Category: Military
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan presidents discuss tense border situation, agree on demarcation action
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon (Kabar) holding talks in Samarkand BISHKEK: A cease-fire appeared remains shaky in the restive border area between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan where […]
The booming business of weapons: Winners and losers
By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL: Weapons are proliferating worldwide and are particularly plentiful among the poorest sections of the population. Weapons can kill people, but cannot feed people, in any […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
3 Chinese, their driver killed in bomb attack in Pakistan’s coastal city Karachi
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed while several others sustained injuries in a van explosion in the premises of the University […]
War, destruction, death, peace… and then?
By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: Worn out and worried, abandoned and fearful people. Serious faces of the soldiers who feed themselves from sources of their own euphoria until the […]
Here and there, Hell on Earth and peace in space
By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: We start from the Earth where there are continents, seas, countries. There are borders between countries and people. Everything is organized in such a […]
War: Displacement, suffering and misery
By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: There is no good news here on Earth right now. Every day there is only frustrating and sad news instead. These are as […]
The deep scars that war leaves forever
A view of Flander’s Field in Belgium. What was once a forest has been pulverized by countless artillery strikes from heavy guns (Historyplace) By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: In […]