Khaled Abdul Majid, the Syria-based leader of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, told Al-Monitor that 100,000 people are expected to return to the houses that suffered minimal damage. ( read original story ...)
Russia to provide COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka
Russia’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy has promised Minister of Irrigation and State Minister of Internal Defense, Home Affairs and Disaster Management Chamal Rajapaksa to provide the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Former Swiss diplomat praises Lanka’s quarantine process
Former diplomat from Switzerland Rudolf Albert Gauhl hailed the professional manner in which SriLankan Airlines and airport authorities quarantined people coming from overseas back to Sri Lanka. Gauhl ... ( read original story ...)
McMaster and Haley Discuss North Korea at the White House
National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley address the press on the issue of North Korea during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen’s warring sides begin prisoner swap, raising hope for peace
The warring sides in Yemen will exchange some 1,081 prisoners on Thursday and Friday, under a deal struck last month. ( read original story ...)
Trump’s top general, national security aide clash on Afghanistan troop withdrawal
In an open split, President Trump's top general and his national security adviser have clashed on plants to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. ( read original story ...)
Adviser: Trump tweet about Afghanistan withdrawal was a wish
President Donald Trump's national security adviser on Friday doubled down on his assertion that the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan will shrink to 2,500 early next year, while suggesting that ... ( read original story ...)
For Iraq’s Persecuted Yazidis, Return Plan Is Fraught With Risk
Many there distrust a new security and reconstruction plan unveiled this week by the Baghdad government and Kurdish regional authorities which hailed it as a "historic" agreement. "The deal could ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq reports over 3,500 more virus cases, 56 deaths
BAGHDAD Iraq reported more than 3,500 cases of the novel coronavirus and 56 more deaths on Friday. The nationwide death toll now stands at 10,142, ... ( read original story ...)
1.1 million in Myanmar’s Rakhine barred from voting
More than 1.1 million voters in Myanmar's western Rakhine state will be disenfranchised in upcoming national polls, according to data released by the election commission Friday, a move experts warned ... ( read original story ...)