Headlines- The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
- According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
- On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
- The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
- A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
- In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.
Tag: Death Penalty
On Abolishing Death Penalty,Zimbabwean Parliament Consulting...
After the Cabinet’s decision in February to abolish the death sentence to conform with international standards, Zimbabwe’s parliament has started nationwide consultations.
Death Penalty Abolition Calls in US...
There are signs that public opinion is turning against execution, even as some US states explore new methods to carry out the death penalty. As international calls to abolish the death penalty rise, VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias looks at the arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States.
Malaysia Ends Mandatory Death Penalty, Amends...
Malaysia’s parliament on Monday voted to scrap the mandatory death penalty and reduced the number of offenses punishable by hanging, saying capital punishment as a deterrent had not lowered crime.
Death Penalty 2019: Saudi Arabia Executed...
Amnesty’s figures do not include China, where the number of executions, believed to be in the thousands, remains classified. Other major executing countries, including Iran, North Korea and Viet Nam, continued to hide the full extent of their use of the death penalty by restricting access to death penalty information