The politics are the same, protesters' demands are too. But this time — due to demographics, falling oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic — it's different, locals in Iraqi Kurdistan say. ( read original story ...)
ER doctor and Iraq War veteran who moved from New York to help with surge of COVID-19 cases at Arizona hospital says he was fired after he tweeted about the severity of the …
Dr Cleavon Gilman said he was fired from Yuma Regional Medical Center in Arizona on November 23 after he tweeted that his hospital's ICU was full and that they couldn't transfer any patients. ( read original story ...)
South Korea accepts 12 former U.S. military bases
The United States officially returned 12 former military bases to South Korea, but questions are being raised about environmental contamination, according to South Korean press reports. The two ... ( read original story ...)
Parts of Yongsan Garrison Among a Dozen US Military Sites Being Returned to South Korea
Parts of Yongsan Garrison and the former headquarters of Stars and Stripes in Seoul are among a dozen U.S. military sites that will be returned to South Korea by U.S. forces, according U.S. and South ... ( read original story ...)
Call for Mass Testing in South Korea Amid Rising Third Wave of Virus
South Korea reported 686 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as it battles a third wave of infection that is threatening to overwhelm its medical system. The daily tally was the second-highest since ... ( read original story ...)
Rising Coronavirus Cases Challenge South Korea’s Containment Strategy
South Korea’s third wave of coronavirus infections is testing the country’s often-praised containment strategy. South Korea reported a seven-day average of 609.6 locally transmitted cases a day over ... ( read original story ...)
After rescuing Pakistan’s loneliest elephant, Cher turns sights to Thailand’s last gorilla
Living on the top floor of a department store in Bangkok, Bua Noi has been alone since her mate died a decade ago ... ( read original story ...)
Iran summons Turkish ambassador over Erdogan remarks in Baku
Iran on Friday summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Tehran over the Turkish president’s remarks during a visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, which Iran deemed offensive and said support ... ( read original story ...)
Assassination of Iran nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ‘was Mossad’s finest work’
Intelligence officials are calling it the pinnacle of Mossad’s project to scupper Iran’s nuclear programme.That decade-long effort by Israel’s spy agency is widely believed to have involved daylight ... ( read original story ...)
Iran protests to Turkey over ‘meddling’ poem recited by Erdogan
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey’s ambassador over what it said was “meddlesome” remarks by Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan ... ( read original story ...)