• West Asia

    Turkey clocks defy time-change delay

    For those in Europe and the US, Saturday night marked the end of the daylight saving time, but the Turkish government delayed the time change by two weeks this year, in light of the upcoming parliamentary elections on 1 November. Along with countries in the Eastern European Time (EET) zone…

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  • South Asia

    Social media campaign spreads love between Pakistan and India

    With the political relations between Pakistan and India being unstable lately, the common people from sibling countries have taken it upon themselves to improve the relations. An Indian social media user, Ram Subramanian started a campaign on Thursday by posting a picture of himself with the note, “I am an…

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  • West Asia

    Quality prototypes propel Algerian and Syrian innovators on TV

    Algeria’s Mourad Mohamed Benosman and Syria’s Yaman Abou Jieb overtook their fellow innovators in a lively Stars of Science elimination episode on MBC4, securing their tickets to the next stage of the pan-Arab “edutainment reality” TV program.  After a tough critique from the expert jury, Jordan’s Maymoona Ayesh and Lebanon’s…

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  • Business

    Samsung’s chairman donates 20 billion won for youth fund

    Lee Kun Hee, Samsung’s chairman, announced that he donated 20 billion won for “Hope for Youth” fund aiming to provide more job opportunities for youth. Some of Samsung’s executives and presidents are expected to donate 5 billion won to the fund as well. Lee Joon, head of communication team in…

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  • Asaad meets Putin in a surprise Kremlin visit

    In his first foreign trip since the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011, Asaad visits Moscow to meet up with Putin in surprising news. After the meeting, AFP reported that Putin pledged to continue to support Damascus militarily, while calling for a political solution involving all groups to try to…

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  • Politics

    Pakistani PM Nawaz discusses counter-terrorism with Obama

    Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met the US President Barack Obama at the White House on Oct. 22, 2015. They discussed Pakistan’s resolve to take effective action against United Nations-designated terrorist individuals and entities, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its affiliates. President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz agreed that improvement in Pakistan-India…

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  • Culture

    Busan: Lights of Cinema

      A view of the backside, the food court of BIFF Hill, one of venues for 20th Busan International Film Festival. (Photograph by Rahul Aijaz)

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  • West Asia

    Christie’s Dubai auction runs for its 19th season

    Christie’s auctions of Modern and Contemporary Art and Important Watches held this week in Dubai totaled $10,590,875/ AED 38,900,284, with impressive sell-through rates of 89% and 96% respectively. A pioneer in the sale of both categories, having held its first art sale in Dubai in 2006 and the first stand-…

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  • Society

    Ruling party tackles low birth rate in South Korea

    The South Korean government decided to take into consideration Saenuri ruling party’s suggestion to reform educational system. According to that, the government and the ruling party had a meeting on Wednesday, where they discussed ways to address the low birth rate problem in their aging society, according to KBS news. The…

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  • Society

    Seoul hosts Kimchi festival

    Seoul city announced that the preparations for the upcoming Kimchi festival are starting, with the festival expected to run on 6 – 8 November, reported by KBS. Over 6000 people are expected to participate, with over of 2000 of them being foreigners, in “Kim Jang” festival, which Kimchi making festival.…

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