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Tunisia Faces Turmoil Threatening Its Young Democracy

Tunisia ignited the “Arab Spring” a decade ago when public outcries against its government erupted and ended the regime of its autocratic leader. The world applauded the bold effort to give birth to a new democratic government. However, the result has been disappointing. Recent actions by President Kais Saied [...]

Mali’s Interim President Survives an Attempted Assassination

Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita was the target of an attempted stabbing on Tuesday, 20 July. The attack occurred at the Grand Mosque in the capital, Bamako, marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The attacker was quickly subdued by authorities. He posed as an usher at the mosque. [...]

Assaults Against Christianity Intensify In Sudan

On 5 July, a car with darkened windows blocked a vehicle carrying Mr. Boutros Badawi, an advisor to Sudan’s Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments, as he was traveling home. An assailant pointed a gun at Mr. Badawi’s head and threatened to kill him if he continued to issue [...]

Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch Pleads for Help in Tigray Region of Ethiopia

News from the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia is hard to come by. Abune Mathias, an ethnic Tigrayan who leads 36 million Orthodox Christian believers said that he tried to get word out last month about the atrocities being committed by Eritrean forces and Amhara militia men who are [...]

Negligence and Corruption are Root Causes of Baghdad Fire

Endemic corruption and gross mismanagement are at the heart of Iraq’s health system. At least 82 people were killed and at least 110 were wounded in a horrible fire at Ibn al-Khatib hospital in Baghdad late Saturday night. Preliminary reports believe the fire started from haphazardly stored oxygen cylinders. [...]

42 Migrants Drown Off the Coast of Djibouti, East Africa

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced that in a desperate attempt to get home, 42 migrants drowned in an unsafe vessel as they attempted to travel from Yemen to Djibouti. At least 16 children, 8 boys and 8 girls were among the dead. This is the second similar [...]

Dire Water Shortage in Jordan Threatens its Way of Life

In the last three decades the Dead Sea’s level has fallen almost 100 feet! What is happening? Jordan is experiencing massive droughts as the Dead Sea continues to evaporate. The Dead Sea is extremely salty, but when it evaporates, freshwater rushes in and takes its place, dissolving subterranean salt [...]

Devastating Earthquake Rocks Java in Indonesia

Indonesia’s main island of Java was rocked by a 6.0 earthquake about 2 p.m. local time on Saturday. It was also felt on the resort island of Bali. It killed at least seven people. It was the second disaster to strike the nation in a week’s time. Indonesia’s earthquake [...]

Iran Blames Israel for Attack on Its Nuclear Enrichment Site

Iran suffered a blackout Sunday at its underground Natanz atomic facility, calling it an act of “nuclear terrorism.” Iran immediately blamed Israel for the failure at its facility. The “failure” at the plant coincided with Israel’s celebration of Independence Day. After repeated “attacks” against its facility, Iran is rebuilding [...]

More Deaths Occur in the Myanmar Military Coup

On one February, the military in Myanmar staged a coup, unhappy with the November election results which resulted in a landslide win for Aung San Suu Kyi and her party. The military claimed widespread voter fraud in the elections. Since the February coup, Security Forces have detained more than [...]

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