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Russian lawmakers spark outrage with xenophobic remarks in migration bill
Asia Plus
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15:32, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus A group of Russian Communist Party (CPRF) lawmakers has triggered strong criticism after attaching a highly xenophobic explanatory note to a draft bill proposing restrictions on employment opportunities for migrants...
Najy Benhassine, World Bank’s New Division Director for Central Asia, Starts His Assignment in the Region
News Central Asia
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July 4, 2025
Najy Benhassine has started his assignment as the new World Bank Division Director for Central Asia, based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In this capacity, Mr. Benhassine will oversee the World Bank’s operations across Central Asia, including...
IICO launches program in cooperation with PAMA
Kuwait Times
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July 6, 2025
KUWAIT: The International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) has launched its annual summer training program in cooperation with the Public Authority for Minors Affairs (PAMA), under which 20 students sponsored by the authority will be...
Emomali Rahmon and SFD CEO discuss key project financing during high-level meeting
Asia Plus
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15:05, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon held a high-level meeting here with Sultan Al-Marshad, the Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), to discuss the expansion of financial cooperation...
13 years without sight, 13 years behind the sewing machine: the remarkable journey of Zulaykho Majidova
Asia Plus
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09:47, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Thirteen years ago, Zulaykho Majidova lost her sight completely. However, today, she is the head of a sewing workshop at the Shifobakhsh Hospital in Dushanbe — and a source of inspiration for dozens of women across...
Active negotiations on with over dozen countries for finalising bilateral investment treaties: Official
The Economic Times
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July 6, 2025
India is actively negotiating bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with over a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, Oman, European Union, Switzerland, Russia, and Australia, a government official said. Besides these nations,...
Kazakhstan bans niqab
5Pillars
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July 2, 2025
Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has approved a law forbidding clothing that hides the face or obstructs facial recognition in public spaces, permitting such attire only for medical reasons, severe weather, official duties, or...
India in active negotiations with over dozen countries for finalising bilateral investment treaties: Official
The Hindu Business Line
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July 6, 2025
With India approaching to become the third-largest economy and a hub for global manufacturing, the government is taking a series of measures to further improve its investment regime that encourages investors. India is actively negotiating...
Inside China's horrifying torture jails from gang-rape, human experiments and organ harvesting to inmates having nails ripped out and limbs bent back on notorious 'tiger chairs'
Daily Mail
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July 5, 2025
Mass sterilisation, mysterious injections, organ extractions and gang rape - these are just some of the sadistic conditions prisoners face in China, according to activists. Horrifying accounts of sexual abuse, torture, forced confessions and human...
Iran’s vision for unlocking regional growth through ECO
Press TV
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The latest summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), held in Khankandi, Azerbaijan, brought renewed attention to the untapped economic potential of the region. The summit, attended by heads of state and senior officials from ECO’s 10...
What does the new US remittances tax mean for migrants and foreign workers?
The National News
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A scaled-back US remittance tax could offer some relief to most migrants and foreign-born workers, although the new charge could still have an impact on the world's poorest. The Senate most recently revised President Donald Trump's “One Big...
Kremlin Tries to Involve Laos in War Against Ukraine - HUR
Kyiv Post
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July 5, 2025
Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) said Friday the Kremlin is trying to involve Laos in Russia’s war against Ukraine under the cover of “humanitarian projects.” According to HUR, Russia is looking for new ways to continue its invasion as its...
Elias: Believe what Trump says he plans in California, other blue states
The Mercury News - California
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July 4, 2025
Even now, six months into President Trump’s second term, there’s a tendency to disregard his sometimes fiery rhetoric as mere big talk. Americans ought to know better by now. Iranians certainly do after Trump sent bunker-buster bombs into their...
Turkish, Iranian Presidents Attend Summit in Former Artsakh Capital Stepanakert
Hetq
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July 4, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are in Khankendi (Stepanakert - the former Artsakh Republic capital) to attend the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The ECO was founded in...
Landmark effort launched at Beijing conference to democratize digital processes
Beijing Review
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This photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows a sign of the Global Digital Economy Conference 2025 in Beijing, capital of China (XINHUA)As the digital economy reshapes societies, a critical question emerges: how can its benefits move beyond privileged...
Over 65,000 premature deaths in CA were attributed to ambient air pollution in 2021, says WB report
Asia Plus
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Air pollution has become a silent killer across Central Asia, with more than 65,000 premature deaths recorded in 2021 alone due to diseases linked to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), according to a new World Bank report titled “Air Quality...
Mental illness or revenge for a second wife? Family disputes official version in tragic Farkhor child drowning case
Asia Plus
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10:35, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus One day after authorities reported that a 27-year-old mother had thrown herself and her four young children into the Surkhob River in Farkhor district of Khatlon province in a reported act of revenge, the woman’s...
Regional Cooperation End of Exercise
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 27, 2025
JOINT BASE CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES 06.26.2025 U.S. forces conducted a joint exercise, including land navigation, unmanned aerial systems, patrolling and medical evacuation during Regional Cooperation 25, at Camp Edwards, Mass, June...
Debt’s climate link: Why climate finance to developing countries must not be loans
Down to Earth
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To understand the overlap of debt and climate vulnerability, we examined the countries most at risk from climate impacts and most burdened by debt. Over half of the low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) with high climate vulnerability are either...
Behind Bars, Beyond Justice: Torture Persists in Central Asia – Joint NGO Statement on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
International Partnership for Human Rights
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On the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we, —civil society actors across Central Asia and Europe – the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia...