New analysis by the aid agency CARE Australia suggests most countries in our region, such as Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste, are up to four times more at risk from COVID-19 than Australia. CARE …
How Will COVID-19 Impact Timor-Leste’s Politics?
Last week, Timor-Leste’s premier withdrew his resignation, citing the need for continuity in the country’s political leadership to see out the battle against the global coronavirus pandemic. The …
Australia Cannot Afford To Neglect Southeast Asia In The Age Of Coronavirus
But that is no reason for policy stasis. The government is right in thinking in the short term about our Pacific neighbours and Timor-Leste. As the major external power, we have a moral requirement to …
United States commits $1.1 million to help Timor-Leste fight COVID-19
DILI, TIMOR-LESTE – The U.S. Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed $1.1 million to help the Government of Timor-Leste fight COVID-19, U.S.
Bahrain offers a coronavirus success story
As Americans and the world wake up every day to frightening new numbers of coronavirus casualties, there are nevertheless timely and instructive reminders that this deadly plague can be beaten.
Bahrain’s Gulf Air to repatriate stranded citizens from Iran
More than a thousand Bahrainis, most of them pilgrims visiting religious sites, have been stranded for months in Iran.
Bahrain sets up coronavirus ICU in military hospital car park
Bahrain has converted the multi-storey car park of a military hto a 130-bed intensive care unit for patients with COVID-19, the respiratory disease cau …
Bahrain’s Al-Salam Bank appoints new chairman
We regret to announce the resignation of our colleague, Al-Muhairi, as chairman and board member for personal reasons. We would like to take this opportunity to put on record our sincere thanks to …
Iranian exports to Armenia resumed
Iran has resumed exports to its neighbor Armenia since the last week, Mehr news agency reported.The exports are conducted via Iran’s northwestern Norduz border in a limited quantity, Rouhollah Latifi, …
Bahrain converts car park into Covid-19 ICU
Bahrain has turned a car park near the capital Manama into an intensive care unit with 130 beds for patients infected with the novel coronavirus, in a first in the Gulf. The new ICU in the covered car …