Headlines- According to Yemen's government, a Houthi missile attack on the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden was survived by the prime minister and cabinet. At least five people died and sixteen were injured.
- Attacks on King Khalid International Airport between October 7 and October 11 resulted in 17 fatalities and 333 injuries, according to the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
- 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's navy said an oil tanker that tried to cross a forbidden area in the Sea of Oman is on fire in the eastern portion of the Strait of Hormuz.
- After a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday, at least three people—including children—have died.
- Nidal Hasan, a convicted military base shooter who killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was canceling plans to broadcast the execution live.
- Only a few days after undergoing surgery, Pope Leo XIV resumed work, the Vatican press office announced on Thursday.
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Has Afghanistan’s Security Taken Precedence Over...
NATO Defence Ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss a proposal to integrate some of the anti-Daesh coalition forces to NAT0’s mission in Iraq
Soldiers Kill 25 In Ngarbuh, Donga...
Military presence in Ntumbaw came to the point of a red flag when they invaded the Palace last Sunday, February 9, 2020, during the local polls, forcing everyone to go out and vote. They have created a military control post around the Ntumbaw Palace
Tibetan Nun Expelled From Buddhist Center...
Restrictions on Yachen Gar and the better-known Larung Gar complex in Sichuan’s Serthar (Seda) county are part of “an unfolding political strategy” aimed at controlling the influence and growth of these important centers for Tibetan Buddhist study and practice, a Tibetan advocacy group said in a March 2017 report
Myanmar Navy Detains 50 Rohingya Who...
Naval authorities discovered the boat carrying the Rohingya Muslims Tuesday night near the beach of Pauk Hla Gyaing village in Pathein township, though their place of origin was not immediately known, said village administrator Myint Thein said
Ambazonia Leader Calls On French Cameroonians...
The President of the Ambazonia Interim Government, Dr. Samuel Sako has called on all Francophone civil servants working in the North West and South West region to leave the territories because their security cannot be The President of the Ambazonia Interim Government, Dr. Samuel Sako has called on all Francophone civil servants working in the North West and South West region to leave the territories because their security cannot be guaranteed
Singapore Convicts, Jails 2 Indonesian Maids...
Turmini and Retno were among four Indonesian domestic workers arrested by Singapore in September 2019 under the city-state’s Internal Security Act, on suspicion of being involved in terrorism-financing activities
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