The U.S. and Russia have traded blame over a clash in northern Syria, as military tensions continue to escalate between the two countries. ( read original story ...)
Overnight Defense: US, Russia trade blame over Syria incident | Pentagon calls out China’s ‘counterproductive’ military exercises, missile test | Democrats press Esper on COVID …
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UN official: COVID cases likely far higher than Syria says
Reports of Syrian health care facilities filling up and increasing death notices and burials appear to indicate that actual coronavirus cases in the war-torn country ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka- Norway looking forward to working with Rajapaksa administration
Norway says it is looking forward to working with the new Government. She congratulated Prime Minister Rajapaksa on winning the Parliamentary Election and commended the well-organized election ... ( read original story ...)
What property you can buy for £1.3m in Wiltshire, Suffolk, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Scotland and Sri Lanka
WiltshireThe author PG Wodehouse apparently kept a study at wisteria-clad Stanton Court, a seven-bedroom former Georgian rectory. Frequented by Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, Princess Marie Louise ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka Elections: Tamils Have Not Abandoned Human Rights for Economic Development
August 5 parliamentary election results are being interpreted by some as an indication that the Tamils of the country are moving away from regional Tamil-nationalist ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim says Typhoon Bavi caused little damage: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Typhoon Bavi had caused only minimal damage to the country after making landfall early on Thursday, state news media KCNA reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s exports expected to moderately decline in 2020
Malaysia’s exports are expected to moderately decline by 3.5% this year compared with a growth of 1.7% (worth RM986.38bil) in 2019, said the Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade). Chief ... ( read original story ...)
Nothing wrong with ‘direct negotiation’ contracts: Malaysia’s finance chief
Malaysia's Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz yesterday said there is nothing wrong with conducting direct negotiations, backtracking from accusing the previous Pakatan Harapan (PH) government just ... ( read original story ...)
It’s US against most of UN council on Iran sanctions
The United States and most of the rest of the U.N. Security Council dug in their heels Thursday on diametrically opposed positions over the restoration of ... ( read original story ...)