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West Asia
Iranian photographer to share prize money with refugees
Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “It is hard for me to enjoy this prize as much as I would like to, seeing the region where I work and live in flames and…
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Syrian boy’s death sparks media’s attention
As many Syrian refugee families, Abduallah Kurdi’s family was trying to take shelter in another country, when the wife and the two kids died. In a rubber raft, they were trying to make their way from Turkey to Greece, when the waves hit the boat, and the two boys, Aylan…
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West Asia
Egyptian billionaire offers to buy island for refugees
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, telecom tycoon and owner of an Egyptian TV channel, has offered to buy an island off the shores of Greece or Italy and develop it to help thousands of refugees. He first wrote on Twitter, “Greece or Italy sell me an island, I’ll call its independence…
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West Asia
China’s (152) navy fleet arrives at Alexandria’s port
In celebration of Egypt’s strengthened relation with China, the Chinese navy fleet (152) arrived at Alexandria’s port with a grand welcoming ceremony held by the Chinese Embassy in Cairo and Consulate General in the coastal city. The Major General Osama Mounir Rabea, Navy Commander, met with the Captain of the Chinese…
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South Asia
61 infants died at Indian hospital in 2 weeks
Sixty-one infants have died at a children’s hospital in Cuttack, India in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government to launch an investigation. The deaths highlight the challenges faced in India’s underfunded public health system, where successive governments have failed to address the acute shortage of staff…
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West Asia
Qatar to finish first world cup venue by 2016
According to Qatari officials, it’s expected that Qatar, the host of the next football world cup on 2022, will finish work on it’s first tournament venue by 2016, 6 years before the event takes place. It is also the venue for the 2019 World Athletics Championships, the first time that…
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UAE’s Filipino Times Awards honors exemplary Filipinos
Recognizing global success and world-class excellence, The Filipino Times Awards 2015 has successfully gathered the most influential of UAE’s Filipino community in a red-carpet event in honor of exemplary Filipinos and in recognition of top brands which Filipinos prefer. The role of Filipinos in nation building across the globe has become…
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South Asia
Lawmaker, author of Pakistan constitution passes away
Eminent lawyer and former law minister Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, 80, passed away late on Tuesday in a London hospital, a leading Pakistani newspaper, Dawn News reported. The veteran Supreme Court lawyer was among the prominent figures who had constituted the 1973 Constitution, the one the state of Pakistan still implements…
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West Asia
Strategic partnership solidifies between Egypt and China
It’s expected that negotiations between Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and China’s president Xi Jinping would start during Al-Sisi’s visit to China, attending China’s 70’s anniversary of World War II victory. According to Alaa Youssef, the spokesperson of Egypt’s presidency, the two leaders would discuss the ways possible to…
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West Asia
Egyptian imam suspended over ‘Facebook prayer call’
An imam in Cairo has been suspended by the authorities after being accused of intoning “Prayer is better than Facebook” in his early morning call for people to pray, AFP reports. The action was taken against Mahmud al-Moghazi, who denies the charge, after devout Muslims complained that he had altered…
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