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  • 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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June 18, 2020

Higher Education: Pakistani Student Scales Mountains...

22-year-old political-science student from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has resorted to climbing nearby peaks each day to get an Internet connection and attend online classes. Saifullah Abbas Afridi usually studies in Peshawar, but universities and colleges were closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus

Minnesota Father Ignites Skateboarding Passion in...

An one-time competitive skateboarder is rediscovering his passion by sharing it with his young daughter. Monique Pederson was just two years old when dad Steve stood her on a skateboard for the first time. Today, it’s how the two spend quality father-daughter time together

Nigeria Sees Spike in Rape Cases,...

Nigeria’s lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19 has sparked a surge in reported rapes and acts of sexual violence. In response to the rising number of such cases, thousands of Nigerians marched in major cities this month to demand justice for victims

South African President Ramaphosa Orders Men...

Gender-based violence has once again reared its ugly head in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging large sections of the world. This, the President said, means the country is waging a war on two pandemics

In Pandemic, Colombia’s Street Vendors Adapt...

Confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths have been soaring in Latin America, including Brazil and Mexico. But the region faces another obstacle: Lockdowns have already taken a massive toll on its very large informal economy as laborers, street vendors and domestic workers struggle to survive through the shutdown

African Diaspora Protest Alongside Americans To...

Africans living in the United States met in Washington DC on Sunday to show their solidarity to African Americans, who have been protesting following the recent death in police custody of George Floyd in Minnesota and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta

Waiting for Asylum, Cuban Doctor Saves...

Brownsville-Matamoros camp is a temporary residence for Central Americans, Haitians, Cubans and Venezuelans who are waiting for their asylum appointments that could grant them entry into the U.S. Dairon Elizondo Rojas, a Cuban doctor, became a camp doctor while seeking his asylum for the last 11 months. While waiting, Rojas is looking after patients at the camp with the hope that his court date, scheduled for June 23, will be his last

June 17, 2020

Pandemic Scars Tourism-related Businesses in Himalayan...

After two villages nestled in the Himalayas in India began to be counted among the world’s best paragliding destinations, local entrepreneurs set up a string of small hotels to accommodate the rush of tourists. But as the coronavirus pandemic deals a crushing blow to tourism-dependent businesses that brought jobs and opportunities to remote places, several hotels have shut down

Afghanistan Conflict Deadliest for Children in...

Afghanistan was the world’s deadliest conflict for children last year, the fifth consecutive year the country has held that status, a United Nations report said on Monday.

“Give Them Some Food” (Mt 14,16):...

The Fundación Teletón, which promotes an annual fundraising event to help the rehabilitation of hundreds of children from the San Juan de Dios clinic, puts itself at the service of all Peruvians in this situation. Therefore, the San Juan de Dios Foundation joins the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, through its initiative “Give them some food yourselves” (Mt 14,16), as part of the program

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