A first official visit to Israel by a United Arab Emirates delegation, provisionally planned for Sept 22, may be postponed or conducted under restrictions given a looming coronavirus lockdown, an ... ( read original story ...)
Explosion rips through munitions warehouse in Jordan
Officials said the warehouse stored mortar munitions. One official said in a tweet high temperatures led to a chemical reaction in a mortar round and set off the explosion. It was centered in a depot ... ( read original story ...)
Cookstown 100: Paul Jordan ‘anxious’ and excited about returning to road racing
Paul Jordan says he feels anxious and excited about racing a bike again after so long ahead of this weekend's Cookstown 100. ( read original story ...)
COVID creeps into a sprawling Syrian refugee camp in Jordan
Testing and precautions ramped up after U.N. refugee agency confirms 1st cases at Zaatari camp, home to some 77,000 displaced Syrians. ( read original story ...)
Explosions rock Jordan military base
An electric short circuit and high temperatures are the likely cause of a series of explosions at an army facility in the Jordanian city of Zarqa on Friday. The blast happened at an isolated ... ( read original story ...)
The closing of one bloody chapter in Cambodia’s history does not mark the end of its efforts to define justice
Now, Duch is gone, too; he died last week, at the age of 77, serving out his life sentence as the first former Khmer Rouge leader to be tried and convicted at the UN-backed court in Cambodia. For me, ... ( read original story ...)
UN calls for release of human rights activists in Cambodia
The United Nations human rights office called Friday for Cambodia to release detained human rights and environmental activists, saying at least two dozen have been arrested because of their work in ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia: Free Detained Youth, Environmental Activists
The Cambodian authorities should immediately drop baseless incitement charges against 14 recently detained youth and environmental activists and unconditionally release them, Human Rights Watch said ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea Issues Shoot-to-kill Orders To Prevent Virus: US
North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South. The impoverished North -- ... ( read original story ...)
Heightened tensions as China and Nepal measure Everest
Ever since Everest was identified as the world’s highest peak in the 19th century its height has been a subject of debate.China and Nepal appear to be locked in a squabble over who has correctly ... ( read original story ...)