Qatar is ready to help cash-strapped Lebanon with its economic recovery if its deeply divided political class agrees. The outgoing cabinet has served in a care ... ( read original story ...)
British teacher, 48, missing for five days in Myanmar during riots over military coup, tells of moment he fled over border to Laos in a dinghy
Ian Richmond, 48, from Darlington, County Durham, disappeared from the city of Tachileik, Myanmar, on February 1 amid fierce protests over the country's military coup. He was found safe today. ( read original story ...)
Laos receives 300,000 vaccine doses from China – reports
Laos on Monday received 300,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, media in the two countries reported. The Southeast Asian country has already started ... ( read original story ...)
Aid workers in Laos are warned: your actions could put both of you and your colleagues at risk
Should we let Sombath Somphone's disappearance deter international and local aid workers who want to make a difference in Laos? How do we conduct ourselves accordingly to the host country so we can ... ( read original story ...)
Laos to build coal-fired power plants in order to sell electricity to Kingdom
Construction of two coal-fired power plants will begin at the end of 2021 in Xekong province in the southeast of Laos, according to a senior Lao government official. The plants will become operational ... ( read original story ...)
Morocco’s envoy arrives in Israel to reopen liaison office
Abderrahim Beyyoud meets Foreign Minister Ashkenazi; Israel's envoy in Rabat has first sit-down with kingdom's top diplomat Nasser Bourita ... ( read original story ...)
After Blinken remarks, Netanyahu says Golan will always be Israel’s
Israel will keep the Golan Heights forever, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced remarks that stopped short of recognising the claim. ( read original story ...)
Israel Says 97% of Virus Deaths in Past Month Weren’t Vaccinated
More than 97% of the 1,536 Israelis who died of coronavirus in the past 30 days hadn’t been vaccinated, a sign that the country’s aggressive immunization campaign is saving lives. ( read original story ...)
First-ever virtual “Israel Summit” opens for 150 US university students
"Our goal is to allow students of all backgrounds to form unique and personal connections to the State of Israel, in a holistic and nonpartisan environment." ... ( read original story ...)
Israel Says 97% of Recent Deaths Weren’t Immunized: Virus Update
A World Health Organization investigation in China found that the coronavirus most likely jumped to humans through an animal or frozen wildlife products, and a theory that it resulted from a ... ( read original story ...)