• East Asia

    “Turkustan is ready to cooperate with South Korea”

    Azerbaijan is one of the most dynamic countries among former Soviet republics in the areas of economy, politics, culture and media activities. There is especially an uptrend in the media. The Turkustan Weekly is an exclusive publication for the media of Azerbaijan with several language options and cooperation with different…

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  • Politics

    AJA announces AJA Awards winners

    Asia Journalist Association (AJA) President Ivan Lim Sin Chin announces the final winners of AJA award 2016: The president of Indonesia Joko Widodo, Korean filmmaker Lee Joon-ik, Korean-Filipino member of National Assembly Lee Jasmine and Line Co. The ceremony will be held with AJA General Meeting 2016 and the starting ceremony of The AsiaN Global Ombudsman…

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  • Pope Francis to Visit Caucasus

    Pope Francis will visit the three countries of Caucasus in coming months, the Vatican Press office announced on April 9. The first visit scheduled for Armenia between June 24-26 and for Georgia and Azerbaijan in late September. “Accepting the invitations from His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of…

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  • Turkish-Russian Crisis Negatively Affects the People

    The diplomatic crisis between Russia and Turkey over the downing of Russian warplane on November 24 caused the wide range of problems. After several harsh speeches, Russian officials decided to implement sanctions on some specific areas. First of all, the government declared to suspend military relations with Turkey. Russian president…

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  • Georgia Approves Referendum Proposal on Same Sex Marriage

    The Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) has prepared a proposal about same-sex marriage in Georgia to vote in a referendum. The first proposal drafts include several questions which cover unemployment issue, the neutral position of the country and abroad missions of Georgian army, but CEC rejected all of these…

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  • West Asia

    The future of printed media in UAE

    Media in the Middle East has witnessed an extraordinary change over the past five years. The Middle East has become increasingly involved in world events and trade. Not only has it outdone its own accomplishments but has also placed itself on the global map of commercial success. Arab media is…

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  • Politics

    Former PM, Mahathir joins opposition to topple current Malay PM Najib

    By: Norila Daud (Senior Journalist – Malaysia) The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who resigned recently from the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party, hand in hand with the ex-Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin who has been sacked from the ministry’s cabinet and also suspended from UMNO recently, have…

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  • Politics

    Humans of New York photographer writes an open letter to Donald Trump

    In the light of American presidential candidate Donald Trump’s racist remarks and hate speech against Muslims and migrants, photographer Brandon Stanton, of one of the most popular Facebook pages, Humans of New York, has written an open letter criticizing Trump. The letter has gone viral all over the internet as…

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  • West Asia

    Iranian media outlets add $0.6m to bounty for killing Salman Rushdie

    Iranian state-run media outlets have added $600,000 to a bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book “The Satanic Verses”. The leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, that called…

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  • East Asia

    Developing economic relations between Korea, Pakistan important, says Pak. Ambassador to Korea

    Pakistan Ambassador to Korea, Mr. Zahid Nasrullah Khan discusses economic and diplomatic relations, his activities as an ambassador and further, in an exclusive interview with Magazine N. Q. Please introduce yourself to the Magazine N readers. A. I joined the foreign service in 1989 and since then, I have served in many…

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