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AJA gets ready for new transformation phase, set to elect executive committee

AJA gets ready for new transformation phase, set to elect executive committee

SEOUL: Asia Journalists Association is set to elect five vice presidents to its executive committee, marking a new phase in which the 20-year-old association is being run. A regular member of the pan-Asian association will also be elected to the committee, the highest decision-making body in AJA. The five candidates for the vice presidency, from […]

Outstanding women in Bahrain to be awarded for exceptional talent

Outstanding women in Bahrain to be awarded for exceptional talent

By Habib Toumi MANAMA: A new tribute will made to outstanding women in Bahrain as people in the Gulf country, both nationals and foreigners, will be able to vote for the 2024 Woman of the Year Awards. The Woman of the Year Awards, by Woman This Month magazine, honor the achievements and contributions of women […]

Amid heightening tensions in Mid-East, Bahrain calls for de-escalation, peace

Amid heightening tensions in Mid-East, Bahrain calls for de-escalation, peace

MANAMA: Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has stressed the importance of de-escalation in the region and intensifying efforts for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and for preserving the sovereignty of Lebanon. At a meeting with senior officers and officials in Bahrain, King Hamad, the Supreme Commander of the Armed […]

Gulf countries mark 20 years of NATO partnership: Looking back, moving forward

Gulf countries mark 20 years of NATO partnership: Looking back, moving forward

By Habib Toumi NEW YORK: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the four member countries of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) partnership with NATO have celebrated 20 years of the initiative. An event hosted by the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah, on the sideline of the UN General […]

Oldest English newspaper in Gulf celebrates 63 years of publication

Oldest English newspaper in Gulf celebrates 63 years of publication

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times, the oldest English-language newspaper in the Gulf, is celebrating its 63rd year amid a robust commitment to professionalism, dedication. modernity and hard work. Founded by Yousuf Saleh Al Alyan in 1961, Kuwait Times has steadily grown into a source for in-depth reports on local, regional and international news, developments, business, sports, features, […]

Rare copy of Holy Quran on display at Al Bader Festival in Fujairah

Rare copy of Holy Quran on display at Al Bader Festival in Fujairah

By Habib Toumi FUJAIRAH: A unique edition of the Holy Quran was the most iconic work of art displayed at the third edition of Al Bader Festival, held under the patronage of Fujairah Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, at Fujairah Creative Centre. The annual festival, a spiritual and social-cultural commemoration […]

Pakistan: Police shoot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, set his body on fire

Pakistan: Police shoot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, set his body on fire

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The police on Thursday September 19, 2024, reportedly shot dead a doctor, identified as Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbar, accused of blasphemy, in Mirpurkhas city of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan, declaring that he was killed during an ‘encounter with the police’. The police, after killing the doctor, […]

Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without independent Palestinian state: Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without independent Palestinian state: Crown Prince

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state, the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has said. “The Kingdom will not cease its tireless work toward the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and we affirm that the Kingdom will not […]

Zhaparov highlights Kyrgyzstan’s rich past, bright future

Zhaparov highlights Kyrgyzstan’s rich past, bright future

 BISHKEK: Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov has paid rich homage to the heroism of all the people who have sacrificed their lives to build an independent and developed Kyrgyzstan, as he vowed to uphold the “sacred duty to continue the work of those fathers.” Marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast, […]

Bangladeshis involved in UAE riots pardoned

Bangladeshis involved in UAE riots pardoned

ABU DHABI: The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis who were convicted and sentenced in July to prison for staging protests against their home government in the Gulf state. They were put on trial on July 21 for the “riots, disruption of public security, obstruction of law enforcement, and endangerment […]

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