Cambodian authorities have arrested 14,038 drug-related suspects in 7,025 cases in the first eight months of this year, said an Interior Ministry's anti-drug department report on Tuesday (Sept 1). ( read original story ...)
Khmer Rouge ex-prison chief Kaing Guek Eav dies in Cambodia
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, given a life sentence in 2012 for the deaths of more than 12,000 people at a tor ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan’s SCAT launching flights to country’s Pavlodar
Kazakhstan's SCAT airline company is launching direct flights from Nur-Sultan to Pavlodar city, Trend reports with reference to the company. The flights will be launched starting Sept. 9 ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal: Punish Rights Abusers; Protect Independent NHRC
The Nepal government should act on the National Human Rights Commission’s findings to ensure accountability for grave human rights abuses by security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. The ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia Club High On Ozil, Willing To Wait Until 2021
Nassr is interested in Mesut Ozil though they are not rushing a deal. The Saudi Arabian club is ready to wait until next summer to get the German defender. ( read original story ...)
Afghanistan resumes Taliban prisoner release
Afghanistan has resumed the controversial release of hundreds of Taliban prisoners. A Taliban official told the AFP news agency that 200 prisoners had been freed by the Afghan authorities since Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Gangs, Smugglers, Poison? Iraq’s Dead Fish Kick Up Stink
Poisoned water, illegal dams and even armed clashes: these days, fishing for precious barbels in Iraq's majestic river marshes involves navigating precarious waters. For centuries, civilisations in ... ( read original story ...)
Macron to back Iraq ‘sovereignty’ on first Baghdad visit
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to make his first official visit to Iraq Wednesday, where he hopes to help Baghdad reassert its "sovereignty" despite simmering US-Iran tensions. ( read original story ...)
Why Iraq was a massive blunder
A cabal of neocons effectively hoodwinked a clueless US president, new book reveals Does the United States owe Iraq reparations for the war it launched there in March 2003? This is a war that now is ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq seeks exemption from OPEC export cut deal during Q1 2021- oil minister
Iraq oil minister said the country seeks exemption from OPEC export cut agreement during the first quarter of 2021, state news agency reported on Wednesday citing local media. ( read original story ...)