Armenia and Azerbaijan once more accused each other of bombing residential areas on Saturday, in defiance of a pact to avoid the deliberate targeting of civilians in and around the mountain enclave of ... ( read original story ...)
Malnutrition is soaring even higher among young children in Yemen amid the coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus and shortfalls in aid funding are worsening the situation for young children in Yemen, 15 per cent of whom are suffering from severe malnutrition. ( read original story ...)
Malaysian PM’s key ally demands early polls in new snag
The key ally in Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s coalition has called for elections to establish a stable government once the coronavirus pandemic subsides ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq Clears Sit-In Square, a Year After Mass Protests Began
Iraqi security forces have cleared out sit-in tents from the capital’s central square that has been the epicenter of the anti-government protest movement, a year after the eruption of demonstrations ... ( read original story ...)
Pulling Off A Halloween Prank During A Deployment In Iraq
"We were doing an awful job in an awful time," veteran Garett Reppenhagen said in a StoryCorps conversation. "If I shed any joy to anybody on that base that day, then I think it was all worth it." ... ( read original story ...)
Opinions | Myanmar’s 2015 vote sparked hope for democracy. This election shows only backsliding.
FIVE YEARS ago, a flawed election in Myanmar was celebrated as a triumph by the democratic world. Though the ruling military guaranteed itself 25 percent of the seats in parliament, prevented many in ... ( read original story ...)
Feature: Myanmar people celebrate lighting festival amid COVID-19 gloom
(Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has put a damper on mass gatherings and festival celebrations in Myanmar in more than seven months since the first case was detected here in late March. The ... ( read original story ...)
‘Strongest storm of 2020’ en route to the Philippines
A typhoon that is the most intense storm of 2020 is swirling in the North Pacific, and it's heading for a direct hit on the Philippines. Super Typhoon Goni rapidly intensified this week, and as of ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines typhoon: Evacuation ordered as Goni, the world’s strongest storm of 2020, approaches
Philippine officials on Saturday ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island, as the world's strongest storm this year approached the Southeast Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Orders Evacuations as World’s Strongest Storm of 2020 Approaches
Philippine officials ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island on Saturday as a category 5 storm, that is the world's strongest this year, ... ( read original story ...)