Headlines- Israel claims that as of Saturday, its fighters are carrying out a series of targeted attacks on Israeli forces stationed inside Lebanese territory.
- On Saturday, the Israeli military demolished portions of a Catholic convent in a border village while Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least seven people and injured others.
- The U.S.-Israel war on Iran is "likely" to resume, according to Iran's deputy chief of military headquarters, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, as "evidence shows the US is not committed to any agreements or treaties."
- The US decision to remove 5,000 troops from Germany was "foreseeable," according to Germany's defense minister Boris Pistorius, while the NATO military alliance claims to be asking Washington for clarification.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani discussed the ongoing talks to end the war in Iran on Saturday.
Category: Video Report
COVID-19: Afghan Girls Robotics Team...
As the coronavirus continues to threaten millions of lives across the globe, many people are trying to step up and help. A small girls robotics team in Afghanistan has shifted its focus from designing and making robots for competitions to replicating designs for ventilators.
COVID-19:Fauci Video Game
there were doughnuts, now there’s a video game inspired by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States made famous during the coronavirus pandemic with his frequent television appearances. The video game is created by a Brooklyn-based startup Beat the Bomb. “Fauci’s Revenge” is free to play online and is also a fundraiser, with donations going toward New York City hospitals
COVID-19: Hungary Economy Jobs
As Europe counts the human and economic costs of the coronavirus lockdowns, Hungary appears to have gotten off lightly. It has nearly 2,100 reported cases and 213 deaths so far, compared to tens of thousands in the worst-hit countries. Nevertheless, economists predict the country’s GDP will shrink by close to 10 percent. As Henry Ridgwell reports, many workers are having to adapt quickly to the dramatically changing labor market in the nation of nearly 10 million people
Reporter’s Diary: War Doesn’t Care About...
Many families around the world are now separated by quarantines and closed airports as the world reacts to the coronavirus. But for families from war-torn countries, that separation is sometimes the least of their problems. VOA’s Heather Murdock has this report from her home in Istanbul
Thai Temple Zero Waste Initiative
The monks of Pa Book temple in Lamphun, Thailand observe Earth Day every morning by collecting alms through methods that minimize waste. They’ve transformed the village of Pa Book into a model for zero-waste living
Forced to Stay Home, Neighbors Are...
With the wider world off-limits to those practicing physical distancing, new bonds are forming closer to home. In communities around the world, neighbors are now doing curious things like hunting teddy bears and joining in evening rituals to honor frontline workers
Rome Starts an Uneasy Return to...
Italy is edging towards an end of its lockdown, but with more than 23,000 death from coronavirus and still climbing, what the next phase is going to look like is still very unclear and much uncertainty remains. The Italian government has begun to allow some businesses to re-open
Quiet Capital
Like places across the country, the streets of Washington are nearly empty as the city works to contain coronavirus
Weekend Reports
Churchgoers and most clerics wore face masks as they attended an Orthodox Easter Vigil at the Trinity Cathedral in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi…An Orthodox priest used a microphone to involve a neighborhood in an Easter Vigil. People stood in their windows with candles lit to the sound of litanies and church bells in the city of Cluj-Napoca on the night of April 18-19
Pandemic Reality – Celebrating А Wedding...
The lockdown and quarantine brought by the rapid spread of the coronavirus has changed the lives of millions of people worldwide. Flights and hotels were canceled, together with exhibits, performances and moves.But a California couple decided that the pandemic can’t make them postpone their wedding