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South Asia
Turkmen leader pardons hundreds of prisoners
President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on “Amnesty of sentenced persons on the occasion of Day of Constitution and Magtymguly’s poetry,” Turkmenistan The Golden Age Newspaper reports. In line with this decree, the convicted 853 persons will be released from further serving their prison sentences and also from…
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West Asia
Azerbaijan’s first lady presents amnesty act to parliament
Azerbaijan`s first lady, MP Mehriban Aliyeva has submitted a bill on “Amnesty Act” to the Parliament on the occasion of 28 May Republic Day, first vice-speaker Ziyafat Asgarov told the Parliament’s plenary meeting, APA reports. Asgarov said the Amnesty Act is intended to apply to as many as 10,000 people,…
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West Asia
Iran Accuses Kim Kardashian of Being a Secret Agent
Iran is accusing Kim Kardashian of being a secret agent because of her provocative Instagram photos, Fox News Insider reports. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp has claimed that Kardashian is working with Instagram’s CEO to influence the Islamic republic’s youth by portraying a lifestyle that is at odds with Islam.…
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Central Asia
Turkey wants to normalize relations with Russia
Turkey stands for normalization of relations with Russia, Vural Altay, the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s representative for Eastern Europe, told Trend agency on May 17. He told the current crisis between the two countries is in favor of neither Russia nor Turkey. “Turkey has not closed diplomatic channels in order to restore…
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West Asia
Beirut Museum of Art reveals official name, BeMa
The name of Lebanon’s newest art institution, Beirut Museum of Art, has revealed its official name. BeMa is spearheaded by The Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL), a non-profit organization dedicated to international quality programs that support art from Lebanon and the global art…
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East Asia
Communists seek to expand free land program in Russia
Sergey Obukhov, Russian Communist Party MP has proposed applying the recently approved state program of free handover of land not only to the Russian Far East, but also to much larger territories in Siberia, Russia Today (RT) reports. He said, “If the government bill on free land handover has been…
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Central Asia
The Photos of Georgia-US Joint Military Drills
Soldiers of Georgia, U.S. and UK participate in the joint military exercises named “Noble Partner 2016” at Vaziani base near Tbilisi in Georgia. The three-week long joint military drill involved as many as 1,300 soldiers including 500 Georgian servicemen, 650 U.S. servicemen and 150 UK soldiers who incorporate a full…
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East Asia
LG to produce electric car for Iran
LG Group will produce the electric car for the Iranian market. LG and the Iranian government recently signed an agreement for the development. The agreement only lays out the issues in broad strokes and is to be followed a proper contract later, the Chosun Ilbo reports. An LG Corp. staffer…
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South Asia
Iran to build wind farm in Kazakhstan
Iran will construct a wind park in Kazakhstan to generate electricity. The agreement was signed between Iran’s Power and Water Equipment & Services Export Company (SUNIR) and Eurasia Invest Group in Tehran on May 14, PressTV reports. According to the agreement, Iran will establish a 50-megawatt wind power plant in…
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West Asia
Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia to hold military drills
The trilateral meeting of Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey was held in the city of Gabala, Azerbaijan on May 15. Azerbaijani minister Zakir Hasanov, Georgian minister Tinatin Khidasheli and the National Defence Minister of Turkey Ismet Yilmaz held one-on-one and trilateral negotiations. Three sides also discussed the multilateral…
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