The dispute started with Qatar-linked AlAraby Television’s negative coverage of Turkey’s transformation of the Hagia Sofia museum into a mosque, including a post by AlAraby blogger Bilal Fadl ... ( read original story ...)
Laos continues to take precautions against COVID-19
VIENTIANE, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Lao Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday has released a notice urging everyone to continue to take precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic, even as many lockdown ... ( read original story ...)
China-Laos railway trainees work hard to win themselves bright future
The young Lao trainees attend the Chinese language class at the Confucius Institute of National University of Laos in Lao capital Vientiane, July 15, 2020. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua) The first ... ( read original story ...)
ADB allocates additional grant to Tajikistan for COVID-19 medical supplies
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated a $928,000 grant for Tajikistan to procure additional personal protective equipment for health care workers to support the country’s efforts in ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan’s Despotic Ruler Throws ‘Tantrum’ In Unprecedented Crackdown On Pro-Democracy Rivals
Facing growing public dissent over corruption, a mismanaged economy, his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and no progress in the country's long-running conflict with neighboring Armenia, ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Car bomb in north Syria kills, wounds several people
BEIRUT -- A car bomb exploded at checkpoint manned by Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters on Thursday in northeastern Syria, killing and wounding several people, Turkish state media and an ... ( read original story ...)
Car Bomb Kills at Least Five Near Syria’s Ras Al Ain, Say Turkey’s Anadolu
BEIRUT — A car bomb killed at least five people near a Syrian border town controlled by Turkish-backed forces on Thursday, Turkey's Anadolu Agency and the Syrian Observatory, a war monitor, said. A ... ( read original story ...)
PVC imports to Kazakhstan up by 25% in Jan-May 2020
MOSCOW (MRC)--Imports of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into Kazakhstan rose in the first five months of 2020 by a quarter year on year to 24,000 tonnes, reported MRC analysts. Demand for PVC ... ( read original story ...)
Belgium/Kazakhstan: Judicial harassment against Ms. Botagoz Jardemalie
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in ... ( read original story ...)
PE imports to Kazakhstan up 18% in January-May 2020
MOSCOW (MRC)--Imports of polyethylene (PE) into Kazakhstan increased to about 73,800 tonnes in January-May 2020, up 18% compared with the same time a year earlier, according to MRC analysts. Demand ... ( read original story ...)