Iran may use its military for a second year to help fight locusts that have invaded the south of the country, an Agricultural Ministry official was quoted as saying on Friday, as the swarms threaten ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Gulf Partners Can No Longer Afford To Stay The Course With U.S. Iran Policy
It is not in the Gulf Arab states' interest to stay the course with current U.S. Iran policy, write former Pentagon officials Bilal Y. Saab and. Doing so could lead them to war. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Vietnam hunting for lung donor to save British pilot
Doctors hope a lung transplant can save the life of a British pilot hospitalised in Vietnam after he contracted a severe Covid-19 infection.Steven Cameron, 43, has been sedated for well over a month ... ( read original story ...)
Ambo makes 6th landfall as torrential rain, damaging winds batter Philippines
Tropical Storm Ambo, also known as Vongfong, made the sixth of numerous expected landfalls over the eastern Philippines on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Philippines’ Coronavirus Infections Top 12,000, Deaths Pass 800 Mark
A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines, April 24, 2020. ( read original story ...)
‘Kept prisoner’: Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme architect
Abdul Qadeer Khan tells top court he is being 'kept prisoner' by Pakistani agencies and not allowed to plead his case. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan Set to Make, Export Anti-COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir
Pakistan announced Friday that it would begin “within weeks” production and export of the antiviral drug remdesivir for treating COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. As of ... ( read original story ...)
Surging locust attacks pose great threat to Pakistan’s agriculture, food security
Photo taken on May 8, 2020 shows a man holding a locust in southern Pakistan's Hyderabad. (Xinhua/Stringer) "We are spraying but they (locusts) keep moving here and there to eat and remain in the same ... ( read original story ...)
Koyambedu: India’s coronavirus cluster at a vegetable market
The reason: several vendors and labourers at the market had tested positive for coronavirus, and were being linked to a spate of cases in Chennai and surrounding areas. Mr Gupta knew of the market ... ( read original story ...)
Captain Tom Moore: ‘I would like to go back to India and Barbados, and do Route 66’
Captain Tom Moore has no fears about catching coronavirus at the age of 100. “If I get it, I get it, I’m not worried at all. You have endless chances of dying, in the end everyone has a turn, it has ... ( read original story ...)