The Southern Transitional Council accused the government of failing to perform its duties and of "conspiring" against the southern cause, and said self-governance had begun at midnight. The breakdown ... ( read original story ...)
Crisis in Yemen as Aden separatists declare self-government
Southern Transitional Council breaks with wartorn state’s internationally recognised government ... ( read original story ...)
STC announces plan for self-rule in south Yemen; government calls it ‘catastrophic’
Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Sunday announced it would establish a self-ruled administration in the regions under their control, which the internationally recognized Saudi ... ( read original story ...)
Ideas for 2021 – why Uzbekistan offers the best of the Silk Road in one dazzling country
Suddenly, after more than two decades of globetrotting and travel writing, I find myself perforce an armchair traveller. Which has got me thinking about the myriad countries I have been lucky enough ... ( read original story ...)
101st Airborne Division deploying units to Europe, Afghanistan
The 101st Airborne Division on Friday announced deployments for its Combat Aviation Brigade, the CAB to Europe, with one company to Afghanistan. ( read original story ...)
Locked in by virus, Iraq hit with new pandemic: domestic abuse
More morphine!" Malak's mother cried, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalised after a marital dispute left her severely burned -- the latest victim of domestic violence exacerbated by confinement in ... ( read original story ...)
Doctors dispatched to Pakistan, Myanmar, Laos to fight Covid-19
China has started sending military medical teams to Pakistan, Myanmar and Laos to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Analysts said this shows the high-level of mutual trust and friendly ... ( read original story ...)
Is the US-Philippines Alliance Obsolete?
Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), the utility of Washington’s oldest alliance in the Indo-Pacific hangs in the balance. ( read original story ...)
Low-tech Japan challenged in working from home amid pandemic
When the Japanese government declared an emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus earlier this month and asked people to work from home, crowds rushed to electronics ... ( read original story ...)
Virus cases on docked Japan cruise ship near 150
Almost a quarter of the 623 crew members on a cruise ship docked in western Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, an official said Saturday. Japan has already dealt with one virus outbreak ... ( read original story ...)