KUALA LUMPUR • 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the state fund at the centre of a massive corruption scandal, still had an estimated RM32.3 billion (S$10.5 billion) in outstanding debt as of ... ( read original story ...)
Inquiry into alleged war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan delivers final report
Defence chief Angus Campbell will consider the findings and decide how much detail will be released publicly ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq: Anti-government demonstrator killed in Basra protests
An anti-government protester was killed and 40 others wounded in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Medics said Omar Fadhel was hit by at least one bullet as hundreds of protesters and the ... ( read original story ...)
Protester killed in southern Iraq as tensions flare again
Iraqi security forces opened fire during clashes with hundreds of protesters in the southern city of Basra on Friday, killing one demonstrator and wounding several others as tensions flared once again ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. takes action against Thailand blocking U.S. Pork
In the spring of 2018, the National Pork Producers Council petitioned for action regarding the high tariffs and trade barriers that prevented U.S. prok products from entering Thailand... Robert ... ( read original story ...)
U.N. Aviation Agency Asks Iran to Expedite Investigation of Downed Jet
(Reuters) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Friday asked Iran to expedite the investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January. The recommendation from ICAO, a ... ( read original story ...)
Cuba and Iran FMs to mark alliance against US sanctions
Havana meeting between Bruno Rodriguez and Mohammad Javad Zarif to mark the ‘mutual solidarity between both nations’. ( read original story ...)
Dalia Sofer draws on her family’s escape from revolutionary Iran
American author talks about how the legacy of a revolution informs her novels The Septembers of Shiraz and Man of My Time. ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s Armenians under pressure
BBC Turkish journalist Esra Yalcinalp helps unpick this knotty issue. My home town: Kigali Felin Gakwaya of BBC Great Lakes takes us home to Rwanda's capital Kigali. Sent back to Ghana Being 'sent ... ( read original story ...)
Talking turkey is a serious conversation at Foodshare in Bloomfield
2020 has already proven to be an unprecedented challenge for Bloomfield-based Foodshare and its partners and that trend will continue as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. This year, most of ... ( read original story ...)