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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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August 11, 2020

COVID-19 South Africa Commuter Safety

As South Africa continues to ease coronavirus restrictions, technical experts and public health experts are working on plans to protect the health of the 14 million South Africans who rely on a complex network of regulated minibus taxis to get to work, school and more. Innovators and investors say this could be an African solution to a problem that affects millions of others in Africa, and beyond

Cambodian Teachers’ Activist Attacked in Alleged...

Ouk Chhayavy, president of the Cambodian Independence Teacher Association (CITA) was riding a motorbike in Kandal province with her husband when two men she did not recognize pulled up on a motorbike, grabbed the handlebars and pushed the couple to the ground, she told RFA

August 10, 2020

Hong Kong: RSF Denounces Arrest of...

Jimmy Lai , 71, the founder of the Hong Kong pro-democracy daily Apple Daily , was arrested at his home on the morning of August 10, 2020 on charges of “collusion with foreign powers”

Salmon Is Disappearing From Russia’s Amur...

The scarcity of the region’s salmon is a hot topic in Khabarovsk, one that everyone — not only the region’s 22,500 indigenous people — is concerned about. Spend some time in the capital city of Khabarovsk, home to nearly half of the sparsely populated region’s 1.3 million people, and most will tell you they can no longer afford the fish that used to be bountiful

August 9, 2020

Zimbabwe Accused of Stiffling Press Freedom

Security forces thwarted the July 31 protests against corruption and poverty,arresting Chin’ono and an opposition leader.  South Africa is sendingenvoys to Zimbabwe to investigate reports of escalating rightsabuses,which the government denies

Broadway Shows Won’t Return Until 2021

NYC’s famous Broadway shows were put on hold when the coronavirus pandemic hit the US. And though the bright signs with pictures of “Aladdin” and “The Lion King” are still there, the actors and audiences won’t come back into the beautiful halls to enjoy the performances until at least the winter of 2021

‘They Don’t Reveal The True Statistics’:...

Iran’s Alborz Province has been hit by a spike in COVID-19 cases. Citizen journalists in the provincial capital, Karaj, have sent video to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda and say authorities are not revealing the true scale of the pandemic

August 8, 2020

‘I Beg God, Nobody Else’: Pakistani...

A Pakistani woman is making soccer balls and selling them on an Islamabad road to support her family after husband was paralyzed four years ago. Abida Bibi hopes to pay for her four daughters to complete their education

Ethiopians Living in Egypt Say Racism...

The long-running dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile River dam remains unresolved, and on the streets of Cairo Ethiopian residents say racism and hostilities against them are intensifying

August 7, 2020

Police in China’s Guangdong Order Eviction...

Shandong police are now leading a nationwide operation that has detained at least eight people and questioned many others following the gathering at a restaurant in Fujian’s port city of Xiamen to socialize and to share ideas about China’s development

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