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South East Asia
President Park: we can hold summit talks with Japan
During her US official visit, president Park Geun Hye said that Seoul is expected to hold trilateral summit talks between South Korea, China, and Japan in the upcoming month. This will be the first summit meeting in three and half years. Bilateral summit talk with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe…
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Politics
Chinese admiral calls for closer defense ties with Iran
Sun Jianguo, a senior Chinese admiral, said that China wants to strengthen military ties with Iran. Last Thursday during a visit to Tehran, Sun made the remarks to Iranian defense Minister Hossein Dehghan. This comes three months after Tehran sealed a deal with world powers over its nuclear program. He…
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Politics
Park Geun Hye visits the United States
Korean president Park Geun Hye arrived in the United States of America, as she’s expected to hold a summit with US president Barack Obama on next friday. While she’s there, president Park is expected to visit the memorial statue of warriors in Korean War. She’s also expected to visit “Goddard”…
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West Asia
Mother of condemned Saudi man seeks US aid
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr’s mother, Nusra al-Ahmed, seeks Obama’s help to release her son. Al-Nimr was arrested in 2012 after participating in Shiaa-supporting protests in 2011. He was 17 years old at the time he was arrested which violates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Al-Nimr who’s facing…
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West Asia
Hajj: a political issue or a holy mission?
Following last month’s stampede and the crane disaster before that, Saudi Arabia is facing a lot of criticism concerning its ability to organize hajj and ensure people’s safety, especially from its rival, Iran. As Iran started calling for the hajj to be managed by other Islamic states after at least…
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West Asia
Twin bombings rock Ankara
Two powerful bombs exploded at a peace rally near the main train station in Ankara on Saturday morning, killing over 100 people and wounding 246 others in the deadliest attack in the Turkish capital in recent memory. The victims were attending a lunchtime peace march calling for an end to…
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West Asia
China prepares to join the fight against ISIS
Al-Masdar Al-Arabi reported that Chinese military advisers are expected to join with their Russian counterparts in weeks. It comes after China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that Chinese and Iraqi foreign ministers agreed to offer intelligence and personal training in September 2014. As China breaks it’s long history of non-interference, due…
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West Asia
Yazidi women and their struggle against ISIS
After their husbands and families were killed, Yazidi women started taking it upon themselves to defend themselves and their territories from ISIS forces. Whether they were fighting women or refugees in one of the camps or women who were tortured by ISIS and managed to escape them, they all have…
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West Asia
France investigates Asaad’s crimes against humanity
France has launched a probe into Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for alleged crimes against humanity, a judicial source said Wednesday, after world powers sparred at the United Nations over the embattled leader’s fate. Paris prosecutors opened a preliminary inquiry on September 15 into alleged crimes committed by the Syrian…
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West Asia
Bahrain unveils huge weapons and explosives haul
Bahrain says it has uncovered one of the biggest finds of explosives and weapons since violence erupted there in 2011. Police say 1.4 tonnes of high-grade explosives were found in an underground vault south of the capital Manama along with rifles and hand grenades. Bahrain has been coping with low-level…
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