Japan to extend entry ban to Russia and 13 other countries, Abe says
Japan will deny entry to foreign travelers from a further 14 countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, strengthening its border controls to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. With the ban effective starting Wednesday, people ...
Lawyer says Sudan court has told telecoms company to end military-ordered internet blackout
A Sudanese court on Sunday ordered telecoms operator Zain Sudan to restore internet services, a lawyer said, after they were severed nearly three weeks ago when security forces dispersed protesters camping in central Khartoum. Sudan's military rulers ordered the internet blackout as a security measure ...
An oil refinery project involving Idemitsu Kosan Co., Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and state-run oil companies of Vietnam and Kuwait has begun commercial operations, Idemitsu Kosan said Tuesday. The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex, Vietnam's second refinery, has a daily production capacity of 200,000 barrels. ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lifts ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday the "total" lifting of a ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait after the two countries agreed on measures to regulate employment following a diplomatic row over the alleged abuse of workers. The Philippines suspended the deployment of workers ...
Kuwait orders Philippines ambassador to leave in dispute over reported abuse of domestic workers
Kuwait has ordered the ambassador from the Philippines to leave within a week and recalled its own envoy for consultations after embassy staff tried to "rescue" Filipino domestic workers amid reports of abuse. The decision Wednesday was the latest episode in a three-month conflict sparked ...
UAE follows Qatar and Kuwait lead and terminates North Korea diplomatic mission
The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it was ending the mission of North Korea's nonresident ambassador and terminating its own envoy's services in Pyongyang, the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency WAM. The UAE would also stop issuing new ...
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 8 1916 Outlook bleak for hotel keepers this spring The spring months are usually the busiest of the whole year for hotel keepers in the country, the number of foreigners visiting Japan in April and May for the cherry blossom season being ...
100 YEARS AGO Saturday, Feb. 19, 1916 Hundreds of students storm Lower House About 400 students of the four private law colleges in Tokyo, the Meiji, Chuo, Nippon and Hosei University's, invaded the Lower House on Thursday morning. They were led by a committee and proceeded to ...
Kuwait revoked the citizenship of a prominent opposition activist Monday, something he said was a political move by a government that has vowed to crack down on people deemed to be undermining state stability. Kuwait-born Saad Al-Ajmi, spokesman of the nationalist opposition Popular Action Movement, ...
The United States risks damaging relations with Persian Gulf states as it warily embraces a Russian initiative for Syria to relinquish its chemical arsenal, analysts say, with Sunni monarchies fearful that the U.S. pullback from military strikes will bolster President Bashar Assad and the ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheik Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, to launch a bilateral dialogue among foreign and defense policy officials on ensuring the security of sea lanes that are vital to transporting crude oil. The two leaders also confirmed ...
Private money pours into Syrian conflict as donors pick sides
Syrian tanks were closing in on the rebel-held town of Qusair last month when a Kuwaiti sheik named Hajjaj al-Ajmi and his money machine roared into action. In a series of urgent messages on his Twitter account, al-Ajmi appealed for cash to help save ...
