Washington and Seoul have agreed to a cost-sharing agreement for US forces based in South Korea, a US State Department spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
South Korea to boost funding for U.S. troops under new accord: State Department
The United States and South Korea have reached agreement in principle on a new arrangement that calls for Seoul to boost its contribution to the cost of U.S. forces stationed in the country, the State ... ( read original story ...)
Australia Halts Defence Ties With Myanmar, Redirects Aid
Australia has suspended its defence cooperation programme with Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said, amid an intensified crackdown by the country's military on massive protests against ... ( read original story ...)
Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Say They Targeted Saudi Oil Port
The Saudi Energy Ministry said an assault Sunday had targeted petroleum tanks at the Ras Tanura port, which afterward was operating as normal, according to several shipping sources. ( read original story ...)
Turkey storms into and destroys dentist’s office
One of the managers of the dental office in Fair Oaks, Calif., says that she was having a normal day when, out of nowhere, the bird crashed through the windows of the office. ( read original story ...)
Turkey arrests man for beating ex-wife on street
A man was arrested in Turkey on Sunday after a video on social media purportedly showing him beating his ex-wife on a street sparked outrage, state media reported. ( read original story ...)
Erdogan hails ‘revolution’ in Turkey politics after AKP decade in power
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hails his AKP government's 10 years in power as a "revolution" in Turkish politics, ending a legacy of military coups and exalting the will of the people ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey tries Israeli military chiefs over Gaza ship raid
Four Israeli ex-military chiefs tried by Turkey in absentia over 2010 raid on Gaza-bound Turkish aid flotilla, in a trial which Israel brands a 'show trial' that has nothing to do with law and justice ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SBI plans Hong Kong pullout on concerns over security law
The chief executive of SBI Holdings, the financial conglomerate that owns Japan’s biggest online brokerage, said he plans to pull his company’s operations out of Hong Kong because “without freedom, ... ( read original story ...)
Breaking societal barriers, Bangladesh working women defy the odds to create their own path
Umme Nazmin Islam began her career as a doctor when her elder daughter was two and a half months old in 2010. After a decade, when the world was crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, she took on the ... ( read original story ...)