Saudi Arabia suffered a simultaneous decline in oil and non-oil revenue as the global pandemic combined with lower energy prices to jolt the kingdom’s public finances. ( read original story ...)
‘Over 3,400 Casualties’: UN Mission in Afghanistan Documents Terror Attacks on Sikhs, Religious Minorities
The Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict mid-year report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the first half of 2020 witnessed fluctuating levels of violence impacting ... ( read original story ...)
Afghanistan’s Gen Z Is Fighting Back
Afghanistan’s Gen Z Is Fighting Back... KABUL, Afghanistan—There were few things that scared Fatima Khalil, a 24-year-old human rights activist who torpedoed her way across an increasingly volatile ... ( read original story ...)
With US troops gone from two bases in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban steps up attacks
The scars of decades of war and recent battles against ISIS mar the landscape in Achin around the former U.S. Combat Outpost Blackfish, which once housed small Special Forces teams. ( read original story ...)
Third Iraq protester dies of tear gas canister wound this week
An Iraqi protester died Tuesday after being shot with a tear gas canister in overnight skirmishes with police in the capital, medical and security sources told AFP. The clashes came just hours after P ... ( read original story ...)
Why the United States Invaded Iraq
Robert Draper’s “To Start a War” provides the deep background on the decisions that took America into war in the Middle East. ( read original story ...)
In Pictures: More protests in Iraq as anger over services grows
Clashes between protesters and security forces erupt in Baghdad after renewed demonstrations over poor public services. ( read original story ...)
US ambassador to South Korea shaves ‘disrespectful’ mustache, points at summer heat
The U.S. ambassador to South Korea has shaved his mildly controversial mustache, saying it was too uncomfortable to keep while wearing a coronavirus mask during South Korea’s notoriously hot summer. ( read original story ...)
South Korea Says It Will Launch Spy Satellites as Missile Deal Is Revised
A display of missiles used by the South Korean Air Force at the War Memorial of Korea museum in Seoul. The country’s missile arsenal is tightly restricted under a 1979 deal with the United ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea Thinks He Brought Covid-19. The South Wanted to Arrest Him.
Kim Geum-hyok, the defector who swam back to the North — leading to a coronavirus lockdown — was wanted in South Korea, where he had been accused of rape. ( read original story ...)