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West Asia
Turkish protesters eat food on Ramadan as form of protest on Gezi Park
Thousands of anti-government protesters have broken their fast for the holy month of Ramadan by sitting down for a meal along a main Istanbul pedestrian street. As a police water cannon stood watch, the protesters on Tuesday laid newspapers and table cloths on the ground along Istiklal street for a…
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West Asia
Egyptian interim President Mansour appoints ex-finance minister as new PM
Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour appointed Tuesday ex-finance minister Hazem al-Beblawi as prime minister and leading figure of the National Salvation Front (NSF) Mohamed ElBaradei as vice president for foreign affairs in the transitional government. Al-Beblawi served as the finance minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Essam Sharaf,…
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West Asia
Scrutinizing architectural elements of mosques
Editor’s note: On July 9 this year, hundreds of millions of Muslims are celebrating the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. For this occasion, Dr. Khalid Azab, an Egyptian writer who works as a media director at Alexandria Bibliotheca, Egypt tells about the architectural elements of mosques. Teachings of the Prophet…
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West Asia
Turkish authorities stop protesters from entering reopened Gezi park
An Istanbul park that was at the center of weeks of anti-government demonstrations opened for a few hours Monday, but Turkish authorities quickly closed it and fired a water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters heading to the area for a planned rally. The attack – the second…
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West Asia
Egyptian security forces fire at supporters of ousted President Morsi
Egypt was rocked Monday by the deadliest day since its Islamist president was toppled by the military, with more than 50 of his supporters killed by security forces as the country’s top Muslim cleric raised the specter of civil war. The military found itself on the defensive after the bloodshed,…
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West Asia
Libyan protesters demand departure of all armed formations from Tripoli
Libyan protesters chant slogans in a demonstration at Algeria Square in Tripoli, capital of Libyan, July 7, 2013, demanding for the departure of all the armed formations from the capital city. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Hamza Turkia>
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West Asia
Feuding erupts within Egypt’s new leadership amid new protests
Feuding erupted within Egypt’s new leadership on Sunday as secular and liberal factions wrangled with ultraconservative Islamists who rejected their choice for prime minister, stalling the formation of a new government after the military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. At the same time, the shows of strength over the removal…
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South Asia
Remote-controlled bomb blast kills 5 and injures over 40 in Pakistan
Policemen inspect the overnight blast site in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, July 7, 2013. At least five persons including a six-year-old girl were killed and over 40 were injured when a remote-controlled blast hit a food street in Lahore on Saturday night, local media reported. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sajjad>
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West Asia
Turkish police forbid protesters from entering sealed off Gezi park
Turkish police fired volleys of tear gas at protesters who tried to enter a cordoned-off park near Istanbul’s landmark Taksim Square on Saturday, hours after the city’s governor warned the demonstration was illegal and participants would be dispersed. A few thousand people converged on the square, with the aim of…
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East Asia
China and Pakistan vow to promote their partnership to higher level
China and Pakistan on Thursday hailed their traditional friendship and pledged to promote their all-weather partnership to a higher level. China and Pakistan are “good neighbors, friends, partners as well as brothers,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said when conferring with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday in Beijing. He…
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