Thailand's celebrated tourism industry is being rocked by an unprecedented number of business closures and job losses as it suffers through the country's second wave of COVID-19 infections and pleads ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand Relaxes Virus Curbs to Reopen Most Parts of Economy
Thailand’s Covid-19 taskforce approved loosening restrictions across the country to allow businesses and schools to resume operations as the biggest coronavirus wave to hit the nation eased in most ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand fell to 104th place in transparency ranking
Transparency International (TI) gave Thailand a score of 36 for transparency, equal to its score in 2019, but the country’s place fell to 104th last year due to bribery, Thai news agency (TNA) ... ( read original story ...)
Biden expected to appoint nuclear deal architect as US Iran envoy
Obama-era diplomat Robert Malley will face task of repairing ties that worsened under Trump after withdrawal from nuclear pact ... ( read original story ...)
Iran pushing Biden to act first, drop sanctions before reviving nuclear deal
Iran’s foreign minister is reportedly urging President Biden to make the first move toward reviving a 2015 nuclear deal "by removing all sanctions imposed since [former President Donald] Trump assumed ... ( read original story ...)
‘Turkey to continue protecting rights in East Med’
Turkey will continue to decisively protect its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean and Cyprus, the country's National Security Council declared on Thursday. Underlining that these rights arise ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam reports nine more COVID-19 infections as outbreak spreads to Hanoi
Vietnam reported nine more new COVID-19 infections early on Friday as the country's first outbreak for nearly two months spread to Hanoi, the capital, where the ruling Communist party is currently ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam rushes to contain outbreak of more contagious Covid variant
The outbreak has jolted a country that had reported no local infections in nearly two months. Vietnam’s effort Covid-19 have been hailed globally as a success. It coincides with a high-profile ... ( read original story ...)
The Secretive Meeting Where Vietnam Changes Leaders: QuickTake
Vietnam, one of the world’s five remaining Communist states, is about to get new leadership. The biggest moves will emerge from a secretive, twice-a-decade meeting -- the National Party Congress -- ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh sends 3rd group of Rohingya refugees to island
Authorities in Bangladesh have sent a third group of Rohingya refugees to a newly developed island in the Bay of Bengal despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process ... ( read original story ...)