Koreans are wrestling with uncomfortable questions about Park Won-soon's gleaming legacy after his death amid #MeToo accusations ... ( read original story ...)
California man abducted by Iran while traveling through Dubai, family claims
A California man is believed to have been abducted by Iranian authorities while traveling through Dubai, his family told the Associated Press this week. ( read original story ...)
British-Australian academic jailed in Iran’s notorious desert prison ‘is well,’ Australia says
Australia’s ambassador to Iran visited a British-Australian academic being held in a notorious Iranian desert prison and found that she “is well,” Australia’s government said Tuesday. Kylie ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s COVID cases back over 1,000 for first time in 3 weeks
Turkey's new coronavirus cases surpassed 1,000 for the first time in three weeks on Tuesday according to an official tally, breaching what the government has called a critical threshold to possibly ... ( read original story ...)
Staying mentally fresh key in England-Pakistan test series
When the West Indies left England for home last week having lost the test series, it was disappointed while also relieved. The bio-secure bubble England set up ... ( read original story ...)
New political map of Pakistan approved by PM Imran includes Indian-occupied Kashmir
The new map of Pakistan unveiled by Prime Minister Imran Khan also includes Indian occupied Kashmir. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday announced the approval a new political map of ... ( read original story ...)
Growing international condemnation would dissuade India from illegal acts: Ambassador of Pakistan to China
The Global Times reporter Dong Feng (GT) recently had an interview with Moin ul Haque (Haque), Ambassador of Pakistan to China, over the Kashmiri people's livelihood in the perspective of human rights ... ( read original story ...)
England vs Pakistan: Joe Root warns team there are ‘no excuses’ for another slow start
England have lost the opening Test of the series eight times in the last 10 series and Root is determined to change things against a Pakistan side he has never beaten ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia eyes production of 250 million doses a year of coronavirus vaccine
Indonesia will have capacity to produce 250 million doses a year of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020 pending trials on humans, a minister said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to halt a wave ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan provisionally approves dexamethasone as coronavirus treatment
TAIPEI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Taiwan provisionally approved the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, to treat the new coronavirus, as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug r ... ( read original story ...)