President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally said Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP party, the country's third biggest, should be banned for separatism - a move the HDP's co-leader condemned on Thursday as a ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey Says Will Not Turn Back on Russian S-400S Purchase Despite Sanctions
Turkey will not turn back on its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems and will take reciprocal steps after evaluating the U.S. sanctions imposed because of the acquisition, Foreign ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey says France must change stance on Syria operations to improve ties
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday Turkey could normalise ties with France but Paris must change its stance over Turkey's military operations in Syria. Turkey has repeatedly traded ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Starts Human Trial Of Coronavirus Vaccine
A Vietnamese pharmaceutical company began testing a coronavirus vaccine on volunteers in Hanoi on Thursday, as developing countries jostle with richer nations to access affordable inoculations. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam regrets U.S. decision to sanction firm over Iran-related trade
Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it regretted a U.S. decision to sanction a Vietnamese company relating to the transport of petroleum products from Iran. "Trade relations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan coronavirus: Suga appears to flout virus guidelines as country grapples with record cases
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has expressed "remorse" for attending a group dinner with celebrity friends in apparent breach of his own government's coronavirus guidelines, as infection rates ... ( read original story ...)
Backlash over Japan cosmetics boss ‘racist’ comments
A major Japanese cosmetics firm has faced calls for a boycott after its chief executive used a derogatory term for Koreans. DHC’s boss Yoshiaki Yoshida made the comments in a message on the company’s ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh continues to be significant pillar of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy: PM Modi
PM Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated a Bangabandhu-Bapu digital exhibition, a pre-1965 railway link, released a commemorative stamp on Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s birth ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh’s COVID-19 deaths exceed 7,192, total cases rise to 496,975
(Xinhua) -- Bangladesh reported 1,134 new COVID-19 cases and 36 new deaths on Thursday, making the tally at 496,975 and death toll at 7,192, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The ... ( read original story ...)
India, Bangladesh sign 7 agreements on cooperation
India and Bangladesh on Thursday signed seven agreements on cooperation in areas including hydrocarbons, agriculture, solid waste management, textiles and community development. The agreements were ... ( read original story ...)