MUSCAT, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Oman's Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday 1,389 new COVID-19 cases, as the tally of infections is poised to surpass 60,000. The new cases, including 339 non-Omanis, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore GDP shrinks a record 41.2% in second quarter
Singapore fell into recession for the first time since the global financial crisis, with gross domestic product contracting by 41.2 per cent in the second quarter after the city-state imposed a ... ( read original story ...)
Opposition Victories Force a Crack in Singapore’s Carefully Managed Democracy
Opposition Victories Force a Crack in Sing... When Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, decided to call a snap election in the middle of the pandemic, he had almost everything going for him. ( read original story ...)
Israel peaks again: More than 1,700 new coronavirus patients in one day
The meeting of a new coronavirus “advisory committee” ended Tuesday without resolution, despite the increasing number of Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus and how widespread it is across the country ... ( read original story ...)
Rabbi who said Jews not ‘indigenous’ to Israel defended in open letter
Contrary to what some of Rabbi Kahn’s detractors suggest, he never said Jews lacked a strong link to the land of Israel.” ... ( read original story ...)
Israel took strong early steps against Covid-19, but now the virus is resurging and some say the country reopened too soon
After early success, Israel has seen a resurgence in infections and is now trying to figure out a plan against the virus. ( read original story ...)
Moshe Ya’alon: Israel should stop talking about annexation
Ya’alon explained that Trump didn’t even allow Israel to move forward on sovereignty in January, when he unveiled his peace plan in Washington and published a map of what could be annexed. ( read original story ...)
Are the U.S. and Israel behind recent explosions in Iran?
There is growing speculation that the U.S. and Israel may be behind a series of unexplained explosions at Iranian facilites in recent weeks. The most notable of these blasts came at a uranium ... ( read original story ...)
Israel’s outgoing U.N. ambassador: ‘We have to fight anti-Semitism on all fronts’
In a conversation with The Post, Ambassador Danny Danon discussed a range of issues before his departure from the United Nations. ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan general among troops killed in Armenia border clash
Azerbaijan says one of its generals and five other officers have been killed in a third day of fighting with Armenian forces on the countries' border. An Azeri private also died, bringing the Azeri ... ( read original story ...)