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Kazakhstan Looks for Visa-Free Travel to EU
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan paid a working visit to Brussels on March 30. Meetings were held with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission and Donald Tusk, president of the European Council. Kazakh president urged the EU for the visa-free regime for the citizens of Kazakhstan to visit…
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What Really Happened in Nagorno Karabakh?
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia started in 1988 with the territorial claims of Armenians over the land of Azerbaijan. Until the year of 1994 when ceasefire treaty was signed, Armenian troops occupied 20% of Azerbaijani territories including Nagorno Karabakh region and seven more districts. On April 2,…
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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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IS uses “jihad” to fulfill their agendas
Even though the civil war in Syria is regarded by many people as an internal conflict, it involves the intervention of two big powers in support of the two parties in the power struggle. The Islamic State (IS) has taken advantage of the war in Syria and managed to use…
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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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Threat of the ISIL and Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is a country where the level of democracy and freedom of speech is significantly different from the neighboring countries. The gradually growing economy already requires an increase in electricity generation. For further development of the economy, Kyrgyzstan needs to attract foreign investment. The state’s attempts to attract investors from…
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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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First ‘Ghost protest’ in Seoul
Amnesty International Korea staged an anti-government “ghost rally” using holographic images in Seoul, the first of its kind in Korea. The international human rights group projected holographic images of protesters on a screen at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Wednesday, the eve of President Park Geun-hye’s third anniversay in office.…
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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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