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  • Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, claims that between October 7 and October 11, attacks on King Khalid International Airport resulted in 333 injuries and 17 fatalities.
  • The United Nations warns that 800,000 people in Yemen have lost access to life-saving food aid due to the conflict's escalation, and hospitals are overcrowded with injured combatants.
  • Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
  • Iran was accused by a U.S. official of lying about a cargo ship that sank on Wednesday and of attacking it, most likely with a missile.
  • A cargo ship struck a naval mine on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route," according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
  • Protests against the government in the capital of Albania Tirana turned violent on Wednesday, leaving several official buildings severely damaged and at least one on fire.
  • After the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage by Russia's FSB security agency, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned in Russia's ambassador on Wednesday.

Category: News & Views

August 19, 2024

Photos: Refugees in Their Own Country,...

The camp has a basic clinic and a barebones school sitting on a hillside with bamboo classrooms topped by tin roofs where children can continue their education despite the circumstances.

August 18, 2024

3 Ways China is Ratcheting Up...

Since early August, Chinese authorities have dramatically boosted surveillance of Tibetans in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa by putting more police on the streets, cracking down on social media users and – in a new wrinkle – hiring food delivery workers to serve as auxiliary police officers, sources inside Tibet say.

August 17, 2024

China Boosts Port Surveillance as Mpox...

China has stepped up emergency pandemic drills across the country and announced tighter surveillance of incoming travelers amid warnings that a more lethal and transmissible strain of the mpox virus is spreading internationally.

August 15, 2024

China Fires Lawyer Who Blew Whistle...

A lawyer who blew the whistle on a grisly nationwide trade in stolen and dismembered corpses has been removed from his position as director of a Beijing law firm, RFA has learned.

August 14, 2024

‘Reclaim the Night” Mass Protests Against...

On August 14, at 11:55 p.m., women from West Bengal will take back the streets as we celebrate the 78th year of India’s independence.Their campaign, “Women, Reclaim the Night: The Night is Ours,” will take place in three important Kolkata locations: College Street, the Academy of Fine Arts, and Jadavpur 8 B Stand.

August 13, 2024

RG Kar Doctor Death Reveals Shocking...

The trainee doctor who was raped and killed at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was choked to death, according to the postmortem report.

August 12, 2024

Rebels Capture 9 Posts in Myanmar’s...

Rebel forces in central Myanmar captured nine junta army posts and opened a new offensive in three townships under junta control, they announced on Monday, in the latest setback for the ruling military after a string of battlefield losses since late last year.

August 11, 2024

Myanmar Junta Authorities Prevent Young Adults...

Myanmar authorities under the ruling junta are now preventing young adults who want to get jobs abroad from leaving the country via Yangon’s international airport, people with knowledge of the situation said.

August 10, 2024

Some 5,000 Rohingya Who Fled Recent...

Approximately 5,000 minority Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee from this week’s fighting in western Myanmar have been waiting for several days near the Naf River for an opportunity to cross into Bangladesh, residents said.

August 8, 2024

Indonesian rights groups want independent probe...

Indonesian human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of Papua province earlier this week.66.

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