Headlines- On Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran would be held responsible for the Houthi attacks on Red Sea vessels.
- On Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that the United States would begin to pay for ships and cargo damaged by strikes in and around the Gulf using frozen Iranian assets.
- The Gulf country's armed forces said that on Thursday, Kuwaiti air defense batteries opened fire on incoming Iranian missiles and drones.
- On Thursday, António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, issued a warning that the Middle East situation is "getting out of control."
- Since the naval blockade was resumed nine days ago, U.S. forces have redirected twelve commercial vessels and destroyed one in order to prevent ships from accessing or departing Iranian ports or coastal areas, according to U.S. Central Command.
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Asylum Seekers Evacuation from Libya to...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has evacuated on Thursday (19 Nov) a group of 79 vulnerable asylum-seekers out of Libya to safety in Rwanda
No Way Home: Former IS Detainees...
When Islamic State fell in Iraq, tens of thousands of men were arrested. Some were eventually set free because they were not IS members, yet years later many hundreds of them still languish in the desert settlements because they cannot return home
No Money, But No Beatings Either...
One was a theater director, another worked at an oil refinery, but both have fled repression in Belarus after joining mass protests against an August election widely seen as rigged and are now refugees in neighboring Latvia
Russian Peacekeepers Guard Key Nagorno-Karabakh Road
Russian peacekeepers have been deployed on the road connecting Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. The deployment is among the terms of a Moscow-mediated truce signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan
Cambodian-Canadian Actress Ellen Wong Plays Child...
Ellen Wong is a Cambodian-Canadian actress well known in Hollywood. But as VOA’s Chetra Chap reports, her latest role hits very close to home
India’s Capital Battling With Two Health...
India’s capital, New Delhi, is battling twin health emergencies, as it copes with deadly air pollution that spikes in winter months and a record surge in coronavirus cases
Russian Student Driven Up A Tree...
Russian student Aleksei Dudoladov has resorted to climbing up a tree to participate in online classes because there’s no clear Internet signal in his Siberian village.
DRC Ebola Outbreak Ends
18 November marked the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), nearly six months after the first cases were reported in Equateur Province
Uganda’s Presidential Hopefuls Kick Off Campaigns...
Campaigning is underway in Uganda for January’s elections but candidates are struggling to follow coronavirus guidelines.
Ghana Plagued By Floods despite Politicians’...
Ghana’s capital, Accra, is plagued by frequent floods despite a raft of promises from politicians to fix it. Some Ghanaians say the issue will be a key factor on how they will vote in December’s general election