Category: World News
A new crisis may plunge Libya back into chaos
Washington Post The recent dramas gripping the country have been shadowy, shaped by backroom deals, black market transfers and illicit smuggling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/libya-conflict-oil-dbeibah-khalifa/
Read MoreIs the new statue of the late Queen Elizabeth II really that … bad?
Washington Post The newly unveiled sculpture at Antrim Castle Gardens in Northern Ireland was compared online to Robin Williams’s character in the 1993 movie “Mrs. Doubtfire.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/09/12/queen-elizabeth-statue-northern-ireland/
Read MoreThe University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco holds Guinness World Record for oldest higher learning institution
Fox News Universities around the world have extensive histories. Fez, Morocco, is where you can find the school recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest higher learning institution in the world. The University of al-Qarawiyyin is widely recognized as the oldest university in the world. Founded as a mosque in 859 AD by Fatima…
Read MoreAfghan women defy Taliban and continue medical school in Scotland
Washington Post The Scottish government granted free tuition to female students from Afghanistan to continue studying medicine after the Taliban upended their education. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/afghan-women-medical-school-scotland/
Read MoreNew reports reveal IDF hit Iranian military facility in Syria during ‘unusual’ raid
Fox News Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) special forces raided an Iranian weapons facility in Syria shortly before a series of strikes in the region, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens of others, according to reports. Initial reports did not indicate that any Israeli troops had been on the ground during the operation, but…
Read MoreArchaeologists discover 16,000-year-old artifacts in prehistoric burials during excavation in Malaysia
Fox News Archaeologists in Malaysia spent more than a year investigating an area that will soon be underwater. Since their search began, more than 70,000 artifacts have been unearthed, including skeletal remains in prehistoric burials that are believed to date back 16,000 years. Excavation of the site started in March 2022 and wrapped up in…
Read MoreGaza’s traumatized children are facing another lost year of school
Washington Post About 650,000 students are missing their second school year, an absence educators say will compound the trauma of war and could cause lasting developmental problems. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/gaza-education-children-schools-unrwa-idf/
Read MoreRussia, China hold biggest war games since Soviet era
Fox News Russia and China this week engaged in the largest military drills in some 30 years after they launched joint naval and air exercises spanning both hemispheres on Tuesday, a report by Reuters confirmed. The Russian defense ministry said the week-long war games will include 90,000 troops, 400 warships, submarines and support vessels, along…
Read MoreHundreds of thousands of mpox vaccines donated to fight outbreak in Africa
Fox News Some countries have pledged to donate doses of mpox vaccines to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, after the World Health Organization declared it a global public health emergency in August for the second time in two years. Such donations are meant to address the huge inequity that left African nations…
Read MoreZelensky confirms Russian counteroffensive in Ukrainian-controlled Kursk
Washington Post Zelensky said that the Russian “counteroffensive actions were according to our Ukrainian plan.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/ukraine-kursk-russia-counteroffensive/
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