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  • 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.

Year: 2025

February 21, 2025

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of February, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Central African Republic

February 20, 2025

China Repatriates 200 Citizens from Myanmar...

Two hundred Chinese nationals were due to be flown to their homeland on Thursday in aircraft laid on by their government after leaving online fraud centers in an eastern Myanmar district on the border with Thailand, Thai officials said.

Ultra Marathon in Memory of Father...

Darlington and Stockton Times,23-year-old Archie Whitfield lost his father, Dave, to a brain tumor when he was only 58 years old. Dave was a Thirsk native who served as a councillor and teacher in the Sowerby and Topcliffe division of United Kingdom.

Sloughi Dog Breed

Native to North Africa, the Sloughi dog is a medium-to-large hound breed known by its long legs, slender frame, short fur, and quick reflexes.

Rohingya in Limbo as Some Aid...

Bangladeshi officials say the move by the United States – the world’s largest single aid donor, according to the United Nations – has affected various services helping the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, including health, water and sanitation, education, and livelihood. 

Protect From Cyber Trolling

Amnesty International provides some important steps how to protect users from cyber trolling: Threats of violence, discrimination, harassment, doxxing (disclosing personal or identifying documents), and the unauthorized sharing of sexually explicit and private images are just a few examples of the various ways that abuse can be committed online.

Land Mines Slow Return to Syria’s...

One of Syria’s premier tourist destinations before to the civil war was the ancient Palmyra ruins. But as Heather Murdock of VOA reports, the modern city is now in ruins and covered with mines, that have killed several people trying to return home.

February 19, 2025

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Delegates from Slovenia and Sierra Leone in conversation ahead of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.

‘I Want to Defect to South’:North...

A North Korean soldier captured in Russia has given the first public account of conditions supporting Russian forces, struggling with a language barrier, inadequate support and Ukrainian drones on what he had been told was a training mission.

Apology for ‘Fake’ Snow

Following widespread online criticism from tourists, a tourist village in Sichuan province in southwest China, known for its picturesque winter scenery, apologized for using cotton wool and soapy water to produce artificial snow.

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