Headlines- The IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US warships "patrolling regional waters," according to US Central Command, which then launched an attack on Iranian oil vessels.
- The US attacks on three oil tankers were denounced by Iran's Foreign Ministry as a "war crime," and the Iranian military threatened to launch further strikes on US naval vessels if the blockade persisted.
- On Saturday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
- As part of an anti-immigrant protest, hundreds of masked people halted ferry traffic between France and the UK on Saturday at the port of Dover, England.
- Ten days after the catastrophic floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet, a man and a woman found alive, according to officials.
Tag: Georgia
From Tehran To Tbilisi, An Iranian...
Twenty-five-year old Pegah plays music on the street, gathers with friends in the park, and dresses as she pleases — all things that were difficult or impossible in her native Iran. She fled to Georgia following repeated arrests for violating Iran’s dress code, and after she appeared in a documentary that put her on the authorities’ radar
For Georgian Woman, A Tattoo Is...
Nano Mikautadze used to cover her head in public after an autoimmune disorder caused her hair to fall out. But in her 20s, she decided to stop wearing head scarves and decorated her scalp with a floral tattoo
Bulldozers Roll Into Georgian Shantytown As...
The authorities in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, have ordered a clampdown on what they say are illegally constructed homes on state-owned land, demolishing over a dozen houses in a small settlement on the outskirts of the capital
The 94-Year-Old Georgian Street Cleaner Who...
Tina Grigalashvili is 94 years old. Every day, she gets up at 4 a.m. and goes to work, cleaning the streets. She used to teach Georgian in a school, but started sweeping the streets after retirement to keep busy and get out of the house
‘Lessons Under The Open Sky’: Outdoor...
The First Public School in the central Georgian town of Khashuri has set up an outdoor classroom to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Classes take turns learning outside, allowing cleaners to disinfect their indoor classrooms throughout the school day
Georgian ‘Ketsi’ Maker Fears Stone Craft...
Avto Sikharulidze learned how to make “ketsi” — traditional Georgian stone or clay cooking pans — from his father as a child. Now 70, he is the only person in the Guria region still making the pots in the traditional way and fears the craft will die with him
Without Georgian Migrants, Turkish Tea Farmers...
With fewer workers available this year, families like Altunkaya’s must hurry: If they don’t complete the harvest within 20 days, the leaves will change color and turn bitter. Leaves that stay on their branches also obstruct the next harvest, in July.
Iranians find a wary refuge in...
A growing number of Iranians have been denied entry and residence permits over the last two years, victims of anti-immigration domestic politics in Georgia, attempts to crack down on transit migration, and security concerns
Georgia’s Billionaire Boss to Rebuild Radioactive...
Once a Soviet response to Baden-Baden, the Georgian spa town of Tskaltubo, where ailing comrades used to bathe in warm mineral springs, is today a post-apocalyptic sight
Global Tourism Conquers Georgia’s Untamable Svaneti
Former president Mikhail Saakashvili, who modernized Georgia with a strong arm, oversaw a crackdown on Svaneti’s most recalcitrant clans in the 2000s. Many arrests were made and guns confiscated. A new police station was established in Mestia as an emblem of the changing times