Kuwait's ruler Sheikh Sabah was admitted to hospital on Saturday for medical checks, the state news agency Kuna reported. Kuna quoted Emiri Court Affairs Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al Sabah as saying ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait’s Emir in Hospital for Medical Checks, State Agency Says
The emir went to hospital “to carry out a number of medical checkups,” KUNA reported, citing the minister of royal court affairs, Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, without providing ... ( read original story ...)
UAE set for historic Mars mission as it preps Hope orbiter for launch
The United Arab Emirates is set to launch a historic mission to Mars from an island off the coast of Japan. The orbiter named Amal, or Hope, is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. Amal will ... ( read original story ...)
Russia holds military exercises in southwest amid flare-up between Azerbaijan and Armenia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is holding military exercises to test its combat readiness amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces, Russia’s defence minister told his Azeri counterpart ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus cases suspiciously low in Syria, but new uptick is spurring the government to act
The Syrian government is stepping up efforts to track the novel coronavirus and promote public health measures that have been in place elsewhere for months, after the number of daily reported cases ... ( read original story ...)
Ministers ignore pleas to honour vow and bring ‘innocents’ back from Syria
The Home Office has been accused of “alarming inaction” after making no apparent attempt to bring back any British children from Syria for the past eight months despite pledges of help from ministers. ( read original story ...)
The Syria Crisis: No Lost Generation Advocacy Brief, June 2020
In 2020, nine years after the start of the conflict in Syria, the situation remains dire for millions of children, adolescents and youth. As of end 2019, more than 7.5 MILLION SYRIAN CHILDREN ARE ... ( read original story ...)
Is Sri Lanka Becoming a De Facto Junta?
Gotabaya Rajapaksa—the former defense secretary-turned-president—has bent the democracy to its breaking point. ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka: Public health inspectors decide to boycott work against country’s health minister
In Sri Lanka, Public health inspectors on Friday announced that they will refrain from COVID-19 related duties to protest Health Minister Pavitra Wanniarachchi's recent remarks against them. if ... ( read original story ...)
Back to the wall, Nepal PM Oli goes for broke. Now wants a party convention
A four-hour-long meeting of the Nepal Communist Party secretariat ended inconclusively on Saturday evening after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli tried to block attempts to get him to step down, demanding ... ( read original story ...)