A British former executive at Monaco-based oil and gas consultancy Unaoil has been sentenced to three years and four months in jail for bribing Iraqi public officials to clinch $1.7bn worth of oil ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea to replace Black Hawks with homemade Surion helos, says lawmaker
The lawmaker has decried the effort as a means to support the local economy without considering performances and production cost. ( read original story ...)
Nearly 100 People Injured After Fire Engulfs High-Rise Building in South Korea
Yonhap News/Newscom via ZUMA Fire in South Korea. Nearly 100 people were injured overnight in South Korea after a roaring fire helped along by strong winds climbed a high-rise bui ... ( read original story ...)
Fire at South Korea 33-level tower block brought under control
A fire that ripped through a 33-storey tower block in the southern South Korean city of Ulsan has been brought under control, local media said. Hundreds were earlier evacuated from the building and ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar-born ‘dreamer’ snaps up U.S. drilling leases amid industry malaise
A Myanmar-born perfume entrepreneur and missionary has snapped up nearly half of the oil and gas leases offered by the Trump administration since August, saying the coronavirus pandemic created an ... ( read original story ...)
New U.S. sanctions on Iran an effort to stop meds, food purchases: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday called new U.S. sanctions on Iran's banks an attempt to prevent purchases of medicine and food, state broadcaster IRIB reported. "The President called the U. ( read original story ...)
Turkey: Nagorno-Karabakh truce efforts bound to fail unless Armenia withdraws
Turkey said on Friday efforts by France, the United States and Russia to end violence between Azeri and Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh were bound to fail unless they also ensured a withdrawal ... ( read original story ...)
2 remote Japan towns seek to host nuclear waste storage site
Two remote towns in northern Japan struggling with rapidly graying and shrinking populations are applying to possibly host a high-level radioactive waste storage site as a means of economic survival ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Mongolia to cooperate on ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’
The foreign ministers of Japan and Mongolia agreed Friday to cooperate in promoting a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific," a vision that Tokyo is pushing with the U.S. and other “like-minded” countries to ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan blocks social media app TikTok for “immoral and indecent” content
Pakistan's telecom regulator blocked TikTok on Friday for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, another blow to the social media app that has come under increasing scrutiny as its ... ( read original story ...)