The government is considering how to further ease travel restrictions for people who want to enter Thailand for business or investment purposes. ( read original story ...)
US court orders Iran to pay $1.4bn over missing ex-FBI agent
A court in the United States has ordered Iran’s government to pay more than $1.4bn in punitive and compensatory damages to the family of a former FBI agent who disappeared during a visit to an Iranian ... ( read original story ...)
Iran on red alert as Covid-19 deaths surge
IranAll but one of Iran’s 31 provinces have been put on alert as the country experiences a resurgence of coronavirus, with deaths yesterday equalling the previous highest total.Twenty-six of the ... ( read original story ...)
Iran told to pay $1bn to missing American’s family
A US judge has ordered Iran to pay $1.45bn (1.23bn euros; £1.12bn) to the family of an ex-FBI agent who vanished during a visit to the country in 2007.A ruling awarded Robert Levinson's wife and ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Reports Record 4,151 New Coronavirus Cases: Health Ministry
Iran has registered a record 4,151 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with the total number of identified cases in the worst-hit country in the Middle East rising to 479,825, the Health ... ( read original story ...)
Why 2021 Would Be Inauspicious For a New Iran Deal
In late January next year, the U.S. will have either an embattled Trump administration in its second iteration, or a Biden administration eager to take the reins and reorient foreign policy. Both men ... ( read original story ...)
Greece says onus on Turkey to ease tensions
Greece welcomes moves by Turkey to de-escalate recent tensions in the east Mediterranean, its prime minister said on Tuesday, but Ankara needs to show a firmer commitment to improving relations. ( read original story ...)
Armenia’s Prime Minister Accuses Turkey of ‘Reinstating the Ottoman Empire’ in Sending Mercenaries to Nagorno Karabakh
When Armenia and Azerbaijan resumed Europe’s oldest “frozen war” over the breakaway territory of Nagorno Karabakh on Sept 27, the intimate nature of the fighting—between trenches so close that ... ( read original story ...)
Greek premier meets with NATO chief over tension with Turkey
Greece’s prime minister has reiterated his country is prepared to hold talks with fellow NATO member Turkey about a dispute over maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean ... ( read original story ...)
Syria’s Assad blames Turkey for fighting between Azeris and Armenians
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan of being the main instigator in the deadliest fighting between Armenian and Azeri forces for more than 25 years. In an ... ( read original story ...)