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  • After alerts in the Yiron area, the Israeli military claims that its air force effectively stopped a "suspicious aerial target" before it entered Israeli territory.
  • As a "humanitarian gesture," US President Donald Trump stated that ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz will be escorted.
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran claimed in a statement released by the state-run Press TV that the United States' ability to make decisions "has narrowed" due to the prolonged impasse in negotiations.
  • In a post to X on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have attacked 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the weekend, including over 50 other infrastructure targets and 70 military-use buildings.
  • In an effort to maintain "market stability" despite the Iranian conflict, seven members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries resolved on Sunday to begin gradually raising production in June.

Author: crimeandmoreworld - News Desk

October 18, 2021

COVID-19 Causes Havoc on Spain’s Hotel...

A labor union in Spain that represents hotel maids, many of whom are migrants, is planning to introduce a new reservation app that, in addition to service and amenities, assesses hotels based on how they treat their employees

Aid For Displaced People of Afghanistan

International aid organisations are helping millions of Afghans who have been displaced due to the war

October 17, 2021

Some Kenyans Turn to Illegal Fishing...

COVID is causing more people to fish illegally, Kenyan officials say. According to Kenya’s Maritime Fisheries Research Institute, poaching has tripled since last year, resulting in a daily catch decline from an estimated 600 tonnes to 200 tonnes

Burkina Faso Organises the First Pan...

The Ouagadougou Pan-African Film Festival, which was cancelled last year due to the epidemic, will return to Burkina Faso on Saturday. One Burkinabe director explains the necessity of telling African tales through cinema after making a film about a nursery for the children of sex workers

October 12, 2021

Businesses Looted During the Riots in...

Ransacked businesses say they are still waiting for government assistance to get back on their feet 100 days after South Africa was rocked by the greatest unrest since the end of apartheid. Frustration over the delayed clean-up is putting the ruling African National Congress party’s future to the test as a local election approaches

UN Secretary-General Attends G20 Extraordinary Leaders’...

The G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Meeting on Afghanistan is addressed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

Is Poland on the Verge of...

Officials from the European Union have warned that the bloc is “at risk of collapsing” if it does not appeal a verdict by Poland’s highest court on the supremacy of EU law. As Henry Ridgwell explains, large rallies in favour of EU membership were organized across Poland over the weekend

October 11, 2021

Murder Trial of Former Burkina Faso...

A trial for the death of Burkina Faso’s former president, Thomas Sankara, begins on Monday, nearly three decades after he and 12 others were killed in a coup in 1987. Former President Blaise Compaoré, who lives in exile in Ivory Coast and is the primary defendant in the case, will not be present

Iraq’s Elections A Litmus Test for...

Iraqis voted on Sunday in parliamentary elections that had been postponed until 2022 due to huge protests in 2019. Some think the elections are a new test for Iraq’s democratic system, but many activists say they are marred by corruption and sectarianism and represent little progress

October 10, 2021

Is Apple’s Steve Jobs’ Legacy Fading?

Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer ten years ago, at the age of 56. He was instrumental in creating Apple one of the world’s most successful companies. But, what does the future hold for Apple?

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