Saudi Arabia transferred a total of 150 billion riyals ($40 billion) from central bank foreign reserves to fund investments by sovereign wealth fund PIF in March and April, the finance minister said ... ( read original story ...)
Times reader comes to aid of Iraq veteran Taitusi Ratucaucau
A veteran who served in the British Army then faced a £27,000 NHS hospital bill for lifesaving surgery has been reunited with his daughters for the first time in five months.Public donations helped to ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: U.S. warns governments, firms against aiding Iran fuel shipments to Venezuela – envoy
Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments, seaports, shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s sanctions are failing. Venezuela and Iran just proved it.
But U.S. efforts to effect regime change through what it calls “maximum pressure” — harsh sanctions and other forms of economic pressure — have so far had little impact on either government’s policies ... ( read original story ...)
Garneau says still no black boxes from Iran in January shootdown of airliner
Transport Minister Marc Garneau says efforts are still underway to get Iran to release the flight recorders from its Jan. 8 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane. On March 11, Garneau was at the ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey reopens some mosques, prayers held in ex-cathedral
Worshipers in Turkey have held their first communal Friday prayers in 74 days after the government reopened some mosques under an easing of pandemic restrictions. Meanwhile, President Recep Tayyip Erd ... ( read original story ...)
Soldier’s letter home from Vietnam delivered 52 years later
An Indiana woman said she was surprised when a letter her brother sent while serving in the Vietnam War finally made its way to her after 52 years. ( read original story ...)
Troll farms from Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook
Facebook banned one of the most prolific pushers of medical disinformation after finding its articles had been spread for foreign trolls. ( read original story ...)
China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours
India and China share a border more than 3,440km (2,100 miles) long and have overlapping territorial claims. Their border patrols often bump into each other, resulting in occasion ... ( read original story ...)
Inside New Delhi hospital treating India’s COVID-19 patients
Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment take care of a patient suffering from the coronavirus at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, In ... ( read original story ...)