Headlines- After alerts in the Yiron area, the Israeli military claims that its air force effectively stopped a "suspicious aerial target" before it entered Israeli territory.
- As a "humanitarian gesture," US President Donald Trump stated that ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz will be escorted.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran claimed in a statement released by the state-run Press TV that the United States' ability to make decisions "has narrowed" due to the prolonged impasse in negotiations.
- In a post to X on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have attacked 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the weekend, including over 50 other infrastructure targets and 70 military-use buildings.
- In an effort to maintain "market stability" despite the Iranian conflict, seven members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries resolved on Sunday to begin gradually raising production in June.
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Uyghur Student Held in Coronavirus Quarantine...
On Jan. 23, Chinese state media announced the first confirmed infections in the XUAR—two men who had previously traveled to the epicenter of the virus, Hubei province’s Wuhan city—and by Wednesday at least 59 people have been infected, while more than 4,100 are under medical observation in the region after exhibiting symptoms associated with the virus
Bangladesh Rejects Domestic Calls to Grant...
Shamima Begum, now 20 and living at a camp in Syria, lost an appeal last week against the British government’s decision to remove her citizenship. A special tribunal upheld the move’s legality, saying it did not make her stateless because she could seek Bangladeshi citizenship because her father was born in the South Asian nation
Virus Storytellers Challenge China’s Official Narrative
Never have so many Chinese, including victims and health care workers, used their phones to televise their experiences of a disaster, she said. That’s partly because the more than 50 million people locked down in cities under quarantine are “really anxious and bored and their lives have pretty much stopped.”
India is Among the Top Five...
India is projected to have more than 730 million users by 2020 which will make it the third largest market of internet users after the United States and China. Over the last few years, internet adoption in the country has grown at almost 44 per cent annually
China Removes Two Hubei Officials Amid...
Wuhan Communist Party secretary Ma Guoqiang admitted last week that officials could have halted the epidemic if they had imposed travel restrictions sooner. Some five million people are believed to have fled the city before quarantine restrictions were imposed
Low Turnout Frustrates Election In North...
President Paul Biya after voting on Sunday in Yaounde told State media, CRTV, that the calls for boycott are coming from a “Minority political parties”, hence, it has no effect on the polls. The President further revealed that regional elections will hold in the near future, to polish Cameroon’s democratization process
‘Where it Begins’: Young Hungry Locusts...
Small and wingless, the hopping young locusts are the next wave in the outbreak that threatens more than 10 million people across the region with a severe hunger crisis
Myanmar Army Files Lawsuit Against Kachin...
The two pastors are being charged under Section 17(1) of Myanmar’s colonial-era Unlawful Associations Act, which carries a three-year prison sentence for those who interact with an unlawful association, such as an ethnic armed group like the KIA, religious leaders said
Bangladeshi Hindu in Police Custody After...
Pirojpur district police chief Hayatul Islam Khan defended the officers’ actions in arresting Gharami after they pulled him away from the group of men who attacked him
Civilians Flee, Lockdown Begins Ahead Of...
Locals in Bamenda, parts of Buea , Muyuka, Kumba, Kumbo, Mamfe, and other towns remained indoors while travel agencies for fear of their cars being burnt, simply parked in their lots