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Politics
Bahrain workshop experts discuss safe return of Syrian refugees
By Habib Toumi Manama: The U.S. wants Syrian refugees to return to their homes in Syria but insists it should be done in the right conditions, a senior U.S. official has said. “We are here to dispel myths about U.S. policy and to reiterate that the U.S. wants Syrian refugees…
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Culture
Kazakhistan President calls for launching Asia Prize in Literature
Nur-Sultan: Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for establishing the Asia Prize in Literature. Addressing the First Forum of Asian Countries’ Writers in the Kazakh capital on Wednesday morning, Tokayev said that the Forum of Asian Countries’ Writers should become ‘an important venue for dialogue of writers’ and should be held…
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People
New record as 3 million people use Bahrain-Saudi Arabia causeway in August
By Habib Toumi Manama: Close to three million people used the King Fahad Causeway linking Bahrain with Saudi Arabia in August, setting a new month record for the terrestrial link opened in 1986. Figures show that 2,918,993 people used the 25-kilometer causeway, a daily average of more than 94,000 people.…
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Business
Azerbaijan to host IATA conference on safety, flight operations
By Habib Toumi Baku: Safety and flight operations will be the main topic to be discussed at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference to be held next year in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The international conference will be hosted on March 31 – April 2 at the Baku…
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Culture
Guest of Honor Sharjah to highlight UAE, Arab cultures at Moscow International Book Fair
By Habib Toumi Sharjah: Sharjah, one of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is all set for its breakthrough participation as the Special Guest of Honor in the 32nd Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF 2019). In April, Sharjah was announced as the first Special Guest…
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East Asia
Will Malaysians continue to support- not supplant – unity, diversity despite formidable challenges? The answer is ‘YES’
By Habib Toumi Manama: Going through the message of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad as he addressed his fellow citizens on Friday, the eve of the country’s Independence Day, revived my memories of my first visit to Kuala Lumpur in 2009. In his message, Mahathir insisted on the significance…
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Politics
Kazakhstan’s ratification makes ban of nuclear weapons one step closer
New York: Kazakhstan, the country where the Soviet atomic bomb was first tested 70 years ago, has become the 26th state to deposit the ratification instrument to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with the United Nations Secretariat. The ceremony, on the International Day against Nuclear…
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Politics
Baku says reports about delivering Israeli drones to Azerbaijan to attack Iraq, Iran are false
Baku: Azerbaijan has reiterated its rejection of claims that it had received drones from Israel to be used in attacks on Iraqi and Iranian targets. “We note with regret that completely unfounded information on the delivery of Israeli drones to Azerbaijan with the aim of attacking Iraq and Iran continues…
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Culture
Asia has four of the six winners of 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Kazan: Four of the six projects that won the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture are located in Asia, in a new triumph for the continent. Bangladesh, Bahrain, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates were the winners of the global award presented once every three years. The other two countries…
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Society
YouTube kidnapping prank backfires; two people arrested
Muscat: Police in Oman have arrested two men after what turned out to be a prank kidnapping video incited outrage from thousands of people in the Gulf country. In the video two masked men approached a vehicle with four children talking on the back seats. Upon seeing the two men…
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