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  • One person was killed and thirteen people were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanon town of Bedias.
  • Hezbollah claims that on Saturday, its fighters attacked Israeli forces in northern Israel and southern Lebanon 22 times.
  • As part of its blockade of Iran, the U.S. Central Command reported that since April 13, it has redirected 58 commercial vessels and disabled four.
  • In reference to the most recent U.S. peace initiative, President Trump told the French TV station LCI on Saturday that he "expects to hear very soon" from the Iranians.
  • Ten individuals and businesses that the Treasury Department says are "enabling efforts by Iran's military to secure weapons" and supplying raw materials for its drone and ballistic missile projects are the targets of sanctions.

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September 30, 2020

North Korea Arrests 20 Remittance Brokers...

North Korea has arrested 20 “phone brokers” who arrange calls and money transfers from outside the country in a nationwide crackdown on illegal mobile phone users, sources familiar with the cases told RFA

Ugandans Cry Foul Over Displacements from...

Uganda and Tanzania in September signed an agreement to build what they say will be the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, a $3.5 billion project that will run from southwestern Uganda to Dar es Salaam. Ugandan authorities say those affected will be compensated but rights groups worry that few details have been announced. Environmental activists warn the oil project, run by French Company Total and Chinese company CNOOC, also puts Uganda’s nature reserves and ecosystems at risk

September 29, 2020

Block Party Winning Hearts of New...

There may be quarantine, vacations might be canceled and schools partially closed, but NYC is not losing its spirit. Amid the continuing pandemic, New York’s one and only 7 O’Clock “Covid-Release” social-distance block party continues to win over hearts

New Armenia-Azerbaijan Fighting a Long Time...

Pashinyan appeared to be a fresh face who could give a new impetus to the long-stalled peace negotiations between the two sides. But as time went on, he adopted the same uncompromising positions as his predecessors and on occasion rhetorically went even further, most controversially saying at a speech in Karabakh that “Karabakh is Armenia – period.”

Kenyan Government Fighting Payout for Slum’s...

Residents of a Mombasa slum won a landmark payout in July over a pollution by a lead smelter that poisoned locals. Kenya’s government was ordered to pay $12 million to residents within 90 days because of its failure to enforce environmental regulations with the smelter, which closed in 2014. But the government has appealed the payout

Journalists Hit Out at Fresh Probe...

An ongoing investigation into a hard-hitting journalist with Hong Kong’s government broadcaster RTHK will have a “chilling effect” on the city’s news organizations, the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association (HKJA)

Father And Daughter Duet Benefiting from...

A South African father-daughter singing duo that gained attention in Britain for their singing talents has gone viral in Colombia after being mistakenly identified as relatives of a famous Italian opera singer

September 28, 2020

Macedonian Air Quality App

There are all kinds of apps that rate the air quality in your home and outside. But one young programmer has created one on his own, that has taken off in his native Macedonia and is expanding worldwide

September 27, 2020

A Community Forest

Meet a community that came together to create a woodland retreat

September 26, 2020

Kayaking:New Yorkers Find a Safe Way...

With gyms closed and a lot of sports club unable to reopen, New Yorkers have turned to a new safe way of exercising

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