As tensions ease with Iran, Biden administration moves to put US forces on more normal footing, Wall Street Journal reports. The Biden administration is withdrawing Patriot antimissile batteries from four ….. Read More
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Hundreds of vaccinated Indonesian health workers get Covid-19, dozens in hospital
Most of the workers were asymptomatic and self-isolating at home, said Badai Ismoyo, head of the health office in the district of Kudus in central Java, but dozens have been ….. Read More
Rohingya refugees struggle for vaccine in COVID-hit India
New Delhi, India – Earlier this month, Noor Aisha, a 55-year-old Rohingya refugee, died from COVID-19 complications at a government hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir. Aisha was among more than 200 ….. Read More
Analysis: In North Korea a packet of coffee costs $100, and that’s a problem for Kim Jong Un
The ruler of the secretive, hereditary communist dictatorship opened an important political meeting on Tuesday acknowledging the grim situation his country now faces. North Korea’s food supply is strained and ….. Read More
We cannot afford to give up our fight against polio now
I joined Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio more than two decades ago, shortly after meeting a mother in Karachi, Pakistan, who was struggling to carry her 11-year-old son whose legs ….. Read More
Muslim man attacked, India police charge journalists for tweets
Several press bodies have condemned police in the northern Uttar Pradesh state for filing cases against journalists and a news portal for their tweets and reports on the attack of ….. Read More
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They work abroad to feed their families. Now they can’t send the money home
“I left him with my mum,” said the Myanmar migrant worker, 26, who is living in Thailand. Every morning, long queues of people wait for hours outside banks and ATMs ….. Read More
No resolution on S-400 dispute during Biden-Erdoğan meeting
Turkey will take lead in securing Kabul airport after US troops depart, Biden and Erdoğan agree. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed when they met in ….. Read More
US journalist appears in court after detention, Frontier Myanmar says
The 37-year-old was detained by Myanmar’s military at Yangon International Airport on May 24, shortly before he could board a flight to Kuala Lumpur. The journalist had been on the ….. Read More