Headlines- Early on Sunday morning local time, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
- US president Trump said he believes Iran is to blame for the attack on the school of Iranian girls.
- As the conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, dozens more people have died in Lebanon as a result with major Israeli air and ground operations.
- On Saturday, Trump visited an air base in Delaware for honorable transfer of six US service members who had been killed in the fighting.
- After a week of strikes, Israel and the United States had almost complete control of the skies over Tehran, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared on Saturday that Israel would continue its fight with Iran "with all our force."
Month: June 2020
Deadly Police Shooting in Atlanta Sparks...
A deadly police shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, has further fueled unrest and demonstrations against racism and police brutality. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, the call for bipartisan legislation addressing police reform nationwide grows as protests across the country, and world, continue
In DRC, Young Woman Helps Orphans...
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, one young woman is helping women and orphans protect themselves from the coronavirus
Afghan News and Views
The government has freed 3,000 Taliban prisoners and President Ashraf Ghani announced this week the remaining prisoners will also be released “within a very short period.”
Attack on a Christian family in...
house last month, and had moved in the last week of May: “As soon as we settled, our Muslim neighbors asked us about our religion and when they learned that we are Christians, they started to threaten us, intimating us to leave the house. This is a residential area for Muslims: Jews and Christians cannot buy a house and live here, they said”. Nadeem adds: “They started to create problems for us: one day they put glue in the lock of the main gate of our house, other times they threatened my children”.
Coronavirus Spreading Fast in Developing World
Developing countries now account for three-quarters of the 100,000 daily new coronavirus cases that authorities around the world are reporting. The steady rise is alarming, according to the World Health Organization, as many epidemiologists say they think the figures are being underreported. While the numbers are increasing, governments in developing countries say they have had …
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Covid-19 and Emergency Laws: a Devastating...
The Covid-19 declared pandemic on March 11 by the World Health Organization (WHO), has spread throughout the world where it has been used as an excuse by many governments to put aside constitutional guarantees . At a time when a relative lull seems possible, a new emergency is imperative: these exceptional measures must be lifted. Faced …
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Amnesty Alleges that Migrant Workers in...
Migrant workers employed on a construction project for a FIFA World Cup stadium in Qatar worked for up to seven months without pay, Amnesty International has revealed. Around 100 employees of Qatar Meta Coats (QMC), a design and construction company subcontracted for façade works on the €770m Al Bayt Stadium, are still waiting to be paid …
Iraq:New Prime Minister al Kadhimi visits...
Mosul:“Christians represent one of the most authentic components of Iraq, and it saddens us to see them leave the Country”. With these words, new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi, on behalf of the whole country, expressed bitterness and apprehension due to the silent exodus of Christian communities who for centuries have been living in …
110-Year-Old Palestinian Man Has Lived in...
Suleiman Abu-Namous is a 110-year-old Palestinian who has been living in different refugee camps since 1948. Currently settled in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Abu-Namous fears he could lose his home due to funding cuts by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
COVID-19 Stories
Artist Robin Bell memorializes Covid-19 victims by projecting uplifting messages onto buildings around Washington.. Experts say population density, people’s mobility and public health capacity may have more impact on the transmission of COVID-19 than the weather. Here are the facts about hot weather and the coronavirus