Headlines- US President Donald Trump says to have discussed a truce in Lebanon with Hezbollah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and both parties agreed to suspend their attacks.
- According to US president Donald Trump, he believes he will reach an agreement with Iran "over the next week" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and prolong the ceasefire.
- Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, said on Monday that he informed President Trump that if Hezbollah continues to attack Israel, his nation will attack Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
- Since the start of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and vessels, the U.S. military said on Monday that it has diverted 121 commercial vessels.
- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) issued a warning on Monday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is "likely far worse" than official data indicate.
Tag: Vanuatu
Hospitals Overwhelmed in Vanuatu as Death...
Vanuatu on Wednesday took stock of damage from a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 14 people and collapsed buildings in the capital, as the first trickle of international assistance began arriving in the disaster-prone Pacific nation.
Pacific Islanders Seek Big Profits from...
Mention Kadavu Island to anyone in Fiji and it likely conjures up one word: Marijuana.The volcanic island – which lies south of the Fijian archipelago, about halfway between Tahiti and Sydney, Australia – is notorious for its illegal cannabis crops, often grown in hidden clumps between lines of taro leaves.
COVID-19 Not Spreading in Remote Nation...
Vanuatu, a remote chain of more than 80 islands in the Pacific, is one of the few countries in the world where the coronavirus has not spread. How did they do it?