New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, has announced the closure of the New Zealand Embassy in Baghdad. Mr Peters said: This decision to permanently close the Embassy was not taken li ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq: Muslim scholars say prisoners being tortured
The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq accused the Iraqi government and Shabak militia Thursday of torturing prisoners in jails in Nineveh governorate. "Detainees in the government’s and militia's ... ( read original story ...)
Iran reveals its COVID-19 data for June 20
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20 By Elnur Baghishov - Trend: As many as 2,322 people have been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours in Iran, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokesperson for ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan May export orders up, flags better outlook though wary of pandemic
Taiwan's export orders edged up for a third consecutive month in May, thanks to sustained demand for telecommuting products like laptops during the coronavirus pandemic that has forced millions of ... ( read original story ...)
Proposed hate crime bill in Georgia would include protection for police
The addition fell on party lines and puts the likelihood fo a hate crime bill in Georgia at risk with time running out. ( read original story ...)
$500m scam: Where did Kuwait money embezzled by Fahad Al Rajaan vanish?
Al Rajaan — through his lawyer, Mishkon de Ria — offered details of the remaining assets of $ 183 million, noting that the difference in spending accounts amounted to $330 mil ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait MoH: Health measure non-compliance, family visits behind COVID-19 spike
The lifting of the isolation of some areas in the country came only after a drop in infection rates there: minister KUWAIT — Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah said Thursday that failure to ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese medical specialists return home after assistance mission in Palestine
A team of 10 medical specialists sent by the Chinese government returned to southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Thursday after finishing the duty of aiding Palestine's efforts against the ... ( read original story ...)
Latest corona tests show 51 positive cases in West Bank, 954 total in Palestine
The latest coronavirus test results confirmed 51 new cases in the West Bank, the majority in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, thus raising total today to 84 and overall total in Palestine to ... ( read original story ...)
BP to output from Oman’s Khazzan gas field to 1.5 bcf by end-2020
BP plans to produce an additional 500 million cubic feet of gas from Oman's Khazzan field, known as Ghazir, by the end of 2020, the state news agency quoted the company's Oman boss as saying on ... ( read original story ...)