Headlines- As attacks on shipping continue, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that an oil tanker "violating regulations" caught fire after striking a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Two troops have died in a helicopter crash in Najran, Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, which also claims to have downed more drones close to Riyadh.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
- Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
- Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
- On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.
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December 8, 2018
Yemen Update
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said this meant an average of 123 civilian deaths and injuries every week during this period
November 24, 2018
Focus Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
The programme hopes to reach at least 60,000 households by the end of the year. Refugees and many host communities have been almost entirely reliant on firewood for cooking
November 21, 2018
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Met...
According to UNHCR, the socio-economic, political and human rights situation of Venezuela has led to the largest movement of people in Latin America’s recent history