Turkey will receive the remaining portion of a second consignment of 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech by Friday morning, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam official says should prepare for scenario of 30,000 coronavirus cases – state TV
Vietnam should prepare for a scenario of up to 30,000 COVID-19 cases, state television said, citing the coronavirus taskforce chief, after the country reported its biggest daily number of new ... ( read original story ...)
Daniel Pearl: Pakistan’s top court rules to free men previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl
In April last year, a high court in Sindh province, where Karachi is located, overturned the convictions of three of the four men and reduced British national Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh's sentence to ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Ready to Prosecute Man Acquitted in Pakistan of American Reporter’s Murder: Blinken
The U.S. is prepared to prosecute in the United States the man acquitted by Pakistan's top court of the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Two men publicly caned 77 times for having sex in Indonesia
It’s the third time that Indonesia's conservative Aceh province has caned people for homosexuality since Sharia law was implemented there in 2015. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Aceh flogs two men for having sex
Two men have been publicly caned in the conservative Indonesian province of Aceh for having sex.The pair each received 77 lashes from a masked officer in front of a crowd in the capital Banda ... ( read original story ...)
2 men publicly caned for having sex by religious police in Indonesia
Homosexuality is legal in the world's most populous Muslim nation everywhere but the conservative Banda Aceh province, where Shariah law was imposed in 2015. ( read original story ...)
2 men caned 77 times for having sex in Indonesia’s Aceh
Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province have been publicly caned each 77 times after neighbors reported them to Islamic religious police for having sex ... ( read original story ...)
UN chief calls for ‘reset’ between China, US, says they can work on ‘climate action’
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a “reset” between the U.S. and China, and suggested the U.S. could work with the communist regime on issues such as “climate action.” ... ( read original story ...)
U.N. chief Guterres hopes for ‘reset’ in U.S., China relations
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hoped there would be a "reset" in relations between the United States and China, acknowledging that while the countries had "different views ... ( read original story ...)