Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed later by the Americans, the judiciary said. The killing ... ( read original story ...)
Iran has executed an alleged CIA and Mossad agent who it says helped spy on Qassem Soleimani before his assassination
Qassem Soleimani, who led Iran's Revolutionary Guard, was killed by a US drone strike in January. His death almost brought the US and Iran to war. ( read original story ...)
Iran stays execution of anti-government protesters on death row
Rejection of appeal against convictions had triggered protests on social media ... ( read original story ...)
Rare daytime rocket attack hits Baghdad as Iran FM visits
A rare daytime rocket attack hit Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday, security sources said, as Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met top Iraqi officials. The embassy's C-RAM rocket defence ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s crackdown on political opposition finds a favored target: Elected Kurdish mayors
Turkey’s clampdown on opposition parties, civil society groups and dissidents intensified after a failed coup in 2016. But the removal of so many elected mayors — representing ... ( read original story ...)
Greece prepares for arrival of migrants amid deteriorating ties with Turkey
Migration ministry ‘concerned Turkey may use migrants as instrument to exert pressure’ ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s Kurdish mayors in jeopardy
Kurdish political party these days is to fear arrest at any moment and govern in circumstances that hover between stifling and absurd, said Ayhan Bilgen, one of the few who has kept his office during ... ( read original story ...)
Did China Block Vietnam Offshore Oil Contract?
The sudden cancellation of an offshore drilling project commissioned by Vietnam is raising fears that the Chinese government pressured it to stop, part of Beijing’s ongoing maritime sovereignty spat ... ( read original story ...)
VitaDairy – the No. 1 colostrum company in Vietnam help people strengthening the immune system to contribute fighting off COVID-19
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam has been one of the countries that have well managed COVID-19 pandemic with only 383 cases, and no deaths have been reported (updated ... ( read original story ...)
The Unlikely Story of the First ‘Made in Vietnam’ Ventilators to Fight COVID-19
In times of war, factories were converted from making cars to making tanks and ships. In the time of the coronavirus, Vietnam has retooled a smartphone factory to churn out life-critical ventilators. ( read original story ...)