(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s financial regulator will step up efforts to urge banks to place more citizens in senior management roles, according to its chief. The Monetary Authority of Singapore confers ... ( read original story ...)
U.N. Trial Clears Hezbollah, Finds One Guilty of Lebanon Leader’s Death Amid Crisis
An international court has cleared Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, three of its suspected members as well as its ally, the Syrian government, of wrongdoing in the 2005 assassination of a ... ( read original story ...)
Two regions of Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan boost full cooperation
Bilateral meeting was held between Governor of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Oblast Alisher Abdrakhmanov and his counterpart Yazmuhammet Kurbanov, the Head of Ahal Region of Turkmenistan, Trend reports ... ( read original story ...)
Development of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Oblast discussed
Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov held Tuesday an online meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Akram Madumarov, Trend reports citing Kabar. According to the press service of ... ( read original story ...)
Illegal trade with terrestrial vertebrates in markets and households of Laos
It's not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife markets, but at the moment there is still no comprehensive understanding of how much people are ... ( read original story ...)
Feature: Chinese engineers devoted to China-aided hospital project in Laos
At the beginning of 2020, Wei, a project manager of Beijing Uni-Construction Group Co., Ltd. (BUCC), came to Laos to undertake the preparation work for the construction of the China-aided Mahosot ... ( read original story ...)
UAE-Israel agreement followed many years of discrete talks
Secret talks and quiet ties: That's what paved the way for last week's deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalize relations. Touted ... ( read original story ...)
Encouraged by UAE move, Sudan seeks peace deal with Israel
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Azerbaijan: Relentless Crackdown on Opposition
“The latest wave of arrests in Azerbaijan follows the well-documented pattern of politically motivated arrests and prosecutions and threatens to decimate one of the country’s oldest opposition parties ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan 40 times
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, Armenian armed forces occupied 20 ... ( read original story ...)