Just how bad is the situation is all but impossible to know since the government does not admit it has recorded any coronavirus cases, or even that it might be dealing with a major pneumonia outbreak, ... ( read original story ...)
Fishermen without fish as Cambodia’s river reversal runs late
Crucial water flows to the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia's largest lake, have been delayed for a second consecutive year according to river experts, severely disrupting fishing and threatening the food ... ( read original story ...)
Syria’s ruling Baath party wins parliamentary polls
Syria's ruling Baath party and its allies have won a majority in parliamentary elections, results announced Tuesday by the electoral commission showed. ( read original story ...)
Erdogan says Turkey will remain in Syria ‘until Syrian people are free’
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkish forces, which have carried out several incursions into northern Syria since 2016, would remain in the country until Syrians can live in freedom ... ( read original story ...)
Uzbekistan returns to its roots with cannabis cultivation
The cannabis plant, which is indigenous to the region, blankets hillsides and reveals itself stubbornly in urban parks. Archeological evidence suggests cannabis was used in Central Asia 6,000 or more ... ( read original story ...)
The school girls saving Afghanistan from COVID
Posted . In the eastern Afghan city of Herat, 18-year-old high school student Somaya Faruqi adjusts a suction cap as sh ... ( read original story ...)
Suicide attack by Taliban in central Afghanistan kills eight troops, wounds nine
A suicide car bomber in central Afghanistan targeted a convoy of Afghan army troops, killing eight soldiers, the defense ministry said, while Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack ... ( read original story ...)
Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says U.S. Is Considering ‘Adjustments’ to Troops in South Korea
Esper said he has issued no order to withdraw from South Korea. Without discussing specifics, Esper said he favors more emphasis on rotational deployments, as opposed to permanent stationing, of ... ( read original story ...)
Mark Esper denies ordering U.S. troop reductions in South Korea
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper dismissed a recent press report suggesting the Trump administration plans to reduce U.S. troops in South Korea. ( read original story ...)
Esper says US considering troop ‘adjustments’ in South Korea
The Pentagon is considering “adjustments” to its military presence in South Korea and around the globe as it shifts from years of countering insurgencies and militants in ... ( read original story ...)