Middle East
Tehran agreed to allow United Nations inspectors access to two sites where it is suspected of carrying out illicit nuclear-weapons work in the past, bowing to months of pressure in a bid to salvage backing for the 2015 nuclear deal.
China
The U.S. unveiled visa and export restrictions against Chinese state-owned companies and their executives involved in advancing Beijing’s territorial claims in the contested South China Sea.17
Europe
Greece, facing an escalating maritime dispute with Turkey, sought to show its determination by expanding its territorial waters in another direction: in the Ionian Sea, facing Italy.
World
Closing the border and using hotels to quarantine returning residents initially helped Australia prevent significant coronavirus outbreaks. But the virus eventually found a way through—and authorities are trying to understand how.78
Middle East
The kingdom is moving forward with multibillion-dollar plans to build cities despite the Covid-19 pandemic and depressed oil prices, betting that projects closely associated with the crown prince will kick-start its economic recovery.
Asia
South Korea’s left-leaning President Moon Jae-in and the public-health architects of one of the world’s successful coronavirus responses resist imposing the tightest restrictions after cases surge.
