Politics in Israel is a blood sport, and that has never been truer than during the past 18 months. Voters have cast ballots in three successive elections, and failed to return a decisive result in any ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan supports extension of OPEC+ deal
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 6 By Leman Zeynalova - Trend: Azerbaijan has supported the extension of OPEC+ deal by the end of July, Trend reports citing the country's energy ministry. The videoconference of ... ( read original story ...)
Reports: Dozens detained at Kazakhstan opposition protests
Police in Kazakhstan have detained demonstrators at a series of protests around the country. News reports said dozens of protesters were seized at actions that took place Saturday in the capital of ... ( read original story ...)
Wisconsin Army Guard Soldiers back in Wisconsin from Afghanistan deployment
Approximately three dozen Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers arrived at Dane County Regional Airport June 6, following several months in Afghanistan. ( read original story ...)
North Korea – South Korea Relations: New Tension Arises Over Leaflets Being Passed Over Border
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has said Pyongyang could cancel a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement if the leaflets continue to reach North Korean territory. ( read original story ...)
South Korea joins global Black Lives Matter rallies
Activists in South Korea held a Black Lives Matter rally Saturday, joining other demonstrations spreading across the globe after the death of George Floyd. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Iran swamped by a second wave after lockdown eased to save jobs
The doctor in the Tehran pharmacy had the sort of immobile, handsome face that only expensive surgery could buy. As patients filed past him, coughing and spluttering, he kept up a stream of reassuring ... ( read original story ...)
Black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane of ‘no help’, Iran claims
Tehran says it will transfer boxes of Flight 752 abroad but insists investigation is nearly complete ... ( read original story ...)
Afghans condemn Iran police after refugees die in car fire
The deaths of three Afghan refugees in a car fire in Iran has prompted an outpouring of anger towards police there, after it emerged the blaze began when officers shot at the vehicle. Another four ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: COVID-19 cases nudge 170,000 in Iran, Turkey with different speed; Chinese medical experts in Sudan share anti-coronavirus experience
A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, on May 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) --Iran's tally increases to 169,425 with 8,209 deaths; --Turkey's COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)