Over 84 percent of South Korea’s infected population have recovered and the number of active cases (patients in hospital or recovering at home) has been declining from around mid-March.
UN Human Rights Expert Accuses Myanmar Army of Fresh Abuses
A UN special rapporteur took aim at the Myanmar military for targeting ethnic minorities in Rakhine and Chin states.
Pompeo and Warren trade Twitter jabs over Iran nuclear deal
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sen. Elizabeth Warren traded jabs on Twitter over the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent a conventional weapons embargo on Iran from being lifted.
Despite exit, US may use Iran nuclear deal to extend UN arms embargo on Tehran
The Trump administration may use the United Nations Security Council resolution that enshrined the Iran nuclear deal to effectively end the agreement — snapping U.N. sanctions back on Tehran and …
US says Iran helping Venezuela oil sector
The United States said Thursday that cash-strapped Venezuela is paying Iran in gold to rebuild its troubled oil industry as it denounced what it saw as growing cooperation between its two adversaries.
Pompeo clashes with Warren on Iran deal, asks if she’s ‘good’ with China sending tanks to Tehran
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday clashed with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., over a Trump administration plan to block weapon sales to Iran by arguing that the U.S. is still part of the …
Iran deals with coronavirus amid concerns about human rights issues
Iran has been one of the hardest hit countries from the coronavirus. Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joined CBSN to discuss how the country is dealing …
US Approves Two Possible Attack Helicopter Sales for Philippines
The United States, on Thursday, approved two possible Foreign Military Sales for the Philippines. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the U.S. Department of State notified …
Japan to decide as early as Monday whether to extend coronavirus emergency: NHK
Japan will formally decide as early as Monday whether to extend its state of emergency over the novel coronavirus, which was originally set to end on May 6, public broadcaster NHK said.
Stocks in Australia and Japan set to slip, with major Asia markets out for holidays
Major markets across the region, including China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Singapore, are closed on Friday for holidays.