But now, for the first time, one of Lebanon’s three largest university hospitals did not have the equipment it needed to help keep someone alive. With everything from equipment to medicine in short ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan’s new president rebuffs critics’ claims over ‘dictatorship’
Kyrgyzstan’s new president has vowed to end two decades of political instability in the Central Asian nation with a constitutional overhaul that will drastically strengthen the powers of his office, ... ( read original story ...)
Secretary of State Blinken says U.S. committed to Israel’s security
The United States reaffirms its firm commitment to Israel's security and will continue to work closely with it to advance peace in the region, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Blinken, ... ( read original story ...)
The secret maritime route that brought Holocaust survivors to pre-state Israel
From a US Army chaplain who rallied surviving Jews, to a fake military unit, resilience and chutzpah star in Rosie Whitehouse's new book about post-WWII exodus to the promised land ... ( read original story ...)
Mikve Israel – Israel’s first village looks to the future
As Mikve Israel, Israel’s first village, celebrates 150 years, we take a journey into nature to find out how the school and agricultural center is preparing for its future. ( read original story ...)
Syria: Pro-gov’t fighters discover mass grave in Deir al-Zour
According to a report by a war monitor, on Tuesday, Jan. 26 pro-administration forces discovered a mass grave with nine corpses in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour. The Syrian Obs ... ( read original story ...)
1,413 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Kazakhstan in 24 hrs
Kazakhstan in the past 24 hours, Trend reports citing Kazinform. 125 fresh cases were detected in Kazakh capital, 138 in Almaty, 13 in Shymkent, 209 in Akmola region, 10 in Aktobe region, 71 in Almaty ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken says taking close look at designation of Yemen’s Houthi movement
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the State Department was taking a "very urgent and very close look" at the Trump administration designation of Yemen's Houthi movement as a ... ( read original story ...)
Solid Uzbekistan-Korea ties witnessed through strategic partnership, pandemic
April 2019, Uzbek Ambassador to Korea Vitaliy Fen said. The envoy pointed out that Uzbekistan was the first country to send a delegation to Korea after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s January exports likely to grow for third month underpinning recovery momentum: Reuters poll
South Korea's exports likely expanded for a third straight month in January on continued strong chip sales and overseas demand, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, underpinning export-led recovery ... ( read original story ...)