Sri Lanka’s president has sworn into office a new Cabinet that includes two of his elder brothers and a nephew ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lankan shares hit 5-month closing high as industrials, financials boost
Sri Lankan shares ended at their highest closing level in more than five months on Wednesday, lifted by financial and industrial stocks. ( read original story ...)
Back from the dead? Stem cells give hope for revival of Malaysia’s extinct rhinos
Some skin, eggs and tissue samples are all that remain of Malaysia's last rhino, Iman, who died last November after years of failed breeding attempts. ( read original story ...)
South Korea is building its first aircraft carrier … complete with US-made F-35B fighter jets
South Korea plans to start building its first aircraft carrier next year, and acquire fighter jets to operate on it, the country's Defense Ministry has announced. ( read original story ...)
Bus stop newest front in South Korea’s coronavirus battle
South Korea has opened a high-tech new front in the battle against coronavirus, fortifying bus shelters with temperature-checking doors and ultraviolet disinfection lamps. To enter, passengers must ... ( read original story ...)
‘We Must Fight’: Thailand’s Youth Take On The Establishment
The coronavirus pandemic sent Thailand's economy into free fall, focusing already simmering discontent against the government's handling of the crisis. Alleged human rights abuses by authorities are ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s Rouhani hopeful US arms embargo push will fail
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani expressed "great hopes" Wednesday that a US bid to extend an arms embargo on his country will fail, warning of consequences if the UN Security Council backs it. Rouhani ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s president, FM lash out at new US push on arms embargo
Iran's president and foreign minister lashed out on Wednesday at a revised proposal by the U.S. that would extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran indefinitely, the latest in the Trump administration's ... ( read original story ...)
A requiem for Trump’s failed Iran envoy
No one in the Trump administration will say it aloud, but a recent shake-up in the State Department’s Iran office is a tacit admission that the so-called maximum pressure policy toward Iran has failed ... ( read original story ...)
Renew the Travel Ban on Iran | Opinion
Since Soleimani's death in January, the sitting commander of the IRGC's Quds Force hasn't been subject to an international travel ban. Esmail Ghaani, Soleimani's successor as commander of the IRGC's ... ( read original story ...)