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 2022
COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines Challenge For...
Undocumented Afghan migrants fleeing the Taliban in Turkey claim they can’t get treatment or vaccines for COVID-19, a coronavirus-related disease. While officially registered refugees receive medical care in Turkey, thousands of unregistered Afghan migrants are known to be present
Retired Uyghur Civil Servant Dies Shortly...
A Uyghur post office retiree interned in a detention camp in China’s far-western Xinjiang region in 2018 on suspicion of religious extremism died in December 2021 following his release, Uyghurs and local officials with knowledge of the situation said
30 More Kidnapped Nigerian Students Freed:...
Gunmen in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state have freed 30 students and a teacher after seven months of captivity, according to a local official
Misdiagnosis in Medicine
Bringing attention to medical misdiagnosis, a topic that goes mostly unnoticed but has serious consequences for patients Doctor Usman Galadima of Nigeria goes into detail on the causes of medical misdiagnosis and what can be done about it.Also hilight why a yearly physical checkup is so crucial
UN Headquarters in the Snow
Outside the General Assembly building at UN Headquarters, a view of Henry Moore’s sculpture in the snow
Afghan refugees at Wisconsin Military Base...
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have sought refuge and resettlement in the United States in the following of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. However, now that they’ve arrived, some families in Wisconsin’s two largest cities are having difficulty obtaining housing
In the Midst of the Lira...
In 2021, the Turkish lira had a particularly bad year, losing a large portion of its value against the US dollar. As a result, shoppers from neighbouring Bulgaria have gone on a cross-border buying spree
Chinese Women Unlikely to Fulfill Their...
In May 2021, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unveiled new plans to boost flagging birth rates and reverse population aging, raising the official limit on the number of children per couple from two to three
Women Make History in the Saudi...
For the first time in the off-road endurance race’s history, the Dakar rally features an all-female team this year. The event is taking place in Saudi Arabia, and given the kingdom’s track record on women’s rights, it has attracted the attention of international human rights activists
In Syria’s War-Torn Idlib Province,Child Abandonment...
Aid workers estimate that two to four children are abandoned every month in Idlib, the last Syrian province held by armed rebels fighting the Assad government. Poverty and terror, they claim, are pushing desperate parents to abandon their children in the hopes of finding a better future with strangers