Georgia Election Aftermath The secretary of state announced proposals to prevent a repeat of the chaotic June 9 primary, but said the state would not send absentee ballot applications to every ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Kuwait reports 604 new Covid-19 cases
The Ministry of Health in Kuwait on Friday reported 604 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 678 recoveries. With this, a total of 38,678 cases have been reported in the country, along ... ( read original story ...)
Russia Denies that Putin Tried to Block UN Security Council Recognition of Palestine
Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, denied that President Vladimir Putin had blocked a 2016 UN Security Council’s resolution that recognizes Palestinian statehood on the 1967 ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Oman records 852 new infections, 6 deaths
Oman Friday confirmed 852 new cases of the novel coronavirus, raising to 27,670 the country's overall infections, the Omani news agency ONA said. The newly diagnosed. The ministry also reported six ... ( read original story ...)
No anesthesia, no oxygen: Lebanon hospitals flatline as cash crisis hits
Young women wearing protective masks walk outside Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital, where a woman is treated for coronavirus. (AFP/File) Short Url BEIRUT: A cash crisis has hit Lebanon’s ... ( read original story ...)
As Israel debates West Bank annexation, here’s what two former peace envoys think
"The period 1994 to 1999, this was paradise," said one former peace negotiator. "There was a real possibility of peace then. Today, I don't see it." ... ( read original story ...)
With annexation looming Canada’s UNSC upset is bad news for Israel, US
Canada’s lost bid for a United Nations Security Council seat is bad news for Israel, particularly in light of pending plans to annex portions of the West Bank and the expected renewed Palestinian ... ( read original story ...)
ADB: Inflation in Azerbaijan to remain within target range
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19 By Eldar Janashvili – Trend: The index of food price growth in Azerbaijan will be 2.8 percent in 2020, according to the published Asian Development Outlook Supplement for the ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan unveils data on harvesting of cereals as of June 18
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19 By Eldar Janashvili – Trend: Some 966,470 tons of cereals (31 percent of the total yield) were collected at 314,260-hectare area in Azerbaijan as of June 18, Trend reports ... ( read original story ...)
Palestinians fear displacement from an annexed Jordan Valley
For generations, the people of Fasayil herded animals on the desert bluffs and palm-shaded lowlands of the Jordan Valley. Today, nearly every man in the ... ( read original story ...)