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
Camden Community Policing
“Defund the Police” has become the slogan shouted out by Black Lives Matter demonstrators over the last few weeks in the U.S. But how or even whether to implement that demand is stirring debate and controversy. In Camden, New Jersey, the police department was dismantled and re-structured seven years ago to more closely involve the community
Nigeria Sees Spike in Rape Cases,...
Nigeria’s lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19 has sparked a surge in reported rapes and acts of sexual violence. In response to the rising number of such cases, thousands of Nigerians marched in major cities this month to demand justice for victims
South African President Ramaphosa Orders Men...
Gender-based violence has once again reared its ugly head in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging large sections of the world. This, the President said, means the country is waging a war on two pandemics
In Pandemic, Colombia’s Street Vendors Adapt...
Confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths have been soaring in Latin America, including Brazil and Mexico. But the region faces another obstacle: Lockdowns have already taken a massive toll on its very large informal economy as laborers, street vendors and domestic workers struggle to survive through the shutdown
African Diaspora Protest Alongside Americans To...
Africans living in the United States met in Washington DC on Sunday to show their solidarity to African Americans, who have been protesting following the recent death in police custody of George Floyd in Minnesota and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta
Waiting for Asylum, Cuban Doctor Saves...
Brownsville-Matamoros camp is a temporary residence for Central Americans, Haitians, Cubans and Venezuelans who are waiting for their asylum appointments that could grant them entry into the U.S. Dairon Elizondo Rojas, a Cuban doctor, became a camp doctor while seeking his asylum for the last 11 months. While waiting, Rojas is looking after patients at the camp with the hope that his court date, scheduled for June 23, will be his last
UN General Assembly Hold Elections by...
Mr. Volkan Bozkir from Turkey was elected President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Ireland, India, Kenya, Mexico and Norway was elected new non-permanent members of the Security Council for the period of 2021-2023.
Sino-Indian Border Clash Unlikely to Escalate...
Thousands of Indian and Chinese troops have faced off in recent weeks at three or four locations in the western Himalayas after Beijing’s forces intruded into Indian territory, according to Indian security officials and local media.
Pandemic Scars Tourism-related Businesses in Himalayan...
After two villages nestled in the Himalayas in India began to be counted among the world’s best paragliding destinations, local entrepreneurs set up a string of small hotels to accommodate the rush of tourists. But as the coronavirus pandemic deals a crushing blow to tourism-dependent businesses that brought jobs and opportunities to remote places, several hotels have shut down
Afghanistan Conflict Deadliest for Children in...
Afghanistan was the world’s deadliest conflict for children last year, the fifth consecutive year the country has held that status, a United Nations report said on Monday.