Headlines- Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, claims that between October 7 and October 11, attacks on King Khalid International Airport resulted in 333 injuries and 17 fatalities.
- The United Nations warns that 800,000 people in Yemen have lost access to life-saving food aid due to the conflict's escalation, and hospitals are overcrowded with injured combatants.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran was accused by a U.S. official of lying about a cargo ship that sank on Wednesday and of attacking it, most likely with a missile.
- A cargo ship struck a naval mine on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route," according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
- Protests against the government in the capital of Albania Tirana turned violent on Wednesday, leaving several official buildings severely damaged and at least one on fire.
- After the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage by Russia's FSB security agency, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned in Russia's ambassador on Wednesday.
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Teaching Kids the Art of Filmmaking
Children can do more than watch films… they can learn how to produce them. That’s according Vonnya ((Pron. Vahn-YAY)) ((Like in Kanya West)) Pettigrew, the founder of Root Branch Productions and Film Academy
Turkey Faces Political Reset After Erdogan...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered his worst electoral setback, with his AKP Party losing control of the capital, Ankara, and apparently set to lose Istanbul in Sunday’s local elections
Your Body: The Network You Didn’t...
Networks like Bluetooth connect our devices easily and effortlessly. But the area that these portable networks cover is big enough to make them hackable. Now, a group of engineers from Purdue has solved that problem by turning your body into a network
One Outcome of Rwanda Genocide 25...
Rwanda will this week mark 25-years since the genocide that killed an estimated 800, 000 people, mostly Tutsis. Despite that, Rwanda’s GDP has grown by 6 – 8% a year since 2003 (World Bank)
Sudan Graffiti Artist Honors Anti-Government Protest...
As Sudan’s government seeks to quell months of anti-government protests that have left more than 50 people dead, a Sudanese graffiti artist is honoring demonstrators killed in the protests
Senegal Muslim Brotherhoods Play Key Role...
In Senegal, Muslim brotherhoods play an important role in everyday life, from politics and agriculture to transportation and music.
Neonatal Cuddlers Help Babies Get a...
The environment in a neonatal intensive care unit can be overwhelming, as staff care for infants who are ill or were born premature. Many exhausted parents and loved ones can’t be with their newborns around the clock, but at one Long Beach, Calif., hospital, trained volunteers are stepping in to help. Known as NICU cuddlers, they give infants the human touch that is so vital to every baby
Uneasy Riders: Kyrgyz Villagers Build Own...
Residents from the Kyrgyz village of Kaynar are building their own mountain road by hand to avoid a deadly route
Syrian Immigrants, Now Turkish Citizens, Ready...
More than 3.5 million Syrian refugees migrated to Turkey since the Syrian crisis began in 2011. In January, Turkish Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu said that nearly 80,000 of those refugees have become naturalized citizens of Turkey. Roughly 53,000 of which are able to participate in Turkey’s elections Sunday
Recovery after Hurricane Katrina
Burnell Cotlon lives in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, which still is recovering from damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He talks about why he opened the only grocery store in New Orleans’ hardest hit community