The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 health care workers in hard-hit Iran, news outlets reported Thursday. In southern Yemen, the virus-related death toll at a medical center run by an ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey sees drop in daily coronavirus infections
Turkey on Thursday reported its lowest daily increase in confirmed coronavirus cases in the past two months, with 961 new infections in the past 24 hours. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca also reported ... ( read original story ...)
Threat to hit Turkey in Libya underscores risk of escalation
Turkey warned on Thursday against any attacks on its interests in Libya by Khalifa Haftar's forces after his Libyan National Army (LNA) threatened to respond to recent military setbacks by striking ... ( read original story ...)
‘Grave consequences’: Turkey warns Libya’s Haftar against attacks
Ankara warns renegade commander's LNA against attacks on its Libya interests after Turkey-backed GNA makes advances. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam jails ex-deputy defence minister over land scandal
A military court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a former deputy defence minister accused of allowing three plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred to private investors from the ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam offers cut-price paradise to lure local travelers post coronavirus
President Donald Trump threatened to make the freeze on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization permanent as he laid out allegations of "missteps" in the way the agency responded to the ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines on ‘first major wave of sustained transmission’ of COVID-19, Duque clarifies
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday clarified that what the country currently experiences is the "first major wave of sustained transmission" of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Duque ... ( read original story ...)
Study: Philippines A global Hot Spot for Online Child Abuse
The Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation, and coronavirus lockdowns that restrict millions to their homes may be worsening the abuses, a U.S. official said ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines experiencing garlic, onion shortage — agri chief
The Philippines is experiencing a shortage of onion and garlic, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said Wednesday. In a Senate hearing on COVID-19, Dar admitted that the country is “not able to really ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Green Beret, son arrested for helping former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn flee Japan
Both men were wanted by the Japanese government for their alleged roles in smuggling Ghosn out of the country in a large black box used for musical equipment. ( read original story ...)