Headlines- The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last month claimed the lives of over 5,000 people, according to officials, who also stated that the country would need $346 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reconstruction.
- According to the US Central Command, strikes against Iran were carried out for the seventh consecutive night.
- Iranian foeces targeted a Thai-flagged vessel that attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
- The US attacked an Iranian oil tanker docked at Karg Island, deputy governor of Bushehr, Iran said.
- After what it described as an Iranian strike involving ballistic missiles and drones, Kuwait's military claimed on Friday that several of its ground forces injured and that both military and civilian facilities damaged.
- Iran said it attacked an American military base in eastern Syria on Friday.
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Several hundred far-right activists and Orthodox Church members clashed with police in the Georgian capital on November 8 as they tried to block the premier of a Swedish-Georgian gay-themed film…Demonstrators gathered in two Kazakh cities on November 9 to call for freedom for political prisoners, a parliamentary republic, and fair elections
Kashmiri Conflict Continues to Depress Tourism
When the Indian government decided in August to abrogate a constitutional provision giving special status to the then state of Jammu and Kashmir, tourist season was at its peak. Tourists in Kashmir were advised by the Indian government to leave the state. But now the government has rolled back its advisory, just in time for the winter tourist season
Chechen Leader Threatens Killing For Online...
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said online commentators should be tracked down and killed for assaults on honor~RFE/RL
In Post-Cold War Berlin, Arts Scene...
In the 30 years that have passed since the Berlin Wall came down and ended a decades-long division between the eastern and western parts of the city, it is artists who have injected new life into the abandoned buildings in what was communist East Berlin~VOA NEWS
Somaliland Clamps Down on Cheetah Trafficking
Authorities in Somaliland have stepped up efforts to curb illegal trafficking of cheetah cubs, which are sought as exotic pets in Persian Gulf countries. Activists warn that cheetahs are in peril in the Horn of Africa
Mix & Match
The social media application TikTok is booming in popularity especially with kids who use it to share short, usually funny videos. But TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is owned by China, and this is raising concerns by U.S. lawmakers worried about the security of the app’s American users….Studies show when people pet an animal, their blood pressure goes down along with stress and anxiety. That’s why therapy dogs are increasingly found in schools, counseling centers and even in hospitals
‘Still Getting Goose Bumps’ — Activists...
Raik Adam played a small but dramatic bit role a moment of world history. As some East Germans protested against the communist regime, and others fled to the West, he and his brother Andreas launched an audacious campaign of petrol bomb attacks on the Berlin Wall
San Gabriel Valley a Mecca for...
San Gabriel Valley a Mecca for Asian Americans capital of Asia America is one description used for an area spanning 36 kilometers just east of downtown Los Angeles, called the San Gabriel Valley. Close to half a million Asians live in this region. It’s an Asian enclave where nine cities in the area are majority
Botswana’s Historians, Archaeologists Cautious on Study...
A study in the journal Nature tracing the origins of modern human life to Botswana has drawn mixed views from experts in the Southern African nation. Some archaeologists question the study’s findings
Flooding Displaces, Isolates Hundreds of Thousands...
Days of severe rains in central Somalia have killed at least 21 people and displaced more than a quarter-million more as rivers burst their banks, flooding villages and towns. Mohamed Sheikh Nor reports from Beledweyne, Somalia