In another challenge to the U.S., North Korea's leader is promising to reveal a "new strategic weapon." Kim Jong Un's vow was announced after North Korea's capital celebrated the new year. According ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal’s Covid-19 tally reaches 278 with confirmation of two new cases
Two new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health and Population, this afternoon, in addition to the nine cases detected earlier today. ( read original story ...)
British grocer Tesco’s slavery review reports abuses in Malaysia
U.K.-based multinational groceries chain Tesco PLC has found abuses against migrant workers at its stores and distribution centres in Malaysia and Thailand, it said in its annual modern slavery ... ( read original story ...)
Embassy unrest in Iraq highlights escalating U.S.-Iran tensions
The crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq has calmed down as demonstrators left the area. Violence erupted earlier this week after supporters of Iranian-backed militias attacked the facility. The turmoil ... ( read original story ...)
Lankans returns from Myanmar
A group of Lankans stranded in the Myanmar were repatriated today in a chartered Myanmar Airways flight (8M611).The flight 8M611 had 74 passengers and flight had arrived this afternoon at the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Today there are two zeros’ as Thailand reports no news cases or deaths
As the number of deaths neared 90,000 in the U.S., the House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package that would include another round of stimulus payments of up to $1,200 per person. President ... ( read original story ...)
Iran sentences French-Iranian academic to six years in prison – lawyer
Fariba Adelkhah to appeal against sentence over security breaches and propaganda ... ( read original story ...)
Fariba Adelkhah: French academic ‘jailed for six years’ in Iran
Ms Adelkhah has protested her innocence and on 24 December she began a hunger strike at Tehran's Evin prison along with the Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, according to Science Po. Ms ... ( read original story ...)
Trump faces foreign policy challenges in Syria and Iran
President Trump is warning Syria and its allies Russia and Iran not to kill innocent civilians in Syria's Idlib Province. Meanwhile in Iran, officials shut down internet service to try to stop ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s OPEC governor dies after brain hemorrhage
Iran's OPEC governor Hossein Kazempour-Ardebili has died of a brain hemorrhage two weeks after falling into a coma, the oil ministry said on Saturday. "Kazempour-Ardebili, who had gone into a coma ... ( read original story ...)