Headlines- The IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US warships "patrolling regional waters," according to US Central Command, which then launched an attack on Iranian oil vessels.
- The US attacks on three oil tankers were denounced by Iran's Foreign Ministry as a "war crime," and the Iranian military threatened to launch further strikes on US naval vessels if the blockade persisted.
- On Saturday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
- As part of an anti-immigrant protest, hundreds of masked people halted ferry traffic between France and the UK on Saturday at the port of Dover, England.
- Ten days after the catastrophic floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet, a man and a woman found alive, according to officials.
Tag: US Gun Ownerships
New York City Imposes its First...
On Thursday, New York’s new gun laws went into effect. The state’s century-old law requiring applicants to provide “proper cause” before being granted a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Since the court’s decision, there has been a huge increase in the number of gun permit applications in New York, which has concerned local and state officials
COVID-19: Gun Sales Surge in US
According to a report by the Brookings Institution, almost three million more firearms have been sold since March, much than the same period in previous years. It also says there is evidence that people who have never owned guns before are lining up to get one
Americans and Guns: Street Violence
The streets of Wilmington, Delaware are plagued by regular gun violence, as one mother knows all too well
Guns and Suicide
Jennifer Lugar’s husband committed suicide using a legally purchased handgun. She is now on a mission to stop the rising tide of gun suicides in the US-VOA NEWS
Americans Search for Common Ground on...
Gun owner Angela Stroud says many people have simplistic views about the subject but in fact, it’s a complicated issue. She talks to VOA Connect about regulation and her own conflicting views and what can be done to address the misconceptions