Oman has discussed the possibility of financial aid with other Gulf states to help it cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, according to two officials in the ... ( read original story ...)
Oman Is Desperate For Help As Economy Crumbles
OPEC oil producer Oman has been talking to other countries in the Gulf about potentially receiving financial aid to help its economy ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan confirms 36 new coronavirus infections
Kyrgyzstan reported 36 more coronavirus infections, increasing the total number of cases to 2,129 on June 11th. Kyrgyzstan's Deputy Health Minister Nurbolot Usenbaev told a news press conference that ... ( read original story ...)
Life In Osh, 10 Years After Kyrgyzstan’s Deadly Ethnic Conflict
A decade has passed since ethnic violence tore through towns and cities in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing 470 people according to an international report. RFE/RL talked with ethnic Uzbek and Kyrgyz ... ( read original story ...)
Israel to conduct census of West Bank Palestinians ahead of annexation
Israeli officials in the occupied territories of the West Bank are preparing to conduct a population census of Arabs living in areas slated for annexation, Israeli media reported Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Israel’s annexation of the West Bank will be yet another tragedy for Palestinians
Benjamin Netanyahu’s threat will end hopes of a two-state system, says former Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black ... ( read original story ...)
Israel’s griffon vultures get new lease on life
A conservationist holds the head of a griffon vulture after it was temporarily captured as part of a national project to protect and increase the population of the protected bird in Israel, at a makes ... ( read original story ...)
Netanyahu wants to divide Jews, Right from Left, Israel from world
The prime minister wants both. In his duplicitous way, he’s in favor of annexation since it apparently concurs with the Trump plan, and purports to be in favor of accepting the Trump plan, provided ... ( read original story ...)
EU court: Anti-Israel activists wrongly convicted in France
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday French justices wrongly convicted "Boycott Israel" activists who protested at a market and were prosecuted. ( read original story ...)
Syria’s Assad Fires His PM Amid Worsening Economic Crisis
Syrian President Bashar Assad has fired his prime minister a month ahead of elections as the economic crisis worsens and public anger rises in the territory under his control. ( read original story ...)