• West Asia

    Israel re-opens it’s embassy in Egypt after four years

    Ofir Gendelman, Israel’s prime minister spokesperson to the Arab media, published on his official Facebook page, that a delegation from Israel arrived in Egypt headed by Dore Gold, an Israeli diplomat, to participate in the ceremony held for the re-establishment of the Israeli embassy works in Egypt, in the presence…

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  • Politics

    Iran nuclear deal in discussion

    In Seoul’s East Asia Foundation and in the presence of a large number of journalists, from different countries, a forum was held to discuss the Iran nuclear deal titled, “Iran nuclear deal in a shifting geopolitical context”. The forum was moderated by Moon Chung In, professor in department of political…

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  • West Asia

    Egypt’s agriculture minister resigns amid corruption allegations

    Egypt’s agriculture minister resigned on Monday and was arrested on suspicion of corruption shortly after leaving the cabinet building. Reuters reports that the minister, Salah El Din Mahmoud Helal, could not immediately be reached for comment, but the prime minister’s office said his resignation had been accepted on the instructions…

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  • West Asia

    China’s (152) navy fleet arrives at Alexandria’s port

    In celebration of Egypt’s strengthened relation with China, the Chinese navy fleet (152) arrived at Alexandria’s port with a grand welcoming ceremony held by the Chinese Embassy in Cairo and Consulate General in the coastal city. The Major General Osama Mounir Rabea, Navy Commander, met with the Captain of the Chinese…

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  • South Asia

    Lawmaker, author of Pakistan constitution passes away

    Eminent lawyer and former law minister Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, 80, passed away late on Tuesday in a London hospital, a leading Pakistani newspaper, Dawn News reported. The veteran Supreme Court lawyer was among the prominent figures who had constituted the 1973 Constitution, the one the state of Pakistan still implements…

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  • West Asia

    Strategic partnership solidifies between Egypt and China

      It’s expected that negotiations between Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and China’s president Xi Jinping would start during Al-Sisi’s visit to China, attending China’s 70’s anniversary of World War II victory. According to Alaa Youssef, the spokesperson of Egypt’s presidency, the two leaders would discuss the ways possible to…

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  • West Asia

    ISIS destroys Palmyra’s Temple of Bel

    A satellite image confirms that a temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra has been destroyed, the United Nations says. There had been earlier reports of an explosion at the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, which is held by militants from Islamic State (ISIS). As UN satellite analysts Unosat say…

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  • West Asia

    Social media saves Syrian refugee

      When Gissur Simonarson, an activist from Oslo, Norway, posted a photo on his twitter of a father selling pens on the streets of Beirut as he cradled his sleeping daughter, he struck a chord with more than 6,000 followers. Requests came offering to help the man, but Simonarson didn’t know the…

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  • Politics

    The Aftermath of Russia-Georgia War

    Russian aggression against Georgia started in early 1990s, when Moscow responded to Georgia’s move to its independence with open military and economic support to the separatist forces in two regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and South Ossetia. On early August 2008 it began its assault on Georgia. Moscow justified the…

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  • West Asia

    41 ‘caliphate’ plotters arrested in UAE

    Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say 41 people will go on trial for trying to “seize power and establish a caliphate” in the Gulf nation. Attorney General Salem Saeed Kubaish said the suspects planned to “carry out terrorist acts on UAE territories”, the group of suspects included UAE nationals…

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