Headlines- After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
- On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Month: January 2020
7 Lessons Russian Strategists Learned From...
The Soviet leadership was so keen to withdraw from Afghanistan in the late 1980s that they failed to add a POW/MIA clause to the Geneva Accords of 1988, which ended the war with three Afghan-Pakistan bilateral agreements and a declaration on international guarantees, signed by the U.S. and the Soviet Union
Teaching Tolerance in the US at...
America is known as a melting pot of people from different ethnicities, cultures and religious beliefs. But along with that diversity comes the potential for misunderstanding and intolerance. To combat these misunderstandings and defuse hate, ‘Teaching Tolerance Magazine’ provides free resources to educators, teachers and anyone who is teaching tolerance
Myanmar Military Faces Added International Scrutiny
In Myanmar, an escalation in conflict between ethnic armed groups and government forces over the last year has resulted in an increase in civilian casualties amid mounting allegations of war crimes. With the recent U.N. court ruling that Myanmar must protect Rohingya Muslims from acts of genocide, other ethnic minorities are coming forward to voice their concerns over past documented atrocities
Zimbabwean President’s Wife Uses Cow Dung...
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife, Auxilia, on Saturday visited senior citizen Violet Ncube in Mawabeni communal lands in Matabeleland South province, Here are some of the things she did at the homestead
Celebrating India’s Republic Day
On this day(January 26,1950),India cut her last ties with Britain and became a republic.Dr.Rajendra Prasad became the first president of India
Non-Governmental Organizations: A New Paradigm for...
Despite the creation of international and regional commissions for financial crimes, the challenge keeps persisting. Financial institutions lost huge amount of money every month, money transfer are been hacked and withdrawn by cybercriminal in partnership with dishonest staffs
US Veteran, Father of Veteran: Death...
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike earlier this month that killed the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani. Trump said Soleimani was “plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel.” It was a move that lawmakers criticized as putting the U.S. at the brink of war. But some U.S. veterans of the Iraq War and their families share a different view
New Trump Administration Rules Target ‘Birth...
The Trump administration announced Thursday new visa rules to stop what is known as “birth tourism.” The new guidelines state the U.S. can deny tourist visas to pregnant women if consular officers determine that the applicant is traveling to give birth in the United States, in order to secure the child U.S. citizenship
Meet the Author of “Invisible Women”
Caroline Criado Perez, author of “Invisible Women” signs her book at a “Meet the Author” event at the UN Bookshop. The book is the winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize
Hong Kong Protesters Pin Hopes For...
the city’s seven million residents hunkered down for the traditional festivities, many public celebrations including the fireworks display were called off, with police citing fears for “public safety” in the wake of a protest movement that has seen thousands of arrests and thousands of tear gas canisters fired at crowds, amid a storm of international criticism