Headlines
  • 1,332 people have killed as a result of the US-Israeli attacks in Iran.
  • Early on Sunday morning, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
  • In what appears to be a planned assassination, Israeli forces bombed the Ramada Hotel in central Beirut, killing at least four people and injuring ten more, Al Jazeera reports.
  • The US and Israel are strikes Tehran's refineries and oil storage facilities for the first time.
  • US president Trump said he believes Iran is to blame for the attack on the school of Iranian girls.
  • As the conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, dozens more people have died in Lebanon as a result with major Israeli air and ground operations.
  • On Saturday, Trump visited an air base in Delaware for honorable transfer of six US service members who had been killed in the fighting.
  • After a week of strikes, Israel and the United States had almost complete control of the skies over Tehran, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared on Saturday that Israel would continue its fight with Iran "with all our force."

Tag: COVID-19

February 27, 2021

Vaccinating in a Remote Village

We travel to the remote village of Seldovia, Alaska, as the COVID vaccine rollout continues

February 26, 2021

Central America Hunger

Hunger in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has increased almost fourfold over the past two years – from 2.2 million people in 2018 to close to 8 million people in 2021

February 24, 2021

COVAX Explainer

How Can Low-Income Countries Compete for COVID-19 Vaccines?

February 21, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Myths

People the world over have questions about the safety COVID-19 vaccines and some are reluctant to get immunized

February 18, 2021

First Day of Vaccine Roll-Out Programme...

South Africa kick-started its first phase of the vaccination rollout programme using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday

February 16, 2021

Felt Red Roses Honor COVID Victims...

Social distancing has made gathering for funerals difficult if not impossible. But a Los Angeles artist has created a way to remember every life lost during the pandemic. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story narrated by Anna Rice-VOA NEWS Subscribe Our You Tube Channel

February 15, 2021

India Vaccination Drive

India’s nationwide vaccination drive against COVID-19 is picking up speed after encountering “vaccine hesitancy” in a country where the pandemic has waned

February 12, 2021

COVID-19 Harms Efforts to Eradicate Malaria...

A warning by the World Health Organization that the COVID-19 pandemic could harm efforts to eradicate malaria appears to be coming true in Nigeria. Nigerian officials say people are refusing to get treatment for fear of catching the virus at a clinic

February 11, 2021

Moscow Mass Vaccination

Across global cities big and small, the coronavirus pandemic has forced a shutdown of cultural life. But that’s changing in the Russian capital, where a mass vaccination program is in full swing

February 6, 2021

Mother + Teacher + Pandemic

Meet Janessa Ford! A first grade teacher who balances teaching her students remotely while overseeing her own kindergartner’s online studies

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