President Kais Saied of Tunisia suspended parliament until further notice last month, sacking his prime minister and exercising executive control in what opponents called a coup. According to Saied, suspension of members of parliament’s immunity was also extended on Monday, …
The Thai government announced yesterday that the plan to reopen Pattaya’s tourism industry in September was unlikely. Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Deputy Governor Apichai Chatchalermkit attributed the delay to the resurgence of COVID-19 daily infections and insufficient vaccinations among …
The Taliban on Aug. 23 issued a warning of “consequences” if the withdrawal of United States troops extends beyond the Aug. 31 deadline. Taliban Spokesperson Dr. Suhail Shaheen told Sky News in Qatar that the deadline set at the end …
Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, died of a heart disease on Aug. 20 at 38 years old. Ukrainian-born Vovkovinskiy died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, according to Vovkovinskiy’s mother, Svetlana, on Facebook. In 2010, …
The United States on Aug. 23 imposed sanctions on Eritrea’s military chief over his involvement in the conflict in the Tigray region of neighboring Ethiopia. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department blocked all property, …
Kenya received 880,460 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States on Aug. 23. Arriving at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the capital Nairobi, the Moderna doses were the first of two shipments of 1.7 million doses …
Israel’s Health Ministry data published on Sunday, August 22, showed that Pfizer’s third dose of COVID-19 vaccine boosted protection from infection among people aged 60 or older compared with those who only received two jabs. The data were presented in …
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that they have evacuated 173 people from Afghanistan aboard a plane that arrived in Budapest via Uzbekistan on Monday, August 23. “We have brought out a large number of passengers at American and Austrian …
Washington’s special envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, said on Monday, August 23, that the United States does not have ill intent toward Pyongyang and would be open to meeting at any time and place. Sung Kim said this during …
The Pacific nations of Samoa, Kiribati, Tonga, and Vanuatu had withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics as travel restrictions heightened due to COVID-19. These Pacific countries will no longer compete at the Games, according to the International Paralympic Committee. Each …