Assessment of cultural heritage of Azerbaijan's Karabakh must be objective - French MP tells lagazetteaz.fr Politics 11:22 ... ( read original story ...)
Uzbekistan approves Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine
Uzbekistan's government has approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biofarmaceutical for use in the Central Asian nation, the Uzbek ministry of innovation said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Biden refused to sanction MBS over Khashoggi’s murder because he doesn’t want his relationship with Saudi Arabia to get worse, officials say
A US intelligence report released on February 26 found that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directly approved the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi. ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Biden shouldn’t have spared Saudi Arabia’s crown prince
When Joe Biden was running for president, he was asked if — unlike then-President Trump — he would punish senior Saudi leaders for the 2018 murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden ... ( read original story ...)
Biden is struggling between ‘two opposing forces’ on Saudi Arabia: Atlantic Council CEO
Frederick Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council, says on the one hand, U.S. President Joe Biden said he would be tough on Saudi Arabia, but on the other hand, he needs Riyadh's support to ... ( read original story ...)
Sen. Duckworth calls on Biden to release intel on alleged Russian bounties in Afghanistan
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) sent a letter on Monday calling on President Biden's director of national intelligence to declassify and release intelligence on an alleged Russian campaign to pay ... ( read original story ...)
‘I’d like to join Pixar one day’: meet Afghanistan’s first female animator
Born under Taliban rule, Sara Barackzay studied abroad and now hopes to start her own school ... ( read original story ...)
Blessing Muzarabani and Victor Nyauchi combine to rout Afghanistan for 131
Blessing Muzarabani struck with the very first ball of the Test - the first Zimbabwe bowler to achieve the feat ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
Iraq received its first 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by China as the country is struggling to cope with a new surge of the disease. ( read original story ...)
Pope Francis Prepares to Visit Iraq, Despite Covid-19 and Security Fears
For his first international trip since before the pandemic, the pope has chosen a country struggling with terrorist attacks and a spike in Covid-19 cases. ( read original story ...)