The U.S. military’s Central Command said the two B-52s flew over the region accompanied by military aircraft from nations including Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. ( read original story ...)
Iran frees British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe, says lawyer
Ratcliffe, removing her ankle tag after a five-year prison sentence, but she has been summoned again to court on another charge, her lawyer and a British lawmaker said on Sunday. She was jailed for ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Releases British-Iranian Aid Worker Accused of Spying
Iran released a British-Iranian charity worker detained in 2016 on charges of spying yet barred her from leaving the country, a move that could perpetuate strained ties between the U.K. and Tehran. ( read original story ...)
Turkey reports over 11,000 new COVID-19 cases, 65 fatalities
Turkey on Sunday reported 11,187 new coronavirus cases, including 735 symptomatic patients, according to the Health Ministry. The total number of cases ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s Growing Central Asian Influence Is an Opportunity for Joe Biden
The role America hoped Turkey would have played in Central Asia after the fall of the Soviet Union is slowly becoming a reality. ( read original story ...)
Emerging Markets Outlook: Turkey
The coronavirus pandemic dampened private-equity fundraising and deal making around the globe in 2020, but a number of emerging markets suffered even steeper declines as institutional investors ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines aims to finish health workers’ vaccination in May, start on other sectors in April
The Philippine government targets to finish vaccinating healthcare workers against COVID-19 in May and expand the program to other sectors by April, an official said Sunday. According to vaccine czar ... ( read original story ...)
After Japan’s 2011 Tsunami a City Is Rebuilt—Now It Needs People to Survive
The future remains precarious for Rikuzentakata, where more than 1,700 people died in the disaster, as many survivors have settled elsewhere and swaths of downtown lie unused. ( read original story ...)
The Bank of Japan Is Sitting on a Pile of Profit but Isn’t Sharing the Wealth
Making a $130 billion profit in the stock market isn’t as fun as it seems—at least if you’re the Bank of Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s innovators seek their lost mojo
Japan’s finance ministry has decided to tackle one of the great unanswered questions of innovation and finance. Can $100bn buy a nation back its mojo? In an effort to reignite Japan’s flame, the ... ( read original story ...)