Headlines- Iran will retaliate with attacks against "nine countries" if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or "petrochemical" facilities, according to an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
- At least 58 recruits were killed and over 200 others were injured when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a training facility in Yemen's Shabwa governate. The death toll is anticipated to rise.
- After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
- After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
- Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.
Tag: Blindness
June 12, 2021
Trachoma Blindness in Kenya
Kenyan authorities are working to eradicate trachoma, an infectious disease that is one of Africa’s major causes of blindness. According to Brenda Mulinya’s report from Nairobi, almost seven million people in central Kenya are at risk of contracting the disease
October 9, 2019
A Blind Man is Given a...
A groundbreaking new device is helping blind people perceive the world around them in a rudimentary fashion that can boost their quality of life