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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COVID-19: Kenya Mental Health
Kenya’s Ministry of Health says the number of mental health cases have jumped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the country’s mental health taskforce, 25% of coronavirus outpatients and 40% of in-hospital patients suffer from mental health issues such as depression. But more Kenyans are seeking help and speaking up about it
South Africa’s Natural Deaths Spike During...
Bradshaw said the SAMRC has been receiving data from the Department of Home Affairs of all the registered deaths and for years, that has been painting a picture of the mortality trends annually.
Malawi President Vows to Close in...
In his state of the nation address Saturday night, Chakwera said the plunder is contained in the recent Auditor General’s report which looks into how the government managed its finances for the past two years. Chakwera has vowed to apprehend, without mercy, those involved in corruption.
Flying Fruit: Homemade Cable Cars Help...
In the Sulak canyon of Russia’s Republic of Daghestan, farmers rely on a system of makeshift, hand-powered cable cars to transport their produce across a mountain river
‘I Felt Humiliated’: Afghan Moms Fight...
Afghan mothers are waging a battle to get their names on their children’s national ID cards. Despite giving birth, they are not recognized as legal guardians of their own children. As part of a campaign called “Where Is My Name,” female lawmakers and activists are challenging Afghanistan’s staunchly patriarchal society where only the father’s and grandfather’s names appear on national IDs
Ombudsperson: Corruption Exists In COVID-19 Budget...
Ghizaal Haress, head Ombudsperson, told a news conference on Saturday that the bureau had begun investigating corruption and smuggling of ventilators into Pakistan in stages
Negotiations Do Not Stop Civil Conflict:...
The crisis is rooted in Cameroon’s declaration of independence (1960). Since then, frictions between the English-speaking minority and the French-speaking majority have increased, culminating in 2017 with the declaration of independence of the irredentists and the birth of the Republic of Ambazonia (from Ambas Bay, the bay of the Mungo river that in colonial period marked the border between the Republic of Cameroon and south-western English Cameroon). From that moment, the confrontation, which until then had been confined to the political debate, resulted in serious clashes between separatists and the regular army. According to the United Nations, the conflict killed over 3,000 people and forced half a million inhabitants to flee to the French-speaking regions of Cameroon or neighboring Nigeria
Immigration Artist
Artist Dominick Cocozza is only 18 years old. But his painting of two migrant children holding a sign that reads “Bring Our Mom Back” is already being displayed at the U.S. Capitol
South African Sardine
Every June or July, giant schools of sardines ply South Africa’s east coast, swimming north after spawning. The annual migration of these tiny fish, called the sardine run, delights fishermen and women – in part because it also draws in larger marine predators
COVID-19: Spain Resurgence
Spain was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in April but after imposing one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns, the infection and death rates dropped. However, that trend is taking a turn for the worse. As Alfonso Beato reports from Barcelona, the cases have risen threefold in July and now restrictions are being re-imposed