Kushner’s avoidance of the UAE this time around suggests he’s not interested in hearing that again just now. Washington has failed to end the standoff among its Gulf Arab allies since the summer of ... ( read original story ...)
US Has Achieved ‘Modicum of Success’ in Afghanistan, Top General Says
Two decades of war in Afghanistan have seen a “modicum of success” but also years of “strategic stalemate,” the nation’s top general said Wednesday in one of the military’s frankest assessments of ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.’s Khalilzad Travels to Turkey, Qatar for Talks on Afghanistan – State Department
U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is traveling to Turkey and Qatar for discussions on Afghan peace negotiations, the State Department said on Thursday. The ambassador left ... ( read original story ...)
US to withdraw some staff from embassy in Iraq amid tensions with Iran
The Trump administration is withdrawing dozens of its diplomats from the US embassy in Baghdad, as tensions rise throughout the region. The withdrawal of diplomats was described to the Washington Post ... ( read original story ...)
A Hitch in the Belt and Road in Myanmar
Since 2018, Rakhine has seen increasingly violent conflict between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, with over 230,000 people displaced and hundreds killed. Though Kyaukphyu has largely ... ( read original story ...)
Live COVID-19 updates: COVID-19 death toll surpasses 2,000 in Myanmar
The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - YANGON -- The death toll of COVID-19 has risen to 2,028 in Mya ... ( read original story ...)
Iran says it will comply with nuclear deal if Biden lifts all sanctions
Foreign minister calls on US to ‘show its good faith’ but appears to rule out renegotiating deal ... ( read original story ...)
Iran rejects Biden’s nuclear deal revival terms
Iran will not accept preconditions from a new Biden administration over its nuclear programme and the US must return to a 2015 deal before talks can take place, its foreign minister says.Javad Zarif ... ( read original story ...)
Iran ready for further prisoner swaps; seeks U.S. nuclear move – foreign minister
Iran is ready to engage in further prisoner swaps after last week exchanging a jailed British-Australian academic with three Iranians detained abroad, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ... ( read original story ...)
Iran accuses West of backing Israel on scientist assassination
Iranian foreign minister calls on Gulf neighbours to engage with Tehran to fight ‘Israeli terrorism’ in the region. ( read original story ...)