Headlines- Early on Thursday, 73 students were injured and at least 16 students killed at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya.
- The vital Strait of Hormuz, according to US President Donald Trump, "must be open to everyone" and "no one can control it."
- A major portions of southern Lebanon has been declared a "combat zone" by the Israeli military.
- Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that American bombings in the country's southern Hormozgan region broke the ceasefire.
- The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health claims that Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Tuesday left at least 31 persons dead and 40 injured.
- Due to the Ebola outbreak, Ugandan authorities announced on Wednesday that the country's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been closed.
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Turkey Warns of Offensive Against Iraqi...
Turkey says it is preparing to launch a major military operation against Kurdish rebels who are based in Iraq. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, vows to end what he says is the threat posed by the Kurdish rebel group PKK, which has been fighting Turkey for decades.
Iran: Compulsory Veiling Bill a Despicable...
Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s and girls’ rights as well as increasing prison terms and fines for defying Iran’s degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws, Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa said:
World Leaders Holding onto Their Positions...
IRANIn our society, older adults live longer and do more in their latter years. Many politicians are holding onto their positions well past the normal retirement age. VOA’s Senior Washington Correspondent Carolyn Presutti explores the ages of current world leaders in the context with the fact that the United States is facing two of the country’s oldest front-runners for president.
Young Afghans Flee Their Country for...
In their quest to reach Europe, Hundreds of young Afghans are choosing to make the treacherous journey to Iran.They say lack of job opportunities in Afghanistan is the reason they are fleeing.