Iran is gambling that the move, along with the seizure of a South Korean tanker in the Persian Gulf, will ratchet up pressure on the West and the incoming Biden team to act quickly to revive the ... ( read original story ...)
Iran rebukes European criticism of uranium enrichment
Tehran, Iran – Iran has rejected European criticism of the country’s enrichment of uranium to 20 percent as China urged restraint and the United States slammed the move defying the nuclear accord. ( read original story ...)
Turkey reports 14,494 new coronavirus cases, 194 deaths – health ministry
Turkey reported 14,494 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 2,270,101. It reported 194 related deaths over the ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Imprisons 3 Journalists Amid Broader Attack on Speech
The sentences are the latest crackdown on dissent in the one-party state, as the ruling Communist Party prepares for an important political conclave. ( read original story ...)
Chinese vaccine makers to apply for clearance in the Philippines, as Duterte tries to block probe into illegal inoculations
Two Chinese pharmaceutical firms plan to apply this week for their Covid-19 vaccines to be cleared for emergency use in the Philippines, according to a top diplomat, while President Rodrigo Duterte ... ( read original story ...)
Rohingya Photojournalist Released on Bail from Bangladesh Prison, Still Faces Charges
A Burmese photojournalist has been released on bail from a Bangladeshi prison, but he still faces charges and up to three years in prison. Bangladeshi authorities arrested Abul Kalam, Dec. 28 as he ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh Arrested a Photographer For Documenting Transfer of Refugees to an Island Settlement
A photographer is in jail in Bangladesh for the last seven days for allegedly documenting the controversial transfer of Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char island settlement. Abul Kalam—who is a ... ( read original story ...)
Fair Technology to produce Hyundai cars in Bangladesh
Fair Technology Limited, the distributor of Hyundai Motors in Bangladesh, will manufacture cars of the South Korean brand here. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s Hazara say no end to Quetta sit-in without justice for slain miners
Members of the Shi'ite Hazara minority in Pakistan who have blockaded a highway in Quetta with the bodies of slain coal miners said on Tuesday they will not withdraw until Prime Minister Imran Khan ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan court outlaws ‘virginity tests’
Human rights campaigners have welcomed a decision by a Pakistani court outlawing so-called "virginity tests" in rape examinations. The ruling, which applies in Punjab province, will end the practice ... ( read original story ...)