Headlines
  • 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 2023

March 8, 2023

Press Briefing on Canadian Indigenous Women...

About Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, a press briefing is held. Seated from left to right are: Michèle Audette, Senator of Canada; Coralee McGuire-Cyrette, Ontario Native Women’s Association; Bailey Oster, Director of Youth Programs and Services of the Métis Nation of Alberta; and RoseAnne Archibald

Disillusioned Ukrainian New Yorkers Look Back...

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Novgorodske, a typical industrial city in the Donbas, became even poorer. Residents of the city chose to alter the city’s name to New York as the war approached in order to attract help and money from the West. Yet the investments and visitors never came

Syrian Kurdish Refugee Families Split Apart...

A large number of Syrian men have migrated to Europe as a result of the deteriorating economic conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the community and the women and kids left behind, this has created unique challenges

Myanmar’s School System in Shambles Since...

Battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the military coup and an ensuing civil war, Myanmar’s school system is in shambles. The number of high school students taking a key exam has plunged 80%, parents, teachers and educational experts say.

March 7, 2023

UN Security Council Meetings on Women...

On the theme of “Towards the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000),” Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, addresses United Nations Security Council meeting on Women, Peace, and Security

Officials Say Floods in Zambia kill...

According to Zambian officials, this year’s worst floods in 50 years, which started about four weeks ago, has rendered close to 400,000 people homeless.

As Oscars approach,Anticipation Grows

On Sunday, when the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, will honor the best in filmmaking, all eyes will be on Hollywood.

Bangladesh Investigators Probe Cause of Fire...

Bangladesh inspectors are investigating the cause of a massive fire at a Cox’s Bazar camp that destroyed about 2,000 makeshift homes and left 12,000 homeless over the weekend, an official said Monday.

China Arrests Tibetan Woman for Contacting...

Chinese authorities in Tibet arrested a woman for contacting Tibetans outside the western autonomous region amid an increase in surveillance and security searches before a politically sensitive anniversary, a Tibetan with knowledge of the situation said. 

March 6, 2023

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

United Nations Security Council meeting is briefed on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan by Tareq Talahma, the acting director of the operations and advocacy division in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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