Iran will send the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger jet shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in January to France to be deciphered next month, the Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ... ( read original story ...)
From poisonings to beheadings, ‘honor killings’ in Iran gets a fresh spotlight with social media
Last week in the Kurdish-Iranian city of Kermanshah, an 18-year-old pregnant woman was forced to consume aluminum phosphide by her father and brothers in what human rights activists have deemed a ... ( read original story ...)
Leaders of Greece, Turkey discuss COVID-19 in rare call
Call between Mitsotakis and Erdogan focused on the consequences of coronavirus, issues relating to border reopening. ( read original story ...)
Attack! Turkey and Azerbaijan Are Teaming Up on Drones
The Azeri parliament recently approved of a bill that would allow the state to accept money from Turkey that would then be used for buying defense equipment from Turkey, including Turkish drones. Some ... ( read original story ...)
Patient 91: How Vietnam saved a British pilot and kept a clean Covid-19 sheet
The 43-year-old Scottish pilot spent 68 days on a ventilator, thought to be a longer stretch of time than any patient in the UK. He did so not in a hospital in his hometown of Motherwell, but in ... ( read original story ...)
How Vietnam saved a British patient and kept a clean sheet
Stephen Cameron spent 68 days on a ventilator, but beat the odds to survive coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Boom: This Battleship Rained 5,688 16-Inch Shells on North Vietnam Forces During the War
As the war in Vietnam reached its crescendo, the U.S. Navy prepared to recommission one of the most powerful ships ever to serve in the fleet. USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship, was reactivated ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan Airline Under Fire In Fake Pilot Licence Scandal
Pakistan's national airline is taking heavy flak after it emerged that nearly a third of its pilots were holding fake or dubious licences, with some observers wondering if the struggling national ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Suggests Osama Bin Laden Was a Martyr
Prime Minister Imran Khan was criticized for using a term of veneration in Islam when referring to the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. ( read original story ...)
India’s social inequalities are reflected in coronavirus care
When Pradeep Kumar’s wife was admitted to a government-run hospital in India’s capital for treatment of COVID-19, it took two days before she was able to see a doctor. “There are six other women in ... ( read original story ...)