World Events

Afghan Army Asks 200,000 Residents of Lashkar Gah City to Evacuate

A senior Afghan military commander has asked residents of Lashkar Gah city, which has recently come under Taliban siege, to…

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Third Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Increases Antibody Levels ‘Eleven-Fold’

According to preliminary research results, Pfizer and BioNTech, the two vaccine-producing companies, say that administering a third dose of the…

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Civil Society and Women are Primary Victims of Taliban’s Expanding Influence in Afghanistan

The escalating expansion of Taliban influence and control over multiple regions of Afghanistan, coupled with rising military clashes and attacks,…

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Forests Sacrificed to Short-Term and Unsustainable Profits

We understand better than ever the importance of forests and forest-dwelling populations in the fight against climate change. In fact,…

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Cuba Arrests Over a Hundred Journalists and Civil Activists

The Cuban government attributed the historic protests that took place in the country over the weekend to U.S. economic pressure…

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Taliban Takes Over Islam Qala Customs Post on Iran-Afghanistan Border

Media reports indicate that the Taliban has seized the Islam Qala border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran. It is reported…

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12-Year-Old Boy Becomes World’s Youngest Chess Grandmaster

Abhimanyu Mishra, an American chess player, broke the record for the world’s youngest chess grandmaster at just 12 years and…

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Escaping the Fate of ‘Geppetto’; American Fisherman Went ‘Inside a Whale’s Mouth’ and Returned Alive

An American fisherman says he was inside the mouth of a humpback whale for 30 to 40 seconds on Friday,…

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