WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday suspended some of the terrorism sanctions that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposed on Yemen’s Houthi rebels in his waning days ... ( read original story ...)
Uzbekistan, Saudi ACWA Power to enhance clean energy capacity
Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia plan three major power projects that will boost the use of clean and renewable energy in the Central Asian country, Uzbekistan’s Energy Ministry said on January 25. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia to get AstraZeneca shots in about a week from India
The Serum Institute of India (SII) will supply Saudi Arabia with 3 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses priced at $5.25 each in about a week on behalf of the British drugmaker, its chief ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Forces Expand Reach in Saudi Arabia
In the past year or more, the military has tested new ports and bases in Saudi Arabia’s western desert as options to use in the event of any conflict with Iran. ( read original story ...)
Iraq hangs three convicted of ‘terrorism’, says security source
THREE Iraqis convicted of “terrorism” were hanged yesterday, a security source said, days after a deadly double suicide attack in a crowded Baghdad marketplace killed more than 30 people. The reported ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq sends IMF ’emergency assistance’ request amid ailing economy
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said late Sunday it was engaged in talks with Iraq over the economically ailing Middle Eastern nation's emergency financial assistance ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s acting envoy to Kuwait has defected to South Korea: lawmaker
North Korea's acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to South Korea, the latest in a recent string of high-profile escapes from the isolated country, a South Korean lawmaker said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
From Myanmar to Creston: The story of a refugee
Dan" Maran and his friends encountered a woman being sexually assaulted by two Myanmar soldiers. While walking home one evening, following a practice for a Thanksgiving concert at a local church in ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar’s displaced Christians form village called ‘Bethel’ outside Yangon
Minority Christians displaced by conflict in northern Myanmar (also known as Burma) have formed their own village outside of Yangon and named it Baythala — or "Bethel" — the biblical town that ... ( read original story ...)
Biden’s Iran challenge will be engaging its people
Critics of the Iran nuclear deal often complained that it didn’t address the Tehran regime’s abuse of human rights. While that was never the goal of the agreement, they had a point. Yet it was under ... ( read original story ...)