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: November 2020

November 13, 2020

Saving Buzludzha​, Bulgaria’s Mountaintop Communist Monument

Buzludzha is the biggest communist-era monument in the Balkans. Built on a mountaintop in Bulgaria in 1981, it’s since fallen into ruin and its very future is at risk

Mass Exodus As Armenians Flee Nagorno-Karabakh

Scores of people were seen leaving the war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh region for Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, on November 11. The road they were taking passes through Kalbacar, a corridor formerly held by Armenia

Displaced Afghans Worry About Living Conditions...

Internally displaced families in the eastern Khost province are deeply concerned about their living conditions as temperatures plunge and weather conditions become rough

November 12, 2020

Big City Teleworkers Migrate to Bali...

Up until recently, the Indonesian tourist destination of Bali has seen empty beaches and hotel rooms. But that’s changing in a most unusual way

Journalists Protest Against Increasing Curbs On...

Dozens of journalists demonstrated in Islamabad November 11 to condemn what they see as increasing governmental pressure on media, including censorship, the unfair dismissal of journalists, and the non-payment of salaries. They also demanded the restoration of the transmission of Channel 24 News

Afghan Drug Addicts in Kandahar Call...

There are an estimated 300,000 drug addicts in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, and authorities say that number is rising

Jailed Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut to...

The award will be presented at a virtual conference, “Freedom to Think 2020: Responding to Attacks on Higher Education,” and will be accepted by Dawut’s daughter, Akeda Pulati, who described her mother in an SAR statement Wednesday as “a scholar, not a criminal.”

November 11, 2020

Hundreds Left Homeless by Hurricane Eta...

One week after the devastation caused by Hurricane Eta in the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, hundreds of families are struggling to get back on their feet

Uyghur Businessman Faces Deportation to Xinjiang...

Hamidulla Wali once ran Hadiya Clothing, a company based in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) that sells clothes embroidered with Uyghur designs.

November 10, 2020

Ghana’s Ladybird Truckers Put Women Behind...

Ghana’s women-only trucking company, Ladybird Logistics, has seen its fleet of trucks quadruple in two years and the number of its drivers triple

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