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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.

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May 5, 2020

Long Lines at Food Banks While...

Unprecedented unemployment due to COVID-19 is creating a new pressure for local food banks

Nigeria Eases Lockdown Measures Despite Increasing...

Nigeria has eased some coronavirus lockdown measures to reduce damage to the economy. The move Monday followed weeks of a nationwide shutdown that hurt millions of businesses

Feeding Hungry Migrants Amid Moscow’s COVID-19...

Many migrant workers in Moscow have lost their jobs and are not getting enough to eat amid the COVID-19 lockdown, according to volunteers who are distributing food parcels

May 4, 2020

Sports photographer Re-invents himself to Survive...

For years, sports photographer Jason Schoenig has captured the spirit of countless student-athletes. His pictures became very popular among young people and parents alike. But Covid-19, changed all that, as it ended sports programs early. It hurt him. What he did to stay afloat caught our attention

May 2, 2020

Catching Up With My Distant Family...

The lockdown is affecting me like millions across Nigeria. Authorities applied the measure weeks after Nigeria recorded a case of the coronavirus on February 27. Now I’m stuck at home but I’m trying to make every moment count

COVID-19: Doctors on the Front Line0

The recent suicide of a New York emergency room doctor has refocused attention on the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on medical professionals. While maintaining a stiff upper lip on the job, two doctors shared with VOA their struggles to cope with the almost unimaginable burdens they are shouldering and the deaths they have been unable to prevent

May 1, 2020

Nigeria’s Wedding Businesses Struggle as COVID-19...

In Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, businesses across the country have been shut down their offices and people are asked to work remotely from their homes. The shutdown has been especially hard on the wedding industry, because of its dependence on crowds and physical gatherings

April 30, 2020

Covid-19: Containment Measures Work in It...

The lockdown should end on May 5: “We must resist until then – concludes brother Elio – then we hope that there will be an opening that allows a recovery of life if not at normal levels, at least to allow poor people to obtain the necessary”

Acres of Florida Fruit and Veggies...

going to waste in Florida, as local farmers let fruits and vegetable rot unable to deliver them to restaurants that don’t need as much as before during the times of the pandemic

April 29, 2020

Forced Eviction in Addis Ababa Render...

According to the authorities in Bole District, the demolitions, which started mid-February, were targeting illegal structures in the area. Victims, however, told Amnesty International they had built their homes on land they bought from farmers in 2007. The authorities however do not recognize this purchase and insist the families are squatters because they did not purchase the land from the Addis Ababa municipality.

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