Headlines- The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
- According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
- On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
- The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
- A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
- In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.
Category: Feature Story
Pakistan Art
In a country often criticized for a lack of tolerance and religious freedom, one man is trying to change attitudes through art. In the process, he is uplifting the lives of hundreds of under-privileged children
Yazidi Victims Choir
When the Islamic State terror group swept across northern Iraq in 2014, they tried to wipe out the Yazidi people, a minority ethnic group that had lived in the mountains for millennia. Thousands of men were killed, and women and girls forcibly enslaved. The ancient Yazidi culture was at risk of being eradicated
Groom My Ride
In 1994, Lezlie Hiner started ‘Work to Ride,’ a program for urban youth from low-income families or challenging environments. The program provides young people with a fun and challenging environment for gaining life skills and confidence
Kyrgyz Workers Hunt For Coal Scraps...
In the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, about 200 people work in shifts to search through the ash dump of a heating plant. Desperately poor, they are looking for unburned pieces of coal to sell. It’s hard work, but the only way to make a living for many of them during the winter
Serving Compassion With Dinner for People...
This restaurant in the town of Herndon in Virginia looks like a typical diner where whole families come to enjoy a hearty meal. But this restaurant serves more than just good food, it serves some people with very special needs
Sick, Alone, Abroad, And 4 Years...
When 4-year-old Kainat fell ill with meningitis in Afghanistan, her parents wanted to take her to Pakistan for immediate treatment. But they had no visas, and had to send her unaccompanied to the other side of the border
Ukraine Turns To Germany To Transform...
Ukraine’s troubled railway company Ukrzaliznytsia and Deutsche Bahn have signed a 10-year memorandum of cooperation under which the German operator will plan a way forward for the state operator. Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk says it could lead to Deutsche Bahn jointly managing Ukrainian railways
Women Enter Afghanistan’s Male Dominated Restaurant...
Women are slowly moving into Afghanistan’s male-dominated restaurant industry. And one entirely women-run restaurant in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province is attracting food lovers from the region
Kenya FGM Eradication
Despite Kenya banning FGM – female genital mutilation – in 2011, the tradition has continued in some ethnic communities. President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to end FGM before 2023, seven years ahead of a United Nations deadline to stop the practice globally. Activists, however, say more needs to be done as millions of girls are still at risk of undergoing the cut
Life In No-Man’s-Land Between Ukraine And...
It’s a kind of no-man’s-land: three Ukrainian villages lie beyond their country’s last border post on the road to Belarus, complicating life for the inhabitants who must pass through border checks to enter their own country