Headlines
  • Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
  • At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
  • Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
  • According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
  • Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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January 8, 2019

Saudi Woman Fleeing Home Avoids Deportation...

The 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, arrived to Thailand from Kuwait on Saturday and was detained by the Thai authorities at the airport in Bangkok and was slated for deportation to Kuwait. She was released to the UNHCR after an international outcry

At the Consumer Electronics Show, Sensors...

More than 4,000 exhibitors from 155 countries are in Las Vegas this week for the Consumer Electronics Show, one of the year’s biggest conventions for companies to show off their latest technology

Zimbabwe’s Hospitals Turn Away Patients As...

There is no end in sight as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government says it cannot meet the doctors’ demands

Yemen’s Humanitarian Nightmare Worsens

The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization say 73,000 Yemeni civilians are facing famine and another 14 million are on the brink of starvation

January 6, 2019

Blind Linguist Sees Beauty in Teaching,...

A New York professor, who teaches German at New York’s Elmira College, speaks six languages, has a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance and two master’s degrees. Plus she writes poetry and sings

Master of Miniatures Builds a Dream...

For some, castlelike mansions in Los Angeles are just pretty to look at and an unattainable dream. But for designer Chris Toledo, they are an inspiration

At Major Tech Show, a Chance...

Every January, tech insiders head to Las Vegas, Nevada where the biggest tech companies show off their latest devices at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

January 4, 2019

Senegal Opens Museum of Black Civilizations...

After an official inauguration last month, Senegal finally opened the Museum of Black Civilizations to the general public this week

Bakery in Lebanon Provides Job Opportunities...

The bakers, all individuals with special needs, are defying odds and showing society they are quite capable of doing their jobs

Interesting Advances: Plastics That Become Fuel,...

Ending our dependence on carbon in all of its forms — especially plastics and petroleum products — is a fairly constant endeavor of engineers and entrepreneurs

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