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Turkish Police Chief drives stolen car, goes undetected
Mahmut Karaaslan, the police chief of the Provincial Security Directorate of Ankara, exposed the security weakness of the Turkish capital. He tried an extraordinary tactic to control the works of policemen. He drove a stolen car for three days in all streets of Ankara, but he couldn’t be detected…
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Kazakhstan Looks for Visa-Free Travel to EU
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan paid a working visit to Brussels on March 30. Meetings were held with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission and Donald Tusk, president of the European Council. Kazakh president urged the EU for the visa-free regime for the citizens of Kazakhstan to visit…
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What Really Happened in Nagorno Karabakh?
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia started in 1988 with the territorial claims of Armenians over the land of Azerbaijan. Until the year of 1994 when ceasefire treaty was signed, Armenian troops occupied 20% of Azerbaijani territories including Nagorno Karabakh region and seven more districts. On April 2,…
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South East Asia
Youth lifestyles shape the “halal industry”
MALAYSIA is doing well in the halal industry as there are more than 5,500 halal certified companies with 92% are small medium entrepreneurs, thus showing the robustness of this sector. In Arabic, halal is defined as permissable to use or engage according to Islamic law. In 2011, the industry created…
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Turkish-Russian Crisis Negatively Affects the People
The diplomatic crisis between Russia and Turkey over the downing of Russian warplane on November 24 caused the wide range of problems. After several harsh speeches, Russian officials decided to implement sanctions on some specific areas. First of all, the government declared to suspend military relations with Turkey. Russian president…
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Society
Indonesia uses camera traps to make records of endangered animals
An endangered Malayan tapir and its young have been documented by camera traps in Batang Gadis National Park (BGNP), North Sumatra. In Indonesia, the tapir can only be found in North Sumatra and are very rarely seen. In total, the study recorded and identified an impressive 29 species in the…
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Georgia Approves Referendum Proposal on Same Sex Marriage
The Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) has prepared a proposal about same-sex marriage in Georgia to vote in a referendum. The first proposal drafts include several questions which cover unemployment issue, the neutral position of the country and abroad missions of Georgian army, but CEC rejected all of these…
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Politics
IS uses “jihad” to fulfill their agendas
Even though the civil war in Syria is regarded by many people as an internal conflict, it involves the intervention of two big powers in support of the two parties in the power struggle. The Islamic State (IS) has taken advantage of the war in Syria and managed to use…
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West Asia
Media as a tool for building National Identity
The idea of national consciousness has developed in which it is defined as the attachment of secondary symbols of nationality to primary items of information moving through channels of social communication, or through the mind of an individual. In creating certain uniformity within nations, many countries look up to the…
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West Asia
The future of printed media in UAE
Media in the Middle East has witnessed an extraordinary change over the past five years. The Middle East has become increasingly involved in world events and trade. Not only has it outdone its own accomplishments but has also placed itself on the global map of commercial success. Arab media is…
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