the victims.
Year: 2024
Rebels Arrested in Connection to Attempted...
Junta forces arrested 13 members of an urban guerrilla group on suspicion of planning an attack on the leader of Myanmar’s military regime, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, state-run media reported.
Surplus,Unsaleable Goods Directed to Vulnerable by...
Nigeria is grappling with its greatest crisis in decades due to rising living costs. A food bank in Lagos has begun partnered with farmers to gather excess produce because the United Nations has estimated that 31 million Nigerians may experience acute hunger this year.The aim is to make sure itends up on families’ tables instead of going to waste.
Israel Pauses Daytime Fighting to Allow...
The Israeli military announced on Sunday that daytime fighting near the critical Gaza aid route had reached a “tactical pause.”The plan falls short of a total cease-fire outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden.
Death on North America’s Highest Peak...
Ninety-six climbers died between 1903 and 2006 on the Alaskan mountain formerly known as Mount McKinley, according to a 2008 study by researchers from the University of Utah who noted that “climbers from Asia had the highest odds of dying.”
African Men Speak on Fatherhood
Some Africans have described parenthood as a blessing which allows a man to teach his children valuable lessons and grooming them for the future, as the world prepares to commemorate Father’s Day on Sunday.For more, VOA reporters took to the streets of Ghana’s capital Accra, Malawi’s capital Lilongwe and Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to speak to fathers.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Alice Nderitu, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Preventionof Genocide, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security.
Through Converted ATMs, Kenyan Aid Group...
In Kenya, a public-private collaboration provides free sanitary napkins to female students. The sanitary napkins that are dispensed from converted ATMs at school.The goal is to provide sanitary pads to underprivileged children so they won’t have to miss class due to menstruation
China’s C-919 Jet Hopes to Challenge...
Northern Vietnam is affected by flooding and landslides. Philippine Independence Day was observed.BTS’s oldest member, Jin was discharged from the South Korean army. Chinatown in Jakarta combines tradition and modernity.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen).
Africa’s Clean Cooking Initiative Aims to...
The World Bank says that one of the main causes of household air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa is traditional cooking fuels and technology, which has adverse impacts on the region’s population’s health. Stoves that consume less fuel and charcoal are now being introduced as part of a campaign to encourage climate-friendly cooking in the region and improve air quality.