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West Asia
Turkey Starts Trial Against Israeli Military Officers Who Killed Eight Turks In 2010 Raid
People wave Turkish and Palestinian flags as a Turkish court opened a trial in absentia for four former Israeli military commanders in the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish aid ship that tried to break a Gaza blockade, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Prosecutors have demanded life…
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West Asia
Iranian Lawmakers Consider Summoning President To Question Over Plummeting Currency
A group of Iranian lawmakers sit on the floor during an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Iran’s parliament is planning to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be questioned over the country’s plummeting currency. It will be the second grilling of the increasingly embattled leader…
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East Asia
In the land of legends, South Korea
South Korea is a lot different from its southern neighbor also from the rest of the Asian countries. I’ve finally managed to experience such difference. Visiting South Korea has always been one of my dreams. In Incheon airport I saw where many of my favorite dramas were shot, in Seoul…
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West Asia
Islam’s view on Obama’s reelection
Back to the school of Sultan Obama! In the summer of 2009, many Egyptians admired the US president Barrack Obama’s visit to the Sultan Hassan Mosque in his way to Cairo University for delivering his important speech to Islamic World. For many, Obama was considered – at the very beginning…
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East Asia
Children In Quake-Hit Yiliang County, China, Resume Class In Makeshift Classroom
Students attend class on the makeshift campus of the Guoquanyan Elementary School in the earthquake-affected Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Nov. 5, 2012. Classes have resumed at Yiliang’s Guoquanyan Elementary School after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake damaged the school campus in September. Students will study in six makeshift classrooms…
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East Asia
Two South Korean Presidential Candidates Get Together To Talk About Single Candidacy
Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae-in, left, shakes hands with Independent candidate Ahn Cheol-soo for the photographers prior to their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Ahn and Moon met to agree on a single candidacy ahead of the Dec. 19 presidential election. <AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon>
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Arab-Asia relations should be peaceful to share common factors of both regions
It is interesting to note that there are clear indications which show that the West is not fully aware of the realities of our life as Arabs and Muslims. This is seen in the appearance of such terms as conflict of civilizations and clash of civilizations over a number of…
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South Asia
Bangladesh Islamist party fights street battle
Dhaka–With their nine top leaders facing trial for crime committed during 1971, leaving their party office under virtual siege for last 18 months and about 18,000 party leaders and workers in prison facing almost 16,000 cases filed during the present regime, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam have finally decided to fight back alone…
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East Asia
Access to drugs on the rise
Korea is no longer a country free of drugs. Drug users and traffickers, sometimes orchestrated by organized crime rings, are smuggling marijuana and other illegal substances in and out of the country. In a police report published last month, the number of people annually arrested for drug-related offences reported by…
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East Asia
Yamaha marks 125th year
Japanese multinational corp. Yamaha has announced a new line of grand pianos to mark its 125th anniversary. This year also marks the 110th since the company began to manufacture grand pianos, one of the symbols of the company that makes a wide range of musical instruments, electronics, motorcycles and power…
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