Headlines- Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, claims that between October 7 and October 11, attacks on King Khalid International Airport resulted in 333 injuries and 17 fatalities.
- The United Nations warns that 800,000 people in Yemen have lost access to life-saving food aid due to the conflict's escalation, and hospitals are overcrowded with injured combatants.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran was accused by a U.S. official of lying about a cargo ship that sank on Wednesday and of attacking it, most likely with a missile.
- A cargo ship struck a naval mine on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route," according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
- Protests against the government in the capital of Albania Tirana turned violent on Wednesday, leaving several official buildings severely damaged and at least one on fire.
- After the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage by Russia's FSB security agency, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned in Russia's ambassador on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus Has Pushed a Million in...
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COVID-19: Sudan Home Gardening
The COVID-19 lockdown measures in Sudan have spurred a new trend in the capital, Khartoum, as many turn to home gardening to stay productive and healthy. Alamin Jafaar’s Facebook group, which helps people share home gardening ideas, has seen its membership grow seven-fold during the pandemic to 350,000 followers
WHO Team Heads to China to...
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WHO Official: Coronavirus Probably Can’t Be...
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General Elections, Among Covid-19 And the...
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COVID-19 Cases Increase in Arizona
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COVID-19: WHO Announces Initiation of the...
At the historic 73rd World Health Assembly in May, Member States adopted a landmark resolution that called on WHO to initiate an independent and comprehensive evaluation of the lessons learned from the international health response to COVID-19
Bangladesh Cracks Down on Fake COVID...
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Laid-Off Diversity Visa Holders Struggle During...
Under The Diversity Visa program tens of thousands of potential immigrants literally rely on the luck of the draw to get the opportunity to legally live and work in the US, without sponsorship from an employer or family member. That program has been temporarily discontinued by the Trump Administration because of the COVID pandemic. But for some who applied for and received diversity visas late last year, their search for the American Dream has been difficult