Competing for influence in the region with China, the United States will for the first time have an embassy in the tiny nation of islands off the shore of India. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo Courts the Maldives in Latest Bid to Check China’s Influence
Pompeo Courts the Maldives in Latest Bid to ... During a trip to the Maldives on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced plans to open the first U.S. Embassy in the country as the ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo says US to open embassy in the Maldives
The New York Times notes the Maldives is currently struggling to repay loans from Beijing given after autocratic leader Abdulla Yameen took power in 2013. ( read original story ...)
Cyprus must upgrade grid for wind and solar
Cyprus must upgrade its electric power grid to take full advantage of wind and solar renewables. With the EU Green Deal in place and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 about to be enshrined into ... ( read original story ...)
Russian in Cyprus Was Behind Key Parts of Discredited Dossier on Trump
In the nearly four years since they were published, many of the [unverified allegations]( about President Trump compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele have been widely discr ... ( read original story ...)
Women on 10 flights from Qatar forced to endure “appalling” invasive exams, Australia says
Qatar apologized after authorities forcibly examined female passengers to try to identify who might have given birth to a newborn found abandoned at the airport. ( read original story ...)
Qatar apologizes, investigates forced airport examinations prompted by abandoned newborn
Under pressure after Australia condemned the searches, Qatar’s government said it began an investigation into the treatment of the female passengers. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Ambassador congratulates Mongolia on being removed from grey-list
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On October 27, Speaker of the Parliament G.Zandanshatar received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to Mongolia Michael S. Klecheski. ( read original story ...)
Familiar Refrain by Perdue, Ossoff in Georgia Senate Debate
Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff battered each other Wednesday night with what has become the familiar refrains of their bitter race. ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan to strengthen co-op by increasing volume of export-import operations
If Armenia does not withdraw from rest of occupied territories of its own free will, we will drive them away from there as well - President Ilham Aliyev Politics 28 October 23:11 UNICEF makes ... ( read original story ...)