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.
Tag: COVID-19
Colorado’s First Sober Bar Offers Alcohol...
According to health officials, one effect of the coronavirus lockdowns was that more people drank alcohol more frequently, with the World Health drank wpublicarning of increased health concerns and a rise in risky behaviours. Svitlana Prystynska takes us to a bar with a unique approach to drinking as more bars begin to
China’s ‘White Guards’ Gain Reputation For...
Police officers, neighborhood committee members and community volunteers dressed in head-to-toe white PPE have been a ubiquitous feature of China’s zero-COVID policy, often shown on social media video uploads surrounding people, beating and dragging them away, or knocking on their door to put pressure on them to submit to a PCR test, to leave home for an isolation camp
Interview: ‘It Was Hard to Breathe,Let...
A Shanghai resident who gave only the surname Cao recently spoke to RFA’s Mandarin Service about her experiences under weeks of COVID-19 lockdown, during which the city’s 26 million residents submitted on a daily basis to confinement at home
Protests at Peking University as China’s...
Hundreds of students protested at the weekend on the campus of Peking University (Beida) after a fence was put in place segregating them from the rest of the university, which continues to move around freely
In Ethiopia,Child Marriages Are on the...
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ethiopia’s record drought has resulted in a huge surge in desperate parents marryying off their children, with child weddings reported more than doubling this year. Aid organisations are attempting to provide much-needed water and other assistance to drought-stricken households in an attempt to reverse the trend and protect girls
Mystery Fences Spring Up Blocking Shanghai...
Mysterious fences have begun appearing overnight blocking city thoroughfares in Shanghai amid a grueling COVID-19 lockdown affecting some 26 million people, residents told RFA
Chinese Police Order Residents to Hand...
Police in the central Chinese province of Hunan have ordered local residents to hand over their passports to police, promising to return them “when the pandemic is over,” amid a massive surge in people looking for ways to leave China or obtain overseas immigration status
Foreign Students ‘Taken From Shanghai’ as...
The Shanghai lockdown has prompted an exodus of foreign students and teaching staff, as the city reported its first deaths from COVID-19
Public Anger Grows in China Over...
Public criticism is growing in China of the authorities’ Cultural Revolution-style anti-COVID-19 campaigns after a doctor took his own life over a hospital outbreak and officials killed pets whose owners tested positive for the virus
Staffing Shortages Affect Malaysian Businesses
Malaysian restaurants and other businesses are recovering after two years of dealing with the virus. However, these businesses, like those in other countries, are grappling with severe staffing shortages