Headlines- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Tag: Rakhine
Seeking Safety from Rakhine Fighting, Rohingya...
Rohingya are being brought into southeastern Bangladesh by smugglers as fighting between ethnic rebel groups and junta-aligned forces worsens next-door in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said officials and border crossers interviewed by BenarNews.
UNHCR: Rakhine Not Safe for Myanmar’s...
The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday said conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were not favorable for the safe return of 1,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh whom Myanmar wants to repatriate under a China-mediated program.
Myanmar’s Rakhine State Revokes Order Evicting...
The May 14 order was revoked on May 19, frustrating members of the Rohingya community originally displaced from their homes in Sittwe’s Seyton Su Muslim
Nearly 2,000 Flee Rakhine Villages in...
More than 500 residents of Thayattapin village of Kyauktaw township meanwhile also fled their homes after Myanmar soldiers and police showed up in their community to question civilians, said a villager who requested anonymity for security reasons
Fierce Fighting Drives Thousands of Myanmar...
About 5,000 people who have fled their villages in Minbya township since July 27, when military units entered their communities, are now living in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. Others are staying temporarily with relatives or have camped out in forests, they said