Pete Bowen landed in Thailand in 2009 with a suitcase and a guitar, looking for a spot to retire. He knew no one in the country. Nearly 12 years later, he says his life in a beach town on the western ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand launches yacht quarantine scheme
All visitors to Thailand must currently spend 14 days in quarantine on arrival, but now they can choose a more luxurious way to wait it out by staying onboard a yacht. Just one snag, they need to ... ( read original story ...)
PM demands Iran releases Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Boris Johnson has demanded the "immediate release" of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran on spying charges, in a phone call with Iran's president.The PM said her ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Is Starting to Want the Bomb
Argument: Iran Is Starting to Want the Bomb Iran Is Starting to Want the Bomb... On Feb. 8, Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi, in an interview with Iranian state television, made a ... ( read original story ...)
Biden administration aims to avoid public feud with Israel over Iran
State Department Iran envoy Rob Malley tells Axios the U.S. and Israel want to avoid the sort of public confrontation over Iran that took place during the Obama administration. Why it matters: Israeli ... ( read original story ...)
UK PM Johnson tells Iran’s Rouhani to let British-Iranian aid worker return home
“The prime minister raised the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other British-Iranian dual nationals detained in Iran and demanded their immediate release,” a statement from Johnson’s office said ... ( read original story ...)
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade says Russia, China, and Iran ‘plow through’ cancel culture because ‘they actually know what the threat is’
DOW S&P 500 NASDAQ 100 Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday suggested that US adversaries like Russia, China, and Iran are not dealing with cancel culture because they have systems of government ... ( read original story ...)
US envoy says no rush for deal before Iran election
President Joe Biden will not race to renew a nuclear deal with Iran before June elections widely expected to see the rise of a more hardline president in Tehran, a US envoy said in an interview ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s under fire pro-Kurdish party risks ban
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party is facing a political and legal onslaught that could see it banned and its MPs jailed as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to strengthen his bid to keep power. ( read original story ...)
US blocks Turkey’s 30 locally-made attack helicopter sale to Pakistan
During a briefing on Monday, Kalin noted that the US blocked Turkey's helicopter sale to Pakistan, which will likely lead to Islamabad buying it from China and cause more detriment to Washington down ... ( read original story ...)