Headlines- In a Hellfire missile attack in the Gulf of Oman, US Central Command claims to have "disabled" a commercial ship flying the Gambia flag while it was attempting to travel for an Iranian port.
- The US has enough weapons stockpiles, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to resume military operations if needed.
- Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, has cautioned that Israel cannot guarantee its security via a "scorched-earth policy."
- After the finding of a "object suspected to be a floating mine" in the Strait of Hormuz, Omani authorities issued an alert on Saturday advising ships to proceed with caution.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Minister of Communication, Patrick Muyaya, says that the Ebola outbreak doesn't "need to be in panic."
Tag: Southern Africa
Botswana’s Drought Makes Wasteland of Harvests,...
Southern Africa is having one of the worst droughts in years with more than 40 million people expected to face food insecurity because of livestock and crop losses. Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe have declared this year’s drought an emergency
Botswana’s “Test and Treat’ HIV Strategy...
A “test and treat” HIV program is getting results in Botswana after the southern African country recorded a decline in cases of the virus among participating communities. But the rate of the deadly virus remains among the highest in the world, according to a recent study by the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
UN Secretary-General Meets King and Queen...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets wth King Letsie III
and Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho