Headlines- Saudi Arabia attacks the Houthi-held city of Hodeidah in Yemen.
- According to Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia, recent IRGC attacks in Erbil, Iraq, destroyed "almost all" US military infrastructure.
- After a vehicle drove into a crowd on Saturday during Berlin's LGBTQ celebrations, police confirmed a manhunt was underway.
- Nearly 260,000 people have been forced to flee due to uncontrolled wildfires that are blazing on Saturday in the southwest of France near Madrid, the capital of Spain prompted French government to send out its military.
- Eight people, including six children, were discovered dead inside a Michigan home on Friday.
- Flavio Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, was officially announced on Saturday as the candidate from his father's Liberal Party to challenge the incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- The most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed over 1,309 lives.
- In Syria, two buses collided, which caused at least 35 deaths and 30 injuries.
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First-Ever Public Bus Service Launched For...
The first-ever public bus service for the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar has been launched by the local government. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which uses hyrbrid buses, was completed at a cost of more than $400 million
Kamala Harris: Breaking Down Barriers, Confronting...
Biden was stunned by the attack and protested that he was only opposed to forced busing mandated by the federal government — although he had often worked as a senator himself in the 1970s and 1980s to oppose school busing to racially desegregate schools. But he later apologized for his comments about his working relationships with Southern segregationist lawmakers
US-backed Syrian Forces Target IS Sleeper...
The recent assassinations of tribal leaders in eastern Syria have triggered a new campaign by U.S.-backed forces to hunt down Islamic State sleeper cells in the region
COVID-19: Focus Turkey
Turkey is seeking to save its vital tourism sector amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the easing of restrictions as part of the government’s return to normalcy is leading to a surge in infections
China Lending Bangladesh Almost $1 BN...
In May the Ministry of Finance asked for $853 million to implement the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration project in the greater Rangpur region. The Chinese loan marks the first time that China, India’s regional rival, will be involved in a river management project in Bangladesh
Public Toilet Erected on Former Site...
The Mosque Rectification drive, part of a series of hardline policies under top leader Xi Jinping, predates the mass incarceration of as many as 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a vast network of internment camps in the XUAR that began in April 2017
Kenya’s Souvenir Beadmakers Struggle as Tourism...
The annual Great Migration of wildlife across Tanzania and Kenya usually attracts thousands of tourists on safari, bringing income to trades that depend on them — such as souvenir makers. But, as the COVID-19 pandemic has dropped tourism numbers, Kenya’s craftsmen and women are suffering. In Narok, Kenya, women who specialize in beadwork for tourists have seen their incomes drop to a fraction of what they were last year
Beatings And Humiliations In Belarusian Jails
Anxious relatives gather at the walls of Belarusian jails, while inside there are reports of beatings and humiliations. Thousands of people have been detained amid days of protests against the alleged rigging of the August 9 presidential election
Dozens Gather at Catholic Monastery in...
Describing themselves as “spontaneous” groups, the protesters crowded the monastery’s Cross Hill on Aug. 10 and 11, demanding land used for decades by the monastery, though a local priest said the move may have been sparked instead by the recent placement of a memorial to the cross that was destroyed
Who Designs DC
Have you ever wondered where Washington, D.C., gets its singular good looks? A commission made up of experts in the arts has a say about almost every public building, monument and space in America’s capital city