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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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West Asia
ISIS destroys Palmyra’s Temple of Bel
A satellite image confirms that a temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra has been destroyed, the United Nations says. There had been earlier reports of an explosion at the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, which is held by militants from Islamic State (ISIS). As UN satellite analysts Unosat say…
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West Asia
Discovery of one of the world’s largest gas fields off Egypt’s coast
It’s reported that Italian energy group Eni, the biggest foreign energy firm in Africa, says it has found one of the world’s largest natural gas fields off Egypt’s coast, according to BBC. The company said the area was 1,450m (4,757 feet) beneath the surface and covered 100 sq km (39 sq miles).…
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South Asia
Indian village council orders rape of two sisters for brother’s elopement
An unofficial, all-male village council in India’s Uttar Pradesh state has ordered the rape of two young sisters after their brother eloped with a woman of a higher caste. The ‘sentence’ was handed down after the brother of two girls aged 23 and 15, the elder of whom is…
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West Asia
Social media saves Syrian refugee
When Gissur Simonarson, an activist from Oslo, Norway, posted a photo on his twitter of a father selling pens on the streets of Beirut as he cradled his sleeping daughter, he struck a chord with more than 6,000 followers. Requests came offering to help the man, but Simonarson didn’t know the…
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South Asia
Pakistan to become 3rd largest nuclear power within a decade
Pakistan could become the third largest nuclear stock pile within the next five to ten years, behind only the United States and Russia, the Washington Post reported, quoting reports published by two American think tanks. The report published on Thursday by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Stimson…
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Society
Two American journalists shot dead during live TV broadcast
Two American TV journalists were shot dead during live reporting in rural Virginia on Wednesday. 24-year-old Alison Parker and 27-year-old Adam Ward, employees of a local TV station WDBJ7, were holding a live broadcast around 6:45 am when an armed man opened fire at them. The gunman, Bryce Williams reportedly…
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East Asia
KNHP-SNU’s welfare efforts in Vietnam
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Global Voluntary Team from Seoul National University (SNU) visited Phuoc An, Binh Dinh province, Vietnam from 3rd-13th August, in order to help people who desperately need clean water. KHNP-SNU Global voluntary Team of 52, including 12 from KHNP, performed voluntary service in…
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