In an effort to boost tourism, Thailand will reduce its mandatory quarantine period for vaccinated travelers from 14 to 7 days. Travelers must be fully vaccinated within three months of the travel ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand allowing tourists to quarantine on yachts in bid to revive Phuket tourism
Thailand’s government is testing a program that would allow tourists to complete their mandatory quarantine periods on yachts off the coast of Phuket. Previous guidance stipulated that visitors remain ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand prime minister sprays journalists with hand sanitiser as they try to grill him
Thailand‘s prime minister was filmed on Tuesday spraying hand sanitiser at journalists who were grilling him during his weekly press conference in Bangkok. The prime minister of the southeast Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Quarantine on a yacht! Thailand to let holidaymakers spend their two week isolation period cruising near Phuket at sea to revive the country’s beleaguered tourist trade
The move is aimed at boosting Thailand's tourism industry, after the number of tourists arriving in the country fell to just hundreds a day. ( read original story ...)
Thailand is enticing tourists back to its beaches by allowing travelers to quarantine aboard yachts
The country previously announced it would allow travelers to complete quarantines at golf resorts. ( read original story ...)
Biden promotes rights in first Iran sanctions
US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday imposed its first new sanctions on Iran, targeting two interrogators for alleged abuse of prisoners. ( read original story ...)
US vows renewed pressured on Iran over Levinson
The State Department says they vow to put renewed pressure on Iran on what happened to Robert Levinson, on what is the 14th anniversary of his disappearance. (March 9) ... ( read original story ...)
The Kurdish press in Turkey walk a fine line
Mesopotamia Agency, Turkey's largest Kurdish news outlet, is often at odds with the government’s narrative about its longtime struggle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). ( read original story ...)
Turkey: 5 jailed over assasination of Russia’s Andrei Karlov
An Ankara court ruled the harshest sentence in Turkey against five people over links to the 2016 assassination of Russian envoy Andrei Karlov. ( read original story ...)
Turkey sentences 5 people to life over Russian envoy’s killing
Andrei Karlov was shot dead by an off-duty policeman while speaking at a photo exhibition opening in Ankara in 2016. ( read original story ...)