Headlines
  • After United States halted its strikes on Iran for the last two nights, the Iranian military said it had halted retaliation airstrikes against US allies in the Middle East.
  • Reopening the Strait of Hormuz and their respective territorial waterways is a topic of ongoing talks between Iran and Oman.
  • Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, personally blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of carrying out the Caspian Sea attack at Israel's behest.
  • After a nearly 24-hour search in downtown Berlin following the Pride attack, Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots killed.
  • Since the start of the year, wildfires in France have burned around 115,000 hectares, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on Sunday.
  • Eight people, including six children, were discovered dead inside a Michigan home on Friday.

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November 14, 2020

UN Rights Chief Alarmed by Reports...

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warns escalating fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could spiral out of control if allowed to continue much longer. More than a week of fighting between the Ethiopian army and forces of the Tigray regional government has resulted in civilian casualties and widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure. Reports of …

Myanmar Ruling Party Follows Election Win...

With nearly all votes tallied from Sunday’s vote, the NLD clinched a clear majority of seats in the bicameral national Union Parliament, the Union Election Commission (UEC) said on Friday

November 13, 2020

Saving Buzludzha​, Bulgaria’s Mountaintop Communist Monument

Buzludzha is the biggest communist-era monument in the Balkans. Built on a mountaintop in Bulgaria in 1981, it’s since fallen into ruin and its very future is at risk

Mass Exodus As Armenians Flee Nagorno-Karabakh

Scores of people were seen leaving the war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh region for Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, on November 11. The road they were taking passes through Kalbacar, a corridor formerly held by Armenia

Displaced Afghans Worry About Living Conditions...

Internally displaced families in the eastern Khost province are deeply concerned about their living conditions as temperatures plunge and weather conditions become rough

November 12, 2020

Big City Teleworkers Migrate to Bali...

Up until recently, the Indonesian tourist destination of Bali has seen empty beaches and hotel rooms. But that’s changing in a most unusual way

Journalists Protest Against Increasing Curbs On...

Dozens of journalists demonstrated in Islamabad November 11 to condemn what they see as increasing governmental pressure on media, including censorship, the unfair dismissal of journalists, and the non-payment of salaries. They also demanded the restoration of the transmission of Channel 24 News

Afghan Drug Addicts in Kandahar Call...

There are an estimated 300,000 drug addicts in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, and authorities say that number is rising

Jailed Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut to...

The award will be presented at a virtual conference, “Freedom to Think 2020: Responding to Attacks on Higher Education,” and will be accepted by Dawut’s daughter, Akeda Pulati, who described her mother in an SAR statement Wednesday as “a scholar, not a criminal.”

November 11, 2020

Hundreds Left Homeless by Hurricane Eta...

One week after the devastation caused by Hurricane Eta in the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, hundreds of families are struggling to get back on their feet

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