While the coronavirus pandemic appears to have delayed Israel’s decision on extending its sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, Palestinian groups and their supporters have predictably added this ... ( read original story ...)
Blast kills five, wounds dozens in rebel-held northwest Syria
No one immediately claims responsibility for car bomb that went off near the Bab al-Salameh border crossing with Turkey. ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan-U.S. Partnership Critical, Evolving in Challenging Times
As the novel coronavirus has spread across the globe, partnership has become crucial to defeat the pandemic. We express our solidarity with the United States in the fight against COVID-19 and we ... ( read original story ...)
Rubber gloves entering Australia from Malaysia could be linked to forced labour, with US restricting imports
Corporate watchdogs call for greater scrutiny of rubber gloves entering Australia, with concerns arising that their manufacture in Malaysia could involve forced labour. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia discovers biggest abandoned shipment of illegal toxic waste from Romania
Malaysia has uncovered its largest case of abandoned toxic waste, after 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania and ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia Bourse May Flirt With 1,600-Point Level
(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market on Friday snapped the three-day slide in which it had stumbled more than 30 points or 2 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now rests just above the ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia Uncovers Largest Abandoned Shipment of Illegal Toxic Waste From Romania
Malaysia discovered 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania and bound for Indonesia that had illegally entered the country and were abandoned last month, its largest case of dumped toxic ... ( read original story ...)
Number of American troops in Afghanistan drops to 8,600 as Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks
On Monday, four-and-a-half months since the signing, chief U.S. negotiator and peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted that “a key milestone in the implementation of the U.S.-Taliban agreement” had been ... ( read original story ...)
Zarif’s Baghdad visit won’t address PMF-Iraq gov’t power dynamic
Zarif's first visit to Baghdad since assassination of General Qassem Soleimani aims to mend strained relations. ( read original story ...)
Thailand Is Replacing Top Economic Officials During Worst Crisis
Thailand is replacing the top two officials steering the economy through its worst crisis ever, injecting more uncertainty into the policy outlook. ( read original story ...)