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Central Asia
Russia is arming PKK terrorists, Erdogan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Russia of providing anti-aircraft weaponry and rockets to militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), government officials said on Monday, Reuters reports. He spoke to journalists after a visit to the Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir, Erdogan accused Russia of arming the PKK…
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Central Asia
Turkey and Russia can work together, Turkish FM says
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey proposed to establish a joint working group with Russia to restore relations on May 30. He told journalists, “Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wants to restore ties and expects us to take steps. We also seek normalization. We suggest creating a joint working…
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East Asia
Top 7 saving countries in Asia
Seven Asian states are the best saving countries in the world with gross national saving, a measure that accounts for both private and public savings according to the data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports Business Asia One. According to the data, China saves the most money in absolute…
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Central Asia
South Ossetia delays referendum on joining Russia
South Ossetia, the breakaway region of Georgia, announced that the referendum on joining Russia will be conducted in 2017, instead of, in August this year. According to the announcement, the referendum is planned to be held after the presidential elections in South Ossetia. Recently Leonid Tibilov, the head of the…
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Central Asia
Putin says Russia ready to restore relations with Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow is ready to normalize relations with Turkey, but the first step should come from Ankara. During the visit to Greece, Russian leader told that it is still unclear why Turkey downed Russian Su-24 aircraft. According to him, Moscow wants to restore relations, “We…
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West Asia
War, Peace and Cartoons on the Korean Peninsula
One of the weapons of Cold War is, humiliating the enemy with and through different forms of expression and media. Satire in caricatures is the most effective one in this respect. A cartoonist could spoil any image by repeating the comic insults continuously in various frames. Nowadays, one of the…
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West Asia
Peace of Korean peninsula: The current state and challenges
A divided Korean peninsula is one of the last remaining geopolitical problems of the twentieth century, with two countries technically still at war. The countries, of course, are the two Koreas – one dynamic and modern, the other closed, impoverished, and belligerent. The peninsula they share represents one of the…
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West Asia
17 Bahraini artists unveil their works at British Victoria and Albert Museum
Under the Patronage of Bahrain’s Ambassador for the United Kingdom His Excellency Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the inaugural BAAB exhibition 2016 kicked off in the heart of London in the presence of RT Hon John Whittingdale, Mr. Fahad Albinali, Deputy Head of Mission and Tamkeen’s Chief…
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West Asia
Iranians consume 60 million liters of alcohol annually
Iranians spend about $216 million on alcoholic drinks and 60 million liters of alcohol is consumed in the country annually, Mohammad-Reza Qadirzadeh, the official of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said. He said, “Most of the alcoholic drinks made clandestinely and sold illegally, are found to contain harmful substances…
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West Asia
Saakashvili announces his return to Georgia
Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili is planning to arrive in Georgia and again involve in the political processes. Saakashvili announced his intention on one of the Georgian TV “Rustavi 2”. According to him, he plans to participate in upcoming October elections. “I plan to return to Georgia. No one should…
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