Headlines- A shooting that took place early on Sunday on a pedestrian promenade near to the University of Iowa campus in downtown Iowa City injured at least three students.
- After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
- Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
- On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
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President of UN Security Council Briefs...
Linda Thomas-Greenfield,Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the Month of December, briefs reporters on behalf of several Member States on Women, Peace and Security Shared Commitments on December.
As Rebels Take Major City in...
Syrian rebels have taken considerable ground, including most of Aleppo, Syria’s second city, and are still fighting their way to the city of Hama in the largest escalation in the Syrian war in years. In Idlib and Aleppo, Syria.
Soviet Famine-Focused Art Collection Gifted to...
While serving as president of the US-Ukraine Business Council, the late American businessman Morgan Williams was actively involved in promoting Ukrainian business. While in Ukraine, Williams started collecting artwork about the Holodomor, a famine that killed millions of people in the early 1930s and was engineered by Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Now all that artwork has a home.
Converting One of California’s Biggest Landfills...
Once America’s second-largest landfill, it is currently being transformed into a recreational park in Southern California.
North Korea Bans 2 South Korean...
North Korea has banned two popular dishes from being sold in restaurants because they are South Korean in origin, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.
Building and Sending Drones to the...
Even though Vyacheslav Strazhets, a citizen of Vinnytsia, lost his right arm during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,but even as an amputee, he is doing what he can to help other soldiers fight the war.
Report Finds,More New Yorkers Struggling With Food...
According to a recent research, more people in America’s largest city are facing food insecurity as they gather around the dinner table for Thanksgiving. In New York, more people, especially those with jobs, are visiting local food pantries.
Israel-Hezbollaha Cease-fire Offers Lebanese and Israelis...
On its first day, thousands of Lebanese were returning to their homes in southern Lebanon as part of a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah mediated by the United States. With the cease-fire, many Israelis hope that the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will also come to an end.
Jailed Chinese Dissident Xu Zhiyong Ends...
Prominent Chinese dissident Xu Zhiyong, jailed after penning an open letter calling on President Xi Jinping to step down, has ended his hunger strike in prison, according to social media reports from people close to his family.
Ukraine’s Population Decline Fueled by War...
The population of Ukraine has been shrinking for the past 30 years, and officials say that the full-scale war with Russia has accelerated its decline.