South Korean prosecutors requested an 18-month prison sentence for a former chief of staff to former President Park Geun-hye at a second trial on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
The coronavirus crisis in Iran has opened up an internal fight between the government and its Revolutionary Guard
Underreporting of numbers, the shootdown of a jetliner, and a missile test that killed 19 sailors have made the Revolutionary Guard look incompetent. ( read original story ...)
US ramps up pressure on UN Security Council to extend Iran arms embargo
The U.S is ramping up pressure on the U.N. Security Council to extend a 13-year arms embargo on Iran due to expire in October -- and threatening to take “all legally available options” to extend it if ... ( read original story ...)
Tensions with Iran and its proxies led to accelerated transfer of bases housing coalition troops to Iraqi forces
An inspector general report detailed how tensions between Iran and its militia forces with the U.S. led to an accelerated transfer of several bases to Iraqi troops over force protection issues. From ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Turkey seeks global funding help to gird against lira shock
Turkey's government has appealed to foreign allies in an urgent search for funding, three senior Turkish officials said, as it prepares defences against what analysts fear could be a second currency ... ( read original story ...)
Province’s first turkey hunt pushed back to 2021
The turkey hunt was supposed to start this week — with opening day Monday. But the two week season ended up being pushed back until May 2021. "As a result of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll reaches 4,000: health minister
Turkey's coronavirus death toll has reached 4,007, after 55 more people died in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam determined to save British pilot in order to avoid its first COVID-19 death
NYC Mayor de Blasio holds briefing The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's stay-at-home order during the coronavirus pandemic as "unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable" after finding that ... ( read original story ...)
Asia virus latest: Japan lifts emergency; China hits back at US
Japan's prime minister lifted a state of emergency imposed due to the coronavirus for the majority of the country but kept it in place for top cities Tokyo and Osaka. After fears the virus could ... ( read original story ...)
Japan lifts state of emergency – but not for major cities
World Japan lifts state of emergency - but not for major cities. Posted . Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency in large parts of the country on Thursday ... ( read original story ...)