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: August 2021
Following UN Security Council Meeting on...
After the Security Council meeting, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s Minister for External Affairs and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August, briefs reporters on terrorist threats to international peace and security
Tom McCarthy’s Drama ‘Stillwater’ Sparks ...
“Stillwater” is a drama about an American father who travels to Marseilles, France, to assist in the exoneration of his daughter who has been accused of murder. Amanda Knox, who experienced the same fate in real life in Italy, has blasted filmmaker Tom McCarthy for “too closely and inaccurately” adapting the story of her wrongful murder conviction in Perugia, Italy, to the premise of the film
As the Taliban’s Takeover Continues, Afghan...
Afghan university students react to the Taliban’s takeover of their country in the United States and Afghanistan
As Hope for At-risk Afghans Dwindles,...
The rush to evacuate tens of thousands of Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan is heating up as the possibilities for withdrawing any Afghan allies after August 31 become increasingly dubious
Afghanistan War Costs
In terms of lives lost, personnel deployed, and monies spent, the war in Afghanistan has been costly to the United States
North Korea Warns Citizens Not to...
North Korea has warned citizens to refrain from talking about national leader Kim Jong Un’s health after he recently lost weight, calling such gossip as a “reactionary act,” sources in the country say
Solemn Ceremony Prior to the Security...
A view of a solemn ceremony held prior of the Security Council’s High-Level Open Debate on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Technology and Peacekeeping
Future of Egyptian Opposition Television Stations...
Several Egyptian opposition television stations are based in Istanbul, where they air programmes critical of Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Turkey was a significant supporter of Egypt’s overthrown president, Mohammed Morsi, but with Turkish-Egyptian peace attempts in the works, the future of opposition television outlets is doubtful
Massacre Survivors of Afghanistan
In recent days, the Taliban completed their quick invasion of Afghanistan by capturing Mazar-e-Sharif in the north, 23 years after capturing it and massacring thousands of its residents
A Reporter Looks Back: The Fall...
Watching chaotic scenes of civilians being evacuated in helicopters from Afghanistan takes me back to the last day of the Vietnam War