Ministers alerted after hackers dump details of covert Foreign Office programmes online, with suspicion focusing on Russia ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey deploying Syrian fighters to help ally Azerbaijan, two fighters say
Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia, two Syrian rebels have said, as Ankara pledges to step up backing for its ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Tourism Development Fund, banks sign deal for up to $43 billion of projects
Saudi Arabia's Tourism Development Fund on Monday signed an agreement with Riyadh Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi to finance up to 160 billion riyals ($43 billion) of tourism projects ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Fund, banks sign deal for up to $43 bln of projects
Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Development Fund on Monday signed an agreement with Riyadh Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi to finance up to 160 billion riyals ($43 billion) of tourism projects in the kingdom, ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia’s fragile support to Palestine
Palestinian positions are unlikely to be compromised even if some gestures are made to the Israelis and to the Trump administration. ( read original story ...)
Afghanistan- Ghani: Customs Recruitments should be Independent
President Ashraf Ghani said that appointments at customs and revenue offices should be merit-based. According to a statement ARG released, Ghani met with the chairmen and members of the Wolesi Jirga's ... ( read original story ...)
Natsec & Trump’s finances; Fighting in the Caucasus; Pompeo threatens Iraq pullout; Ft. Hood takes a knee; and just a bit more…
Thanks to the New York Times, we know more about the state of the president’s finances. Perhaps most pertinent to national security, Trump “is personally responsible for loans and other debts totaling ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka- Sujeewa steps down from politics after losing polls
Deputy Secretary Sujeewa Senasinghe has announced he will step down from politics. Sujeewa Senasinghe contested the August 05th General Elections from the Col ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam digital bank relaunches as e-commerce booms
Vietnam's first digital bank on Monday relaunched its services with a new partner, promising to offer more than just basic financial services to a population seen to be ready to embrace online banking ... ( read original story ...)
“Confucius Prize” awarded to programs from Ghana, Mexico, Yemen
Three educational programs for teenagers, rural residents and refugees won this year's UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province. The award-winners include: the ... ( read original story ...)