Headlines- Iran is "desperate" to meet and discuss, according to US President Donald Trump, who also threatens to launch a "very heavy" attack on the purported new Iranian nuclear site.
- Iran's state media claimed on Tuesday that Iran's top joint military command declared that if the US hit Iranian nuclear sites, it would target the interests of the US and its allies.
- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will permit direct flights to Lebanon, more than 40 years after direct flights between the two countries were halted in 1985, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan, after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
- Iranian drone strikes are being intercepted by Kuwait's air defenses, according to the army.
- On Capitol Hill, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed lawmakers that the United States had already spent $37.5 billion on the war in Iran.
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Harsh Winter Condition in Afghanistan Effects...
The nearly seven thousand internally displaced people in Afganistan are suffering from the extremely cold winter this year. The National Disaster Management Authority says 19 people have died from the extreme cold in January and there are concerns more could die if aid is not forthcoming
Violence Flares In Ukraine As Evacuees...
A convoy carrying people recently evacuated from Wuhan, China, arrived in the Ukrainian town of Novi Sanzhary, where they were due to be held in quarantine, on February 20. A crowd of locals, fearful that the evacuees would bring the coronavirus to the town, clashed with police and tried to block the buses with burning debris
Kobe Public Memorial Service
Around 20,000 people are expected to attend the public memorial service for basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, which will be held at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California in late
Humanitarian ‘Catastrophe’ in Idlib
It’s already being called a humanitarian ‘catastrophe,’ and analysts say the fighting in Idlib, Syria is moving closer to more heavily populated areas. And while international aid organizations call for an immediate ceasefire
South Africa Mozambique Rhinos
Officials at South African National Parks say cooperation with neighboring Mozambique has been a key factor in reducing rhinoceros poaching in the famous Kruger National Park. Kruger is home to the world’s largest wild rhino population, and has proven a tempting target for poachers who for years jumped the park’s borders
Nigeria China Coronavirus
As desert locusts spread across East Africa, Uganda has deployed its army to battle the all-consuming horde. The pests are laying countless eggs that are expected to hatch within weeks, raising concerns among farmers that the worst is yet to come
Coronavirus Tourism Impact on Indonesian
Southeast Asia’s most populous country, Indonesia, has not had an incidence of coronavirus infection, despite being at the crossroads of global trade and with some of its region’s top tourist destinations. But the virus scare is having an impact on many parts of the country, including the popular tourist destination of Bali
Afghan Android: Kabul’s Robot Waitress
restaurant in Kabul is offering a unique service for Afghanistan: patrons can be waited on by a robot server known as Timea
Kosovo Police Investigate Officer’s Killing Of...
Investigators sealed off the site where a police officer reportedly shot her parents and two brothers to death and then killed herself in Gjilan, southeastern Kosovo. All five people were discovered dead at the scene
Pakistan Suicide Bomb Attack
Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others on February 17 at a radical Sunni Islamist rally in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. Quetta Police Chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema said the February 17 rally was being staged by dozens of Sunni Muslim followers of the radical Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat (ASWJ) party..Shops throughout Pakistan’s southeastern city of Quetta were closed to protest against a lack of security after a suicide bombing killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens