MUSCAT — Oman on Thursday registered 636 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 9,009, the country’s Health Ministry said in a statement carried by Oman News ... ( read original story ...)
Rights Watchdog Calls On Turkmenistan To Release Popular Entertainer Imprisoned For Being Gay
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says a popular entertainer and his associates in Turkmenistan have been handed prison terms for being gay and called on authorities to "immediately dismiss" all charges ... ( read original story ...)
Turkish Airlines to resume flights to Turkmenistan
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 29 By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend: Turkish Airlines will resume flights to Turkmenistan from July 1, 2020, Trend reports with reference to Turkmenportal information portal. At the ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border
Lebanon's information minister says the government has agreed to extend the mandate for another year of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, along the border with Israel ... ( read original story ...)
‘Like a drug deal’: Inside Lebanon’s black market currency trade
A crackdown on legal exchange shops has turbocharged illicit black market transactions in the crisis-ridden country. ( read original story ...)
The Biggest Party In Kyrgyzstan Continues To Splinter Amid Infighting
Kyrgyzstan's largest party, the Social Democrats, suffered a rift last year amid an internal feud of its most prominent members and now another section has split from the main party just months before ... ( read original story ...)
How to Talk About Feminism in Tajikistan
Tajikistan had not officially reported any cases and later that month large official Nowruz celebrations went ahead as scheduled. Khakimova regrets that the word “feminism” for many people in the ... ( read original story ...)
UAE to Shorten Covid-19 Prevention Curfew by Two Hours
People walk outside Dubai mall after the UAE government eased a curfew and allowed stores to open, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates May 3, ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan says extends quarantine regime until June 15
Azerbaijan's government said on Friday it had extended its quarantine regime and border closure because of the coronavirus outbreak until June 15. The quarantine regime had been introduced on March 24 ... ( read original story ...)
MP: Azerbaijan will restore its destroyed cemeteries, historical, cultural, religious monuments
Azerbaijan will restore its destroyed cemeteries, historical, cultural and religious monuments, Head of the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, MP Tural Ganjaliyev told ... ( read original story ...)