• West Asia

    Azerbaijan’s first lady presents amnesty act to parliament

    Azerbaijan`s first lady, MP Mehriban Aliyeva has submitted a bill on “Amnesty Act” to the Parliament on the occasion of 28 May Republic Day, first vice-speaker Ziyafat Asgarov told the Parliament’s plenary meeting, APA reports. Asgarov said the Amnesty Act is intended to apply to as many as 10,000 people,…

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  • West Asia

    Iran Accuses Kim Kardashian of Being a Secret Agent

    Iran is accusing Kim Kardashian of being a secret agent because of her provocative Instagram photos, Fox News Insider reports. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp has claimed that Kardashian is working with Instagram’s CEO to influence the Islamic republic’s youth by portraying a lifestyle that is at odds with Islam.…

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  • Central Asia

    Patriarch Kirill visits North Caucasus

    Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia visited North Caucasus and arrived in Kabardino-Balkaria. Patriarch arrived in Nalchik airport and was met with bread and salt and traditional folk group. Vestnik Kavkaza reports that Patriarch Kirill accepts this visit as important since this is his first visit to Kabardino-Balkaria and…

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  • West Asia

    Stalin’s statue dismantled in Georgia

    Stalin’s bust has been bashed in by the local administration in Ateni village of Gori, Georgia. Local residents, who celebrated the Victory Day on May 9, erected the bust without permission from officials. The statue was paint bombed by some anti-Stalin people ad after it was dismantled by the local…

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  • East Asia

    Russia Gives Free Land in Country’s Far East

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a law giving Russians free land in the Far East regions of the country. According to law, Russian citizens will able to apply for up to hectare of land in the regions of Kamchatka, Sakha-Yakutia, Khabarovsk, Amur, Primorye, Magadan, Sakhalin, the Jewish Autonomous Region,and…

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  • East Asia

    Empowering Lives Through Photography

    Thomas Tham Joo Kit is a Malaysian photographer residing in Singapore. A volunteer consultant to 4 NGOs located in Asia, Thomas steps forward to help in building better life for the disadvantaged people. He is involved in infrastructure, social and life skill programs and connecting NGOs to galvanize and share…

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Society

    Indonesia uses camera traps to make records of endangered animals

    An endangered Malayan tapir and its young have been documented by camera traps in Batang Gadis National Park (BGNP), North Sumatra. In Indonesia, the tapir can only be found in North Sumatra and are very rarely seen. In total, the study recorded and identified an impressive 29 species in the…

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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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