Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities Fast Facts
CNN — Here’s a look at Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Since 2003, worldwide concern over Iran’s nuclear program has increased as Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spar over…
Thailand scrambles to find radioactive cylinder containing Caesium-137 from a power plant
Bangkok, Thailand CNN — Authorities in Thailand are scrambling to locate a metal cylinder with dangerous radioactive contents that went missing from a power plant this week, warning the public…
Record-strength cyclone Freddy pounds Mozambique after making second landfall
Cyclone Freddy battered central Mozambique on Sunday after making landfall for a second time in a month, breaking records for the duration and strength of tropical storms in the southern…
South Africa’s power blackouts are causing havoc for citizens
Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt businesses, and water shortages. Welcome to life under South Africa’s power blackouts. Last week the grim…
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Vital supplies dwindle as ‘eco-activists’ blockade a breakaway region guarded by Russia
CNN — In the village of Tegh, Armenia, stationary vehicles clog the mountainous route to a border crossing where a mysterious diplomatic logjam has brought traffic to a halt. This…
Ukrainians defiant amid one of Moscow’s biggest missile barrages
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Explosions rattled villages and cities across Ukraine on Thursday, damaging civilian infrastructure and killing at least three people in what Kyiv has called one of Moscow’s…
Blackouts pose extra risk to Ukraine’s chronically ill
CNN — For Olena Isayenko, the beeping sound her oxygen machine makes when disconnected from power is far scarier than the screeching of the air raid sirens now commonly heard…
Russian drones attack Kyiv, as Moscow takes another swipe at Ukraine’s power grid
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — At least two people were hurt and key infrastructure has been damaged in a Russian drone assault on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the latest attempt by…
Ukraine war: Water supply and metro services restored in Kyiv after missile attacks
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Water supply and metro services have been restored in Kyiv but officials continued to work Saturday to return heating to all the Ukrainian capital’s residents, a…
Ukraine keeps patching up its power grid. But Russia’s barrage could force more Ukrainians to flee as winter bites
CNN — What Russia cannot win on the battlefield, it is seeking to win by casting Ukrainian cities into the dark and cold as a long winter sets in. The…