Headlines
  • Late on Monday, a Japanese spacecraft successfully embarked on a mission to one of Mars' moons in an attempt to be the first to return samples to Earth and possibly reveal the Solar System's enigmatic origins.
  • A plan to begin the process of seeking independence from Canada has been decisively rejected by the Canadian province of Alberta.
  • Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, claims to be "committed to completing the elimination of the Iranian regime" and to have "discussed this with Trump numerous times, including the day before yesterday."
  • Iran will retaliate with attacks against "nine countries" if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or "petrochemical" facilities, according to an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
  • At least 58 recruits were killed and over 200 others were injured when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a training facility in Yemen's Shabwa governate. The death toll is anticipated to rise.
  • After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
  • After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
  • Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.

Author: crimeandmoreworld - News Desk

August 24, 2021

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Mohamed Khaled Khiari, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, updates the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)

August 23, 2021

Activists Claim That the New Anti-Trafficking...

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Evacuation Efforts in Kabul Are Marred...

Thousands of people have been evacuated from Kabul by Western nations, mainly the United States, but the process has been chaotic

August 22, 2021

Behind the Mask Smiling

Laura Fuchs captures people’s “smizes” (when you smile with your eyes) from all walks of life by photographing New Yorkers wearing masks

Final Appeal Filed,Khmer Rouge Tribunal Has...

Khieu Samphan,the only surviving Khmer Rouge leader, filed his final argument in his appeal against his genocide conviction this week, as the long-running UN-backed tribunal wrapped up its final public hearings

August 21, 2021

The Inside Story-The Fall of Kabul

In the midst of a political storm sparked by the Taliban’s quick capture of Afghanistan and the messy end to America’s longest war, US President Joe Biden has remained defiant.Here VOA’s The Inside Story-The Fall of Kabul

Experts Claim Taliban Routinely Intimidate Afghan...

Women say they are afraid for their future as the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan’s government, with many doubting the Islamist group’s promises to preserve women’s rights. President Joe Biden stated on Friday that the Taliban’s ability to receive help and recognition will be determined by how they treat Afghan women and girls

Interview: ‘I Think Silence Is Complicity,’...

Ella Morgan is a graduate student in international relations at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom who uses Twitter and Instagram to raise awareness of violations of Uyghur human rights and to chastise the Chinese government for its abuses committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

“Surviving Terrorism: The Power of Connections,”...

Surviving Terrorism: The Power of Connections,”: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at a high-level event commemorating the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

UN Emergency Livelihoods Support in Yemen

eopardising the food security and livelihoods of millions of Yemenis.Rhe government’s necessary COVID-19 restriction measures, enacted to prevent the virus’s transmission, have exacerbated food supply and access at the home level

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