Kim Jong-un imposes lockdown on Kaesong, calling it a ‘critical situation’ ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim says COVID-19 ‘could be said to have entered the country’: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border this month, state ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal envoy: We don’t cultivate ties with a country at expense of another
We do not cultivate relations with one country at the expense of relations with another. In today’s interconnected world, engagements are not a zerosum game. So, the insinuation ... ( read original story ...)
First war, then hunger – now Yemen faces the deadly threat of Covid-19
For many of us, the coronavirus pandemic has made the past few months some of the most difficult we have ever faced. But as we put on our masks and begin to tentatively trickle back to shops, pubs and ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. sends envoy to press for peace talks in Afghanistan
Washington has dispatched a special envoy for Afghanistan to press for peace talks between the government and Taliban fighters, with the diplomat scheduled to visit Kabul on a trip with stops in five ... ( read original story ...)
TV review: Miriam Margolyes — Almost Australian; Once Upon a Time in Iraq; Private Lives of the Windsors; I May Destroy You
If I had to define Miriam Margolyes’s interviewing style, I would say screamingly hostile and rude. There are few passers-by in her new travelogue on Australia, Almost Australian, who don’t get ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq forces free German woman kidnapped in Baghdad: officials
A German woman kidnapped in Baghdad earlier this week was freed overnight, Iraqi officials said on Friday, without providing additional details. "Security forces have freed activist Hella Mewis," Iraq ... ( read original story ...)
Imam-ul-Haq cleared of serious injury as rain blights Pakistan warm-up
Team White 108 for 3 (Fawad Alam 21*, Sarfaraz Ahmed 13*) trail Team Green 113 by five runs Imam-ul-Haq will be fit to play in Pakistan's Test series against England despite an injury scare on the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Why won’t India admit how Covid-19 is spreading?
His rationale was that there was no way he could have contracted Covid-19 because he had hardly stepped out of his house in Delhi, and he had not met anybody who had the virus or was even suspected of ... ( read original story ...)
As the World Gets Tougher on China, Japan Tries to Thread a Needle
Tokyo has not confronted Beijing as the United States and other allies have, mindful of its neighbor’s economic might and its own limited military options. ( read original story ...)