Future of business media highlighted at WAM roundtable
DUBAI: Media has a major role in promoting future business concepts and conveying them to the public effectively, the head of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) has said. “The media sector is seeing remarkable progress in keeping with global technological developments, with the emergence of new technologies in media work using artificial intelligence (AI) and […]
Miracle in Africa
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Football has no shortage of dramatic stories; But what happened in the last few weeks in the African Cup was rare. Ivory Coast fired its head coach after a heavy defeat in the last match of the group stage. The officials of the football federation of the country did not imagine […]
Pasola and Elections in Indonesia
By Eddy Suprapto (EDS) SURABAYA, JAKARTA: Pasola is a game of dexterity throwing wooden javelins at each other from horseback which is part of the Marapu ritual ceremony. Marapu is an indigenous religion of the archipelago which is adhered to by the people of Sumba Island. Marapu in the beliefs of the Sumba tribe is […]
4-party MOU signed to promote health, happiness, peace for disadvantaged people
By Seok-jae Kang Vice President, Asia Journalists Association KOLKATA, India – A four-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed to promote health, happiness and peace for the mankind, especially the disadvantaged people, including refugees, orphans, the disabled and the elderly in a ceremony in Kolkata, India on February 8, 2024. The four parties are the […]
Pakistan: 26 Killed, 50 injured in bomb blasts in Balochistan province ahead of general elections
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: At least 26 people were killed and 50 others injured Wednesday Feb 7, 2024 in two separate explosions targeting election candidates in restive Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, just a day before general elections in Pakistan. A three-day mourning period has been announced by Chief Minister of Balochistan […]
Suzanne – A story
By Ana Stjelja, Serbia BELGRADE: I found myself on a living room sofa, beside a cradle cradling a newborn, a tiny being yet to embark on the journey of life. The mother shared that a surgery awaited the baby, born with an unusual condition. In this foreign land, the chatter around me blended with the […]
Football and its wonders
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Football stories continue in the Asian Cup and the African Cup, because miracles are the nature of football. A few days ago, I wrote about the dramatic football stories for Asian and Middle Eastern countries, in the Asian Cup and the African Cup. These stories continued in the elimination stage after […]
United States, Pakistan sign agreement to protect Pakistan’s cultural heritage
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome and Pakistan Secretary of National Heritage and Culture Ms. Humaira Ahmed signed an agreement on cultural property protection in Islamabad on January 30, 2024. The agreement establishes import restrictions on certain types of archaeological and ethnological materials originating from Pakistan and entering […]
“Asre Rowshan” shines in Iran
TEHRAN: Alireza Bahrami, a member of the Asian Journalists Association (AJA) since 2019, is an active and well-known journalist in Iran, especially in the field of culture and art. He has had many media activities and was one of the founders of Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) in 2000. ISNA is one of the most […]
Iran’s FM visits Islamabad for in-depth talks with Pakistan leaders
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived here in the wee hours of Monday January 29, 2024 at the invitation of Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani. On his arrival at the Nur Khan Airbase, the Iranian foreign minister was received by the Additional Foreign Secretary (Afghanistan and West […]
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