Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. George Floyd was laid to rest at a private funeral in Houston, more than two weeks after his death. Mr. Floyd, 46, who was pinned under the knee of a Minneapolis …
Voting machines and coronavirus force long lines on Georgia voters
Georgia’s primary quickly turned into an ordeal for voters who waited for hours Tuesday, when it became clear officials were unprepared for an election on new voting computers during the coronavirus …
Long lines, faulty machines in minority areas on primary day in Georgia
NBC News Correspondent Blayne Alexander brings the latest from Georgia where voters are facing hours long lines to cast their ballot in the state’s primary.
1MDB’s Suspected Mastermind Found New Ways to Move Money in Kuwait
The Kuwaiti royal family provided Jho Low means to fend off U.S. and Malaysian investigators who accuse him of masterminding the plunder of Malaysian state investment fund 1MDB.
PA submits ‘counter-proposal’ to US plan, providing for demilitarized Palestine
Palestine will be a state along the 1967 borders and its capital will be East Jerusalem,’ PM Shtayyeh says, calling Netanyahu’s annexation project an ‘existential threat’ …
World’s Biggest Gaming Show Cancels First-Ever Singapore Event
The organizers of the first-ever Gamescom Asia have announced that the inaugural show will not happen as planned in October. Instead, it’s being delayed an entire year, to October 14-17, 2021.
Justice and the June Events: Looking Back at Kyrgyzstan’s 2010 Troubles
Two wrongs don’t make a right: a decade after violence exploded in Kyrgyzstan’s south, Azimzhan Askarov remains in jail.
Office of independent TV station 3 Kanal firebombed in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan authorities should conduct a quick and thorough investigation into the arson attack on the office of the 3 Kanal broadcaster, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At around 7 a.
UAE On Brink Of Launching Arab World’s First Space Mission To Mars
The probe will launch from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center The probe is slated to return to Earth in February 2021. Over the past 55 years, only six other countries have sent missions to Mars The …
Palestinian PM Says Not Informed of New UAE Aid Flight Via Israel
A cargo plane operated by Etihad Airways offloads aid related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for Palestinians, at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel May 19, 2020. Israel Airports …