Headlines- Iran is "desperate" to meet and discuss, according to US President Donald Trump, who also threatens to launch a "very heavy" attack on the purported new Iranian nuclear site.
- Iran's state media claimed on Tuesday that Iran's top joint military command declared that if the US hit Iranian nuclear sites, it would target the interests of the US and its allies.
- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will permit direct flights to Lebanon, more than 40 years after direct flights between the two countries were halted in 1985, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan, after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
- Iranian drone strikes are being intercepted by Kuwait's air defenses, according to the army.
- On Capitol Hill, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed lawmakers that the United States had already spent $37.5 billion on the war in Iran.
Tag: coronavirus (nCoV)
COVID-19: Afghan Girls Robotics Team...
As the coronavirus continues to threaten millions of lives across the globe, many people are trying to step up and help. A small girls robotics team in Afghanistan has shifted its focus from designing and making robots for competitions to replicating designs for ventilators.
COVID-19: Hungary Economy Jobs
As Europe counts the human and economic costs of the coronavirus lockdowns, Hungary appears to have gotten off lightly. It has nearly 2,100 reported cases and 213 deaths so far, compared to tens of thousands in the worst-hit countries. Nevertheless, economists predict the country’s GDP will shrink by close to 10 percent. As Henry Ridgwell reports, many workers are having to adapt quickly to the dramatically changing labor market in the nation of nearly 10 million people
As Countries Ease Coronavirus Measures, WHO...
Health experts had warned of a possible surge in cases if millions of people travel to their home villages. Indonesia has more than 6,700 confirmed coronavirus cases with about 600 deaths
Reporter’s Diary: War Doesn’t Care About...
Many families around the world are now separated by quarantines and closed airports as the world reacts to the coronavirus. But for families from war-torn countries, that separation is sometimes the least of their problems. VOA’s Heather Murdock has this report from her home in Istanbul
Death of WHO Driver Sparks Calls...
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) appealed to the Myanmar government and the military to allow U.N. investigators access to the crime scene for an independent probe of the crime
COVID Pandemic to Double World Hunger,...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the report said 135 million people around the world were suffering from severe hunger. But authors of the report warn the pandemic will more than double that number by the end of the year if swift, vigorous action is not taken.
WHO Chief: Worst on Coronavirus Pandemic...
Protests have erupted in some countries where wide restrictions are still in effect, including the United States and Russia. U.S. demonstrators have called on governors in several states to let them return to work, with President Donald Trump voicing support for the protesters
Forced to Stay Home, Neighbors Are...
With the wider world off-limits to those practicing physical distancing, new bonds are forming closer to home. In communities around the world, neighbors are now doing curious things like hunting teddy bears and joining in evening rituals to honor frontline workers
Rome Starts an Uneasy Return to...
Italy is edging towards an end of its lockdown, but with more than 23,000 death from coronavirus and still climbing, what the next phase is going to look like is still very unclear and much uncertainty remains. The Italian government has begun to allow some businesses to re-open
Kenya Activists Fear Spike in Violence...
Wangechi Wachira, the director of the Kenyan feminist Center for Rights Education and Awareness, saysthe Center has seen an increase in reported cases of violence against women