Headlines- After talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a "historic opportunity" for peace, Israel and Lebanon agreed to hold direct talks.
- Iran talks could resume "over the next two days," according to US President Donald Trump, after the failure of last weekend's first round in Pakistan.
- Six merchant ships turned around after "direction from US forces," according to the US, and no ships were able to pass through the blockade in the first 24 hours.
- According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, there were at least 35 deaths and 159 injuries in Lebanon on Tuesday.
- The southern Lebanon district of Bint Jbeil has been hit by an Israeli airstrike.
- "The short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil already stranded at sea is set to expire in a few days and will not be renewed," according to the US Treasury Department.
Tag: Tigray Region
Hunger in Northern Euthopia
After 15 months of conflict, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) released a new food security assessment on January 28 showing that nearly 40% of Tigrayans are food insecure.Meanwhile, more than 9 million people, the highest number ever, are in need of humanitarian food aid across all three conflict-affected regions in the north
Ethiopian Refugee Crisis -Terror in Tigray
Many people in Ethiopia’s Tigray area have been displaced by civil violence, and there appears to be no end in sight. Heather Murdock of VOA travels to the mostly cut-off fighting zone, as well as refugee camps in neighbouring Sudan, to tell the story of a complex political situation and escalating humanitarian catastrophe
Crime Against Women in Tigray
Hundreds Of Women And Girls In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Have Claimed Being Raped By Troops In A War That Continues Despite The Government’s Troop Withdrawal Last Week
In the Tigray Crisis, Ethiopia’s Holy...
Axum, A Holy City In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, Has Seen A Surge In Pilgrims And Tourists In Recent Years. Due To A Seven-Months Of War Between The National Government And A Regional Political Party That Dominated The Ruling Coalition For Three Decades, Much Of The City’s Streets Are Silent Today, And Many Businesses Are Closed. As Heather Murdock Of VOA Explains, Ongoing Clashes In The Countryside Are Putting Pressure On The City
Bodies Buried in Swallow Graves in...
After More Than Seven Months Of Fighting In The Tigray Area, More Than 200 People Have Been Buried In Shallow Graves In And Around Hawzen, Ethiopia. Residents In Hawzen
In the Tigray War, Children Were...
Many Health Care Facilities Have Been Looted And Destroyed Since The Deadly Civil Conflict In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Began In November
In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region,Displaced Families Starving
Millions Of People In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Are In Severe Need Of Food Assistance, And Displaced Families In Mekelle, The Regional Capital, Claim That They Go Without Food On Certain Days. Hunger Is Just One Facet Of The Region’s Mounting Catastrophe
Tapid International Response to the ...
Amnesty International said on May 4 that African and other world leaders must speak up and do more to stop the vicious tide of human rights and international humanitarian law abuses in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, which has been raging for six months
United Nations Concerned About the Humanitarian...
These engagements are undertaken in line with the Secretary-General’s call to the Government for sustained, impartial and unimpeded humanitarian access to affected areas in the Tigray region and to internally displaced persons and refugee camps”
Ethiopian Refugees Say War Raging in...
Sudan is hosting more than 50,000 refugees who fled the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Despite the Ethiopian government’s announcement that fighting in Tigray is over, many of the refugees say it is not safe enough to go home