U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the benefits of the Iran nuclear deal at a major address at American University in Washington, DC on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Obama urged congress to ratify the ... ( read original story ...)
Why oil makes Gulf countries vulnerable to Iran
The brazen attack that led to the death of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has undoubtedly angered Tehran. The Iranian authorities blamed Israel for the killing and vowed to swiftly retaliate. ( read original story ...)
Qatar Minister Calls for De-Escalation of Gulf Crisis, Gulf-Iran Dialogue
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister called for de-escalation of tensions in the Gulf and for dialogue between Arab countries and Iran, Doha-based al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. Sheikh ... ( read original story ...)
Eli Lake: Iran is not looking for a war with America
Ever since a U.S. missile killed Iran’s most important general almost a year ago, the regime has been vowing revenge, with the latest threat coming just last week. Yet aside from a barrage of missile ... ( read original story ...)
Erdogan says Turkey will break economic ‘triangle of evil’ with reforms
Turkey will bring in structural reforms to break the "triangle of evil" of interest rates, inflation and exchange rates, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, adding Ankara was determined to form ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines releases heat-tolerant rice varieties
The Department of Agriculture is ready to release for commercialization the country’s first heat-tolerant rice variety amid worsening climate change impacts. The national cooperative test of the ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: The Philippines is still struggling to get a handle on COVID-19
There is unanimous agreement a successful economic recovery hinges on a proper management of the health crisis, says an observer. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Philippines eyes more COVID curbs to halt new variants
Countries around the world have in recent days closed their borders to flights from Britain and South Africa, where more infectious variants have been detected. Duterte extended an existing a ban on ... ( read original story ...)
Live COVID-19 updates: Philippines extends travel ban on flights from Britain
TAIPEI -- The total number of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan has increased to 783 as three new cases were reported Saturday, the local epidemic monitoring agency said. Of the new cases, two were from the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will ban entry to foreign nationals after Covid-19 variant detected in country
Japan will ban foreign nationals from entering the country starting Monday through the end of January after several cases of the new Covid-19 variant were recorded in the country, according to Japan's ... ( read original story ...)