Military rulers have ordered rolling blackouts in Myanmar’s two major cities — Yangon and Naypyidaw — cycling off power in different areas for longer periods to manage electricity demand and prevent a total grid collapse, electricity officials said.
A glimpse of the brutality of Syria’s civil war might have been found in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, which is located outside of Damascus. Yarmouk, which had a population of over 150,000, was destroyed in the early years of the conflict.Now, many are returning to try to rebuild their devastated homes and their lives.
On Monday, President Joe Biden visits to New Orleans in the wake of a deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack.The assailant was inspired by Islamic State, according to the FBI, which is carrying out an investigation.
Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
The once formidable Awami League has faded from the limelight in Bangladesh, leading some political analysts to question the party’s future amid uncertainty about whether it will be allowed to participate in elections again.
North Korean soldiers are fighting with deteriorated supplies and outdated weapons and may have been carrying no food rations during their recent combat operations in Russia’s Kursk region, a Ukrainian special operations sergeant told Radio Free Asia.