A woman victim of sexual violence wins Cannes’ Best Actress award
By Alireza Bahrami CANNES: The 75th Cannes Film Festival (2022) awarded one of its most special prizes to a woman who was a victim of sexual violence a few years ago. Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, the star of “Holy Spider” at the Cannes Film Festival, won the Best Actress award. The film is directed by Iranian director […]
Spotlight on Kyrgyzstan as first Eurasian Economic Forum kicks off in Bishkek
BISHKEK: The First Eurasian Economic Forum was opened in the capital of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek attended by about 2,500 participants. In his welcoming speech, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov said the Eurasian Economic Union is capable of being a major player in the world economy and helping to eliminate the […]
First for Saudi Arabia as domestic flight takes off with all-female crew
JEDDAH: Saudi women have made history by flying a plane with a fully female crew. “For the first time in Saudi aviation history! #flyadeal operated the first flight with an all-female crew, the majority of which are Saudis by the newest A320 aircraft. Flight 117, flew from #Riyadh to #Jeddah,” low-cost airline flyadeal have announced […]
Bishkek’s mesmerizing parks – Where history, nature co-exist peacefully
BISHKEK: Taking a stroll in Ala-Too Square, the cultural and political hotspot in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, my mind went back to a lecture delivered by Professor Hyunjoon Yoo from the College of Architecture and Urbanism, Hongik University, at the AsiaN 10th anniversary forum in Seoul. The lecture in February focused on the polarization […]
Officers foil attempts to smuggle 730 kg drugs into Kuwait
KUWAIT: Customs officers seized nearly 730 kilograms of drugs that were on their way to be smuggled into Kuwait. Officers were able to stop a boat making its way into the territorial waters towards Kubbar Island, a sandy island around 30 kilometers off the southern coast of Kuwait. The officers seized 600 kilograms of hashish […]
AJA condemns killing of Palestinian journalist, calls for upholding media workers’ right to safety
SEOUL: Asia Journalists Association (AJA) mourns the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, reporter for Al-Jazeera news channel, who was fatally shot while covering an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the West Bank. Veteran journalist Shireen, 51, was shot in the face by a single bullet, despite wearing a helmet and […]
Palestinian journalist fatally shot while reporting
JERUSALEM: Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known Palestinian journalist was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry said that the veteran reporter who covered conflicts for more than 25 years for Al Jazeera died shortly after she was shot. Born in […]
Yoon takes oath, offers to revive North Korea economy with ‘audacious plan’
SEOUL: South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol took the oath of office Tuesday, vowing to rebuild the nation on the foundation of a liberal democracy and market economy and offering to revive North Korea’s economy with an “audacious plan” should it take steps to denuclearize. Yoon made the remarks in his inauguration address at the National […]
For some AJA members, it is not Eid without gatherings, maamoul or Beshbarmak
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Ais Journalists Association CAIRO: The last days of April and the first days of May were very special for the members of the Asia Journalists Association (AJA), the umbrella for journalists across Asia and well beyond it. On April 25-26, members participated in the annual World Journalists Conference (WJC2022) organized by […]
In Bishkek, Eid prayers eclipse former icons
BISHKEK: The irony of the situation was remarkably striking. Thousands of spiritually devoted worshippers were performing the Eid prayers in Bishkek while the towering statue of Lenin with his concrete coat-tails aloft behind him, failed to dampen their enthusiasm. A few meters away at the north edge of Oak Park in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, […]
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