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  • Iran "does not trust America," according to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who states that the United States must remove all economic pressure, threats, and sanctions before engaging in any negotiations.
  • After a report of an incident involving a tanker and unidentified military forces off the coast of Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Center issued an advisory on Tuesday.
  • In response to growing attacks in Yemen by Houthi rebels backed by Iran, the British Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that it will "provide additional defensive military support" to Saudi Arabia.
  • Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, claims to be "committed to completing the elimination of the Iranian regime" and to have "discussed this with Trump numerous times, including the day before yesterday."
  • In a post to X on Tuesday morning, Saudi military spokesperson Col. Turki Al-Maliki stated that Saudi forces had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh, the country's capital.
  • Nigeria's first known case of Ebola during the current outbreak was confirmed by the country's Health Ministry on Tuesday.
  • More than 150 people have been killed by a drone hit in a crowded market in the disputed province of Abyei.

Tag: AIDS

December 8, 2024

Zambia Works to Fight HIV/AIDS by...

The goal of Zambia’s Total Control of the Epidemic effort is to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 through education and prevention.

July 23, 2024

A Malawi Orphanage Provides Shelter to...

The UN’s most recent figures for Malawi show that over 15% of children under the age of 18 are orphans, partly because of the high rate of HIV and Aids-related deaths in the country. Currently, a group called Zoe Foundation is working to provide these at-risk children a future.

December 2, 2023

HIV-Affected Women in Mozambique Get Support

According to a 2021 national HIV assessment report, one in four women in Mozambique between the ages of 35 and 39 are HIV positive. A group called the Kindlimuka Association works to help those living with HIV/AIDS in an effort to combat the stigma associated to the condition.

June 19, 2023

Venezuelans Unable to Access HPV Vaccine

The human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women and various types of cancer in males, can be prevented effectively by vaccination. But the vaccine is neither available nor affordable to many in Venezuela.

December 1, 2022

Most at Risk for HIV Are...

Authorities in South Africa, which has the largest HIV-positive population in the world, say that girls and young women are now the demographic most at risk since many of them have turned to transactional sex to pay their bills during COVID pandemic lockdowns.

May 23, 2022

Many Ukrainian Refugees in Berlin Living...

Since the war started, more than 600,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Germany. Many persons with HIV, particularly women, are among them. According to UNAIDS, 260,000 Ukrainians are HIV positive

December 1, 2021

December 1:World AIDS Day

Many people observe World AIDS Day on December 1 to show support for HIV-positive people and to remember those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Treatments for HIV patients have come a long way, but a cure remains elusive

August 18, 2021

Kenyan Volunteers Work to Refute COVID-19...

Volunteers in Kenya are trying to spread awareness about the coronavirus among people living with HIV, the AIDS-causing virus. False claims have been circulating on social media that antiretroviral medications used to treat HIV may also be used to prevent and even cure COVID-19

June 22, 2020

HIV Drug Anniversary

25 years ago this month (June), a landmark U.S. medical trial began testing a drug that would prove to be the first effective treatment of HIV/AIDS. It spawned a generation of drugs that saved countless lives and is still helping to prevent the spread of the virus today. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti takes us back to a time when the AIDS epidemic raged unchecked, and introduces us to a man who would not be alive today without the advent of these drugs

January 3, 2019

WHO: Alcohol Responsible for One in...

The latest numbers are lower than those in WHO’s last report on global alcohol consumption, published in 2014

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