A Yemeni representative on Tuesday reproached forces from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of snatching state funds in the eastern Hadhramaut province.UAE forces broke into Al-Mukalla seaport in …
Coronavirus live: UAE reports 421 new cases from 63,000 tests
The UAE Ministry of Health confirmed 421 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday from 63,000 further tests. An additional 490 recoveries were also announced along with one fatality. Meanwhile, new type of …
COVID-19: Renewing my UAE visa and medical fitness test during the pandemic
As I was in the process of renewing my UAE residency visa online, I got a call from my company’s HR department telling me that the medical fitness test has been reinstated on Sunday and that I needed …
Brooklyn Nets star DeAndre Jordan to miss NBA restart
Brooklyn Nets star DeAndre Jordan has joined the ranks of NBA players who will not be in Orlando, Fla., next month to finish out the 2019-20 NBA season.
Cambodia and Laos happy as Thailand reopens 37 border checkpoints
Thailand will reopen checkpoints on the border with all neighboring states to resume cross-border cargo transport and trading from Wednesday (July 1), according to the Center for Covid-19 Situation …
Syria donors gather as virus, economic chaos deepen crisis
Donors from around 60 countries and international agencies are meeting Tuesday to drum up financial aid for Syria as the coronavirus and economic chaos wreak even more havoc in …
Russian envoy says North Korea anger over leaflets was for depiction of Kim’s wife
A series of condemnations over leaflets distributed in North Korea were driven by fury over “dirty, insulting” depictions of leader Kim Jong Un’s spouse, Russia’s top envoy in the reclusive country …
Kim Yo Jong threats delayed food aid to North Korea, reports say
Threats of military action from Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, may have delayed South Korean plans for food aid, according to multiple press reports.
Nepal offers locust bounty as swarms threaten crops
Nepal is offering farmers cash rewards for catching desert locusts to limit the damage caused by the destructive swarms that have ravaged harvests in India and …
Nepal families face hunger as coronavirus crisis hits remittances
Nepali housewife Shiba Kala Limbu grimaced as she recalled how she went hungry in order to feed her five-year-old daughter after the coronavirus pandemic cost her husband his job as a mason in the …