Protesters continue to take to the streets demanding the resignation of PM Prayuth Chan-ocha. They are also calling for reforms to the monarchy, a powerful institution that has long been shielded from ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand protesters drench police headquarters with paint
Thousands of protesters in Thailand converged on the police headquarters in Bangkok on Wednesday night, defacing the building a day after violent protests left dozens injured. Angered by the ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Resorts to Its Strictest Lockdown Yet to Stem Covid-19
Iran is preparing for a wide-ranging lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19, listing more than 300 cities and towns for the strict new restrictions and potentially inflicting more pain on its ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s Guards Launch Aircraft Carrier-Scale Warship Amid Tensions With U.S.: TV
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have added a warship capable of carrying aircraft, missile launchers and drones to its naval fleet, state media said on Thursday, at a time of high tension between ... ( read original story ...)
Adviser to Iran’s leader: US attack risks ‘full-fledged war’
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader who is a possible 2021 presidential candidate is warning that any American attack on the Islamic Republic could set off a "full-fledged war" in the Mideast in the ... ( read original story ...)
Attacking Iran Would Be a Disastrous Parting Move
The scorn now being heaped upon the president’s Iran policy—which has manifestly failed to stop that country’s nuclear-weapons program—may animate the president’s interest in taking dramatic action ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Hostility With Iran Only Serves Hardliners on Both Sides
U.S. Hostility With Iran Only Serves Hardl... In the aftermath of President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory, U.S. and European think tanks and pundits are flooding the internet with papers about ... ( read original story ...)
Iran slams UN human rights resolution on anniversary of protests
Tehran rejects a UN resolution on human rights as invalid due to the human rights records of its sponsors. Tehran, Iran – Roughly one year after protests over economic hardship broke out across Iran, ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s behaviour “widening its separation” from EU, Borrell says
Turkey's rhetoric on Cyprus is aggravating tensions with the European Union and Ankara must understand that its behaviour is "widening its separation" from the 27-nation bloc, EU foreign policy chief ... ( read original story ...)
What If You Only Make the Parts of the Turkey You Like?
It’s accepted culinary wisdom that breaking down a turkey into its various parts and cooking them to their own, unique target temperatures is the best way to prepare the bird. But for a lot us, ... ( read original story ...)