• South Asia

    Malala opens school for Syrian refugee girls on 18th birthday

    Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who marked her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday, July 12, inaugurated the Malala Fund’s “Malala Yousafzai All-Girls School” near the Syrian border, aiming to provide quality secondary education to more than 200 Syrian girls living in informal camps in the Bekaa Valley region.…

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  • West Asia

    IS ‘behind blast’ at Italian consulate in Cairo

    Islamic State militants have claimed they were behind a deadly explosion that severely damaged the Italian consulate in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, according to “BBC” reports. At least one person died and several people were injured when a car bomb went off at the building, destroying most of it, and causing water…

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    Indian Zoroastrians furious over Snoop Dogg music video for Insulting Their Religion

    American rapper Snoop Dogg has angered the Zoroastrian Parsi community in India with his new music video, in collaboration with a little-known Iranian-born pop singer, Amitis. The video was released in June by Amitis, co-starring Snoop Dogg. The low budget video shows the two luxuriating amid flashy props and set…

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  • West Asia

    Thousands of Britons leave Tunisia after warning

    Thousands of British holidaymakers are to be flown home from Tunisia following warnings that another terrorist attack in the country is “highly likely”. Thirty Britons were killed in a gun attack in Tunisia last month and the Foreign Office (FCO) has now urged all Britons to leave the country. Extra…

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  • West Asia

    Chef yang is talking in Food language with Egyptians

    I saw the “Time gate” in the movies and I didn’t know that it exists in reality, so I transferred from the electronic gate to the “Korean culture center” in Dokki, Cairo to find myself in enchanted place, Listen to Korean songs, although I don’t understand Korean language but my…

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  • West Asia

    Iraq sentences IS militants to death for Tikrit massacre

    An Iraqi court has sentenced to death 24 militants for their role in killing as many as 1,700 soldiers, most of them Shia Muslim recruits. Four others were acquitted for lack of evidence. Isis captured the soldiers when it overran Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit last summer. They were trying…

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  • West Asia

    Clashes in Algerian oasis city, at least 22 dead

    At least 22 people have died in clashes between Arab and Berber communities around the Algerian oasis city of Ghardaia, the state news agency says. The city has seen clashes for the last two years, with rivalry among communities for jobs, housing and land. But the two days of clashes…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan Army rescues US mountaineer from K-2

    Pakistan Army recently rescued a US mountaineer, Robert Jackson from K-2 base camp, airlifting him to Skardu for treatment. The 38-year-old was part of a 27-member team on an expedition to summit K-2, having arrived in Pakistan on June 16. “He suffered altitude sickness enroute to K-2 and was brought…

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  • South Asia

    Child rapist given life imprisonment in Pakistan

      A man in Karachi, Pakistan was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday after being convicted him of raping a child four years ago. The case was reported in 2011, when a six-year-old girl complained about bleeding to her family, who took her to a doctor. When asked about what…

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  • West Asia

    Abdullah Al Ghurair to launch education foundation

    Reflecting his commitment, dedication and on the occasion of UAE Humanitarian Work Day 2015, one of the UAE’s most respected business figures donated one third of his assets to equipping Arab youth with the knowledge and skills they need to become the leaders of tomorrow and drive the sustainable development…

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