Steven Lowy, chairman of the United Israel Appeal board of trustees says ‘all avenues’ will be explored to prevent incumbent world chairman Sam Grundwerg from being ousted in six months. ( read original story ...)
Earthquake in Tajikistan: Quake of Magnitude 5.1 Reported Near Khorugh
Dushanbe, October 29: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Tajikistan on Thursday. According to India's National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake hit Tajikistan at 3:02 ... ( read original story ...)
Woman in UAE calls man ‘impure and shameless’, to pay Dh15,000 compensation
A woman, who was convicted of shouting at a young man in a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi and referring to him as "impure and shameless", has been told to pay him Dh15,000 in compensation for the damages. ( read original story ...)
Challengers hope Rep. Jim Jordan’s attack dog persona bites him at the ballot box
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of Champaign County faces opposition from Democrat Shannon Freshour of Marysville and Libertarian Steve Perkins of Pataskala. ( read original story ...)
Foreign tourists to Cambodia down 74 per cent in nine months
Cambodia had received 1.24 million foreign visitors during the first nine months of 2020, down 74 per cent from 4.81 million over the same period of last year, said the latest report released by the ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: With Improved Leverage, North Korea Leader Kim Awaits Winner of U.S. Vote
North Korea's Kim Jong Un awaits the winner of next week's U.S. presidential election armed with greater leverage in high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, thanks to a more powerful and versatile arsenal of ... ( read original story ...)
Timeline: Key Events in North Korea-U.S. Ties Since 2017
A television monitors broadcasting a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, is seen through Japan and the ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Elite Defectors
Despite its avowedly socialist nature, North Korea is governed by a rigid class system – and not all defectors come from the bottom. ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s big nuke doesn’t scare the 100th Missile Defense Brigade
Tim Biart was for eight years an ICBM missileer manning the stations that are a turnkey away from a nuclear missile launch. Now, he’s part of the National Guard’s 100th Missile Defense Brigade at ... ( read original story ...)
S. Korea’s top court upholds ex-leader’s 17-year jail term
South Korea’s top court upheld a 17-year prison sentence on former President Lee Myung-bak for a range of corruption crimes in a final ruling Thursday that will send him back to prison soon. ( read original story ...)