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South Asia
American backpacker, artist killed in Nepal
After the devastating earthquake in April in Nepal, Dahlia Yehia, an artist and a teacher from the US, backpacked to the Asian country to help the people. According to the “Find Dahlia” Facebook page her family and friends started to help find her, Yehia, 25, arrived on July 20 and…
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West Asia
Summit talks between Korea and Jordan
South Korea’s president Park Geun Hye holds a summit talk with Jordan’s King Abduallah II to discuss means available to strengthen the relations between two countries. During the summit talks, President Park and King Abduallah will discuss possible cooperation in trade, investments, construction, energy, culture, education and development. It’s expected…
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West Asia
ISIS says Norwegian and Chinese hostages are ‘for sale’
The terrorist group ISIS says it’s holding two more foreign nationals hostage, and shows the pictures of two men in yellow jumpsuits with “For Sale” posted below their portraits in the final pages of the latest edition of the ISIS online magazine Dabiq. One page reads “Norwegian Prisoner For Sale.” The…
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Culture
Dystopian Worlds: Do they predict the future?
Do dystopian books predict the dark future we’re headed to, or are they simply some wild imaginative scenarios in the genius minds? Dystopian ideas go way back, when John Stuart Mill, gave a speech in 1868 before the British House of Commons, criticizing the government’s policy, saying, “It is,…
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Culture
A ‘Beat’ ghost walks across American landscape in search of himself
Kerouac ‘On the Road’ “Last night I walked clear down to Times Square and just as I arrived I suddenly realized I was a ghost – it was my ghost walking on the sidewalk.” In the words of the Beat writer Jack Kerouac who gives life to words and reinvents…
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West Asia
Lebanese government sets a new plan for waste disposal
The Lebanese government has agreed to resume waste disposal after weeks of protests over piles of rubbish left in the streets of the capital Beirut. Ministers decided in an emergency meeting to give local municipalities the authority to treat local waste. Protests triggered by rotting rubbish in Beirut quickly grew…
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Culture
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East Asia
Early autumn tour to outskirts of Seoul
Winter is coming. No, seriously, winter is coming. But for now, it is autumn in Korea (which is quite similar to winters in Karachi, Pakistan). Chilly winds, moody weather – sometimes sunny; at others, rainy, and at times, both simultaneously. And upon stepping away from Seoul for a day, even…
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South Asia
Over 1,000 Indian Muslim clerics deem IS ‘un-Islamic’
More than 1,000 Muslim clerics in India have backed a religious ruling condemning the Islamic State, calling the extremist group’s actions “un-Islamic.” Religious leaders from hundreds of mosques, education institutions and civic groups across India have signed the edict, or fatwa, saying the actions of the Islamic State group went…
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West Asia
Israel re-opens it’s embassy in Egypt after four years
Ofir Gendelman, Israel’s prime minister spokesperson to the Arab media, published on his official Facebook page, that a delegation from Israel arrived in Egypt headed by Dore Gold, an Israeli diplomat, to participate in the ceremony held for the re-establishment of the Israeli embassy works in Egypt, in the presence…
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