Headlines- After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
- Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
- On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
Tag: Abortion Debate
Abortion Rights Restrictions in US Could...
If the Supreme Court overturns its 1973 ruling legalising abortion, American women’s access to the procedure will be severely restricted
Tensions Are Rising in United States...
The future of abortion rights in the United States is in doubt, with the Supreme Court scheduled to rule on the issue in June. Abortions after six weeks have been illegal in Texas since September. Many women seeking abortions are running out of time
Malawi Abortion Law
Abortion is illegal in Malawi, unless the mother’s life is at risk, but that doesn’t stop an estimated 140,000 women per year having unsafe terminations that leave 12,000 women dead and countless others permanently scarred
Culture War Erupts in Poland After...
Women’s rights activists have called a national strike and thousands of people have joined demonstrations to protest a decision by Poland’s Constitutional Court to ban nearly all abortions
Abortion Rights at Stake in South...
South Korea’s top court is expected to respond soon to a petition asking it to declare the country’s criminal ban on abortions unconstitutional
The Belarusian Hospital Trying To Break...
Statistics on the number of abortions at the hospital are not kept. Doctors can only say roughly that it is less than before. There used to be lot of abortions, remembers Kazlouskaya, explaining each was noted on a yellow form and collected in a folder that was stored away in a filing cabinet