The Trump administration added Syria’s central-bank governor and an intelligence chief to its sanctions blacklist, along with a Syrian businessman and several of his firms, part of a series of U.S. ( read original story ...)
‘Imagine Caucasus becoming another Syria?’: Armenia’s president pleas for urgent international support
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian issued a stern warning to the international community on Wednesday, as tensions flare between Armenia and Azerbaijan. ( read original story ...)
French Authorities Arrest 29 Suspected of Using Crypto to Fund Extremists in Syria
In a major operation on Tuesday, French police arrested 29 people suspected of funding Islamist extremists in Syria using cryptocurrency. As reported by ABC News on Wednesday, the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Borat 2’ Marketing Begins with Kazakhstan Twitter Account Trolling Joe Biden and Face Masks
Fresh off the announcement that “Borat 2” will premiere in the U.S. and over 200 countries around the world on Amazon Prime in late October comes the first round of stunt viral marketing for Sacha ... ( read original story ...)
Uzbekistan to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials
Uzbekistan is offering to get involved in trials for vaccines being developed by scientists in China and Russia ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Afghanistan’s female mountaineer
Kabul, Afghanistan Eighteen-year-old Fatima Sultani and her team of nine mountaineers are tackling some of the country’s highest peaks and the world's hardest climbs (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) AFGHAN FEMALE ... ( read original story ...)
PM Imran Khan talks about ‘interesting conversation’ with Afghanistan’s Abdullah Abdullah
PM Imran Khan, Abdullah Abdullah discussed how Pakistan and Afghanistan should learn lessons from the past, not live in it ... ( read original story ...)
Zoroastrians Make a Comeback in Northern Iraq, but Still Face Stigma
But in the country's Kurdish region, Zoroastrianism witnessed an unexpected revival after the extremist Islamic State group occupied vast swathes of northern Iraq, imposing a brutal doctrine of Islam ... ( read original story ...)
The US closing its embassy in Iraq is a big win for Iran, Iraq’s former UN ambassador says
One roadside attack two weeks ago hit a British convoy in Baghdad in the first such attack against Western diplomats in Iraq for years. The potential US pullout opens the possibility of military ... ( read original story ...)
Challenges in Iraq mount a year after anti-gov’t protests erupted
In October 2019, unprecedented protests demanded the fall of Iraq’s ruling class. One year on, with a new government in place and nearly 600 protesters killed, little to nothing has changed. The ... ( read original story ...)