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: March 2022
UN Secretary-General meets with Poland’s Foreign...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Zbigniew Rau, the Republic of Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ukraine’s Economy During Russian Invasion
During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government is doing everything it can to keep the economy functioning. Its funds, however, are rapidly dwindling
Uyghur Farmer Sentenced to Prison For...
A Uyghur farmer jailed for moving his pregnant wife from their hometown in Xinjiang to prevent authorities from forcing her to have an abortion died in 2020 while serving an eight-year prison sentence, a Uyghur with knowledge of the situation and local police officials confirmed to RFA this month
Press Briefing by UN Secretary-General on...
Reporters are briefed on the war in Ukraine by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.According to Secretary-General,the situation in Ukraine is tense. In front of the world’s eyes, the country is being annihilated. The consequences for civilians are dreadful
City Activists Plant Food Forests as...
A non-profit group is pushing an initiative to establish ‘food forests’ in Mumbai to help ease the city’s environmental damage caused by development. Hundreds of trees and edible plants have been planted on small plots of land to create these forests
‘We’re Encircled’: Residents in Southeast Ukraine...
RFE/RL spoke with evacuees fleeing Russian soldiers in southeast Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya area. On March 11, nine buses and 150 cars were utilised to transport residents from regions such as Dniprorudne, which is near the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station, which Russian soldiers captured on March 4. Residents stated the city was still in Ukrainian hands, but that Russian troops were encircling it
From the Frontline Irpin
Yan Boechat of VOA reports from Irpin, roughly 25 kilometres north of Kyiv, where Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting
“Home Is Home”: A Ukrainian Grandmother...
Celia Mendoza of VOA went to the Polish village of Medyka, which has become one of the busiest border crossings since Russia invaded Ukraine and sent this report
China’s Anti-Trafficking Activists Face Vast Network...
Public anger over widespread trafficking in women and girls, mostly for “marriage” to men who can’t find willing partners, is running in high in China since a woman was found chained by the neck in a freezing outbuilding in the eastern province of Jiangsu in January
For the Second Time, Afghans in...
Thousands of Afghans have fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For many of those now coming into Poland, conflict has uprooted their lives for the second time.