Headlines- During a speech in Georgia on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran wasn't "ready" to reach an agreement to end the conflict because the Iranians often "change" agreements they reach.
- On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump was present for a dignified transfer of remains ceremony for four US service members who lost their lives in the Iran War at a military base in Delaware.
- On Wednesday, the US military said that it has launched a fresh round of strikes on Iran at President Donald Trump's direction. This is the 12th night in a row that the US has attacked Iran.
- After Iranian strikes on Kuwait for several days, the country's army announced early on Thursday that it was intercepting hostile drones.
- The Houthis in Yemen said on Thursday that they had launched a military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers, named ENCELA and LAYLIA claming that vessels had violated a maritime blockade that the group had imposed..
Category: Video Report
Amid the Pandemic, An Indian Family...
The coronavirus pandemic poses challenges to people across the world especially in countries under stringent lockdown. Anjana Pasricha in New Delhi spoke to a family of three generations that lives together to see how their lives have been affected as they wait for the arrival of a fourth generation
Nigeria’s Wedding Businesses Struggle as COVID-19...
In Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, businesses across the country have been shut down their offices and people are asked to work remotely from their homes. The shutdown has been especially hard on the wedding industry, because of its dependence on crowds and physical gatherings
It Survived Civil War and Protests,...
Beirut’s long celebrated nightlife has persevered through war, uprising and instability. Now it faces its greatest challenge yet as coronavirus shuts down an already ravaged economy and keeps everybody at home
Video News Digest
The head cardiologist at a St. Petersburg hospital in Russia has resigned, claiming staff have not been given all the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need during the COVID-19 epidemic. In the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, life was returning to normal at fruit and vegetable markets after the government began relaxing some lockdown measures it had imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Illegal Logging in Monarch Butterfly’s Sanctuary...
In the Mexican state of Michoacan this year, the suspicious death of a prominent communal leader at the Monarch butterfly’s World Heritage reserve rocked the conservation world. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias went to Michoacan and found that in this place of beauty, there was an underside of lawlessness, corruption and poverty that could threaten the sustainability of the biosphere
Acres of Florida Fruit and Veggies...
going to waste in Florida, as local farmers let fruits and vegetable rot unable to deliver them to restaurants that don’t need as much as before during the times of the pandemic
Windowsill Concerts and other COVID Music
Musicians around the world are being creative about performing and honing their craft while stuck at home
Russians Denied Critical Care As COVID-19...
Scheduled surgeries for patients in Russia are being canceled as resources are diverted to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. Treatments are being delayed or denied for patients with conditions like cancer, hepatitis and cystic fibrosis~RFE/RL
‘You Didn’t See the Boy You...
The Ethiopian community in the Washington D.C. area is mourning the loss of a mother who died from coronavirus earlier this month shortly after giving birth. The woman never got to see her newborn baby
Drones Spread Word About COVID-19 in...
Drones are helping to spread messages from the sky on how to prevent coronavirus infection in the far-flung, poor, rural areas of northern South Africa’s Greater Tzaneen Municipality. Local authorities have been pioneering the use of these aircraft in South Africa as a tool to educate people about COVID-19 in the local languages of Sepedi and Tsonga