Some Malaysian palm oil plantations are discouraging foreign workers from going home at the end of their contracts and are asking them to keep working as the novel coronavirus exacerbates a chronic ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s booming stock market lures foreign investors
Foreign investors are flocking to South Korea’s red hot stock market, one of the world’s best-performing this year, as signs of a strong economic rebound from Covid-19 fuel demand. The country’s ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: South Korea expanding virus testing, tracing
South Korea is expanding the use of rapid tests and deploying hundreds of police officers and soldiers to help with contact tracing as it deals with its worst surge ... ( read original story ...)
How the assassination of an Iranian scientist could affect nuclear negotiations with Iran
Some analysts voiced concern that the killing was meant to provoke an Iranian retaliation — a move that might then trigger U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. If this is what the ... ( read original story ...)
Erdogan Says Next EU Summit Cannot Take Steps Against Turkey
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a military parade to mark the victory on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in Baku, Azerbaijan December 10, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: U.S. set to sanction Turkey over Russian defense system – sources
The United States is poised to impose sanctions on Turkey over its acquisition last year of Russian S-400 air defense systems, five sources including three U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, a ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s Luck Runs Out Over Russian S-400 Purchase
U.S. to Sanction Turkey over Russian Air Defense System The Trump administration is set to sanction Turkey over its purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system. The move was threatened for months ... ( read original story ...)
Erdogan says U.S. sanctions disrespect ally Turkey -Anadolu
President Tayyip Erdogan said that U.S. sanctions over Turkey's purchase of Russian defence systems was disrespectful to an important ally in NATO, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)
EU Wants Responsible Migration Cooperation With Turkey, Michel Says
"We want responsible cooperation with Turkey," Michel told a news conference. Turkey hosts thousands of Syrian migrants migrants fleeing civil war who would otherwise seek refuge in EU countries. ( read original story ...)
Turkey rejects ‘biased and illegal’ EU approach at summit
Turkey rejects the European Union's "biased and illegal" approach at its summit this week and calls on the bloc to act as an honest broker in an ongoing dispute in the eastern Mediterranean, the ... ( read original story ...)