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.
Tag: Death Penalty
On Abolishing Death Penalty,Zimbabwean Parliament Consulting...
After the Cabinet’s decision in February to abolish the death sentence to conform with international standards, Zimbabwe’s parliament has started nationwide consultations.
Death Penalty Abolition Calls in US...
There are signs that public opinion is turning against execution, even as some US states explore new methods to carry out the death penalty. As international calls to abolish the death penalty rise, VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias looks at the arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States.
Malaysia Ends Mandatory Death Penalty, Amends...
Malaysia’s parliament on Monday voted to scrap the mandatory death penalty and reduced the number of offenses punishable by hanging, saying capital punishment as a deterrent had not lowered crime.
Death Penalty 2019: Saudi Arabia Executed...
Amnesty’s figures do not include China, where the number of executions, believed to be in the thousands, remains classified. Other major executing countries, including Iran, North Korea and Viet Nam, continued to hide the full extent of their use of the death penalty by restricting access to death penalty information