Interpreters who risked their lives serving as the eyes and voice of U.S. troops are receiving at last the administrative okay to come to America with their families to escape the Taliban. What is not ... ( read original story ...)
Pak responsible for war in Afghanistan: Pashtun leader
Pashtun leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai called on the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government to denounce its support to the war in Afghanistan stating that peace in th ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., South Korea diplomats discussed dialogue with North Korea, Seoul says
U.S. and South Korean director-level diplomats addressed North Korea dialogue for the first time since the restoration of a military communication hotline. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam and South Korea send more students to US than Japan
But in 2019 and 2020, Japan fell to eighth place, outpaced by China, India, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan ... While progress in the Japanese business community to institute fall and year ... ( read original story ...)
Once No. 1, Japan topped by Vietnam and South Korea for study in US
Japan is no longer home to the most international students studying in the U.S., as there are now fewer Japanese students than those hailing from China, India, South Korea and Vietnam. As the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
S.Korea pledges nearly $2 bln to become major COVID-19 vaccine producer
South Korea plans to invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) to become one of the world's five largest COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing bases by 2025, its President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
South Korea Economic Rebound Threatened by New COVID Wave
A key risk to the near-term economic outlook of South Korea is the sharp upturn in daily new COVID-19 cases during July, with the highly transmissible Delta variant having become the dominant strain i ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s new president sworn in amid stalled nuclear talks and hopes of Saudi detente
Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated as Iran's next president on Thursday, signaling the start of a new harder-line era that could herald major shifts in the Islamic Republic's policies at home and abroad. ( read original story ...)
Iran swears in new hard-line president amid regional tension
The protégé of Iran’s supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country’s new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey-UK trade, business ties strong during post-Brexit, virus shocks: Envoy
Although the statistics covering the entire post-Brexit period have not been released yet, the preliminary data shows that the trade between Turkey and ... ( read original story ...)