South Korea is to expand investigations into North Korea defector-led human rights groups in the wake of a standoff between Seoul and the activists, who recently launched balloons carrying …
No One Knows What Thailand Is Doing Right, but So Far, It’s Working
Can the country’s low rate of Covid-19 infections be attributed to culture? Genetics? Face masks? Or a combination of all three?
7 die in Turkey reconnaissance plane crash
A Turkish reconnaissance plane surveilling eastern Turkey crashed in a mountainous area in Van province Wednesday night, killing seven, officials said.
Turkey convicts German newspaper reporter of propaganda work
A Turkish court convicted a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper Thursday of engaging in propaganda in favor of Kurdish rebels and sentenced him in absentia to more than two years and nine …
US Backs France in Standoff with Turkey over Warships
The White House national security adviser says the U.S. is “very sympathetic” to France in its dispute with Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea between the two NATO allies. The …
Turkey court sentences German-Turkish journalist Yucel to jail
Deniz Yucel sentenced in absentia to jail for two years and nine months for terrorism propaganda, lawyer says.
Turkey marks failed coup with drone light show
World Turkey marks failed coup with drone light show. Posted . Some 200 drones lit up the sky in Istanbul late on Wednesday to mark the fourth anniversary of July 15, 2016 putsch, …
‘Panalo na naman tayo’: Filipinos recall Roque’s ‘Congratulations Philippines’ as COVID-19 cases exceed 60K
As the Philippines breached the sixty thousandth-mark of total coronavirus cases in the third week of July, the previous exclamations of presidential spokesperson Harry Roque surfaced on social media.
COVID-19 cases in Philippines may rise to 85,000 by end of July —UP experts
Experts from the University of the Philippines have projected that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country may reach more than 85,000 by the end of July. The projection, which includes a projected …
Death toll in Indonesia flash floods rises to 32; 16 missing
The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province rose to 32 on Thursday with 16 people still missing, officials said. National Search …