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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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May 14, 2020

Myanmar Army Acknowledges Unlawful Interrogation Methods...

statement posted around 8 a.m. on the website of the military commander-in-chief’s office said the government army will take legal action against security personnel who conducted unlawful interrogations of the civilians

Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Suffer under...

Nearly two and a half million Afghans live in Pakistan as either registered or undocumented refugees. Their lives have been upended by the coronavirus lockdown, but they seem to be getting little attention

May 13, 2020

Photographer Captures Families Sheltering at Home

The pandemic has kept many people quarantined at home with family and pets for weeks. A grassroots photography initiative called the Front Steps Project has inspired hundreds of photographers to document people in front of their homes during this extraordinary time

Massive Fire Damages Homes, Shops in...

A massive fire broke out early Tuesday in an overcrowded camp that houses nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar district in southern Bangladesh.

Tanzanian Government’s Critics say COVID-19 Handling...

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tanzania rises to more than 500, critics have gone after authorities for their handling of the pandemic and a lack of transparency. Charles Kombe reports from Dar es Salaam.

CAR: Six Years After the Assassination...

The civil parties request in particular that an international letter rogatory be launched and executed so that French investigators can, in collaboration with their Central African counterparts, go to the scene of the attack to complete their investigations. Joined by RSF, the mother of the photojournalist, Maryvonne Lepage, fears that the file will be closed while “many obscure points can still be examined if the authorities of the two countries decide to effectively combine their efforts and their logistical means to relaunch the ‘investigation with a common will to succeed.’

Online Memorials Are New Normal for...

Religious congregations have adapted to coronavirus lockdowns that prevent communal gatherings, including how families mourn the loss of a loved one

Wuhan Residents Fear Second Wave of...

Wuhan’s epidemic control center on Monday issued a notice to officials of a city-wide program of nucleic acid tests for millions of residents after a cluster of cases emerged in the Dongmin residential compound in Jianghan district

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May 12, 2020

Palestinian Family Plays Music to Beat...

In an effort to beat the boredom during the coronavirus quarantine in the besieged Gaza Strip, two boys (Hamza and Basheer) and their father (Ahmed al-Ayoubi) sit in a small room of their house every day to play music during the lockdown. The three play the zither, flute, and electric organ

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