Headlines- Despite claims of shortages, US President Donald Trump maintains that the country has "massive amounts of munitions" and expects the Iran war will wrap up "pretty soon."
- After both sides agreed on the coordinates of routes through the vital waterway, Iran claims that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is "on the verge of being finalized" with Oman.
- At least 11 civilians were injured in what it described as a Houthi strike on the southern Saudi border region of Najran, according to the Saudi-led military coalition that supports Yemen's internationally recognized government.
- After the Supreme Court's decision to strike down his last executive order that sought to abolish birthright citizenship, President Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in an attempt to deny citizenship to some American-born children.
- Farhad N. was given a life sentence by a German court for murder and attempted murder in connection with the deadly car attack on a Verdi trade union demonstration in Munich in February 2025.
- In a Syrian town with Druze and Christian communities near the capital Damascus, a bomb planted on a minibus exploded on Thursday, leaving at least two dead and thirteen injured.
Tag: Xinjiang Capital Urumqi
August 30, 2019
Chinese Authorities Detain Highest-Ranking Uyghur Police...
Authorities in the XUAR regularly detain those they accuse of being “two-faced officials”—a term applied by the government to ethnic minority cadres or other officials who pay lip service to Communist Party rule, but secretly chafe against state policies repressing members of their ethnic group