‘This Has Changed Everything’: Saudi Economy Shaken by Oil Crash
The meltdown in oil markets is turning back the economic clock for Saudi Arabia, putting it on track for the deepest contraction in two decades.
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Tablighi Jamaat’s mass gatherings across Asia spark coronavirus clusters
A conservative religious group’s gatherings have emerged as coronavirus hotspots in Malaysia, India and now Pakistan
UAE offers to fly stranded Indians: Ambassador
By AIR Desk The UAE has offered to fly stranded Indians and citizens of other
Sikhs in Afghanistan: Under Siege
The IS, perhaps chose to target the Sikhs to drive home the point that they too exist in the power equation in Afghanistan. The IS’s central group operates in Afghanistan through Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K). Territorially, the IS may have diminished and its hierarchy remains uncertain post the death of Abu-Bakr Al Bhagdadi in October last year.
Failing BRI to Health Silk Route: How COVID-19 is Changing Global Strategic Equations
Trends in January and February suggested a drop in Comprehensive National Power of China. The last week of March 2020 saw the epicenters of COVID-19 shifting westwards with US, Europe and UK emerging to be worst affected
Modes of transmission of virus causing COVID-19: implications for IPC precaution recommendations
Based on the available evidence WHO continues to recommend droplet and contact precautions for those people caring for COVID-19 patients and contact and airborne precautions for circumstances and settings in which aerosol generating procedures are performed
COVID-19, India, and China: Lessons to learn
China has been turning crisis into opportunity. India should do the same.
Why Did Iran Get Hit So Hard, So Fast By The Coronavirus
Days of denials, a national celebration and an election helped the coronavirus spread quickly in Iran
Iran warns coronavirus could kill ‘millions’ in Islamic Republic
A state television report gave the warning hours after hard-line Shiite faithful pushed their way into the courtyards of two major shrines closed due to the coronavirus outbreak
Netanyahu’s Political Future in Limbo as Challenger Gantz Chosen to Form New Israeli Govt
Gantz’s Blue and White received the support of parties representing 61 seats, a slim majority. However, those parties are also divided, and it is not clear whether Gantz will succeed in putting together a coalition. One lawmaker refused to endorse either side.