Despite difficulties in refugee camps, Yazidi students achieved the highest marks on the entrance exams to Iraqi universities. ( read original story ...)
Thailand uses emergency decree to ban gatherings after Bangkok protests
Protest leaders arrested and publication of news that could harm national security banned as authorities crack down on dissent ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand Moves to Quell Protests With Bans on Gatherings and News
Thailand's government banned gatherings of five or more people and the publication of news or online messages that could harm national security early on Thursday under an emergency decree to end ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-Democracy Protesters March in Thailand
Thousands of antigovernment demonstrators pushed past blockades as they marched to Government House in Bangkok in opposition to the Thai monarchy. ( read original story ...)
Iran slams new allegations against arrested diplomat in Belgium
Iran says allegations that an Iranian diplomat held in Belgium over an alleged bomb plot threatened authorities with retaliation if found guilty are completely fa ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Virus Death Toll Hits Record High, 3rd Time in a Week
Iran has seen its highest single-day record for new deaths and infections from the coronavirus, for the third time in a week. ( read original story ...)
Rodrigo Duterte wants every single citizen of the Philippines to get vaccinated for COVID-19
Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, wants every single citizen in his country to get vaccinated for COVID-19. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Dentsu lobbied for and funded campaign for Tokyo games, documents show, despite Olympics contract
Dentsu Group Inc donated more than $6 million to Tokyo's successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, according to bank records seen by Reuters, and it lobbied members of the International Olympic ... ( read original story ...)
Outgoing Pakistan Navy chief reveals details of modernization programs
Pakistan’s Navy is racing to plug operational and technological gaps as part of an unprecedented modernization effort, but analysts are divided on whether the move will deter adversaries. ( read original story ...)
Is Indonesia Selling Out to Investors?
Jokowi’s business-friendly reforms cut back worker protections at a difficult economic moment. But they’re long overdue. ( read original story ...)