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Iran discover fate at 2025 CAFA Nations Cup
Tehran Times
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July 3, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran national football team discovered their fate at the 2025 CAFA Nations Cup. Team Melli are drawn in Group B along with Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Malaysia. Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Oman are in Group B. The 2025 CAFA...
Armenia Day held at Children of the Commonwealth forum in Belarus
Arminfo
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ArmInfo. The 10th international cultural and educational forum "Children of the Commonwealth" is being held in Belarus. Each day of the forum is dedicated to the culture and history of one of the CIS countries. On July 10, the Day of the Republic...
The New Silk Road of Central Asia: Landlocked Countries Now Connected
Inter Press Service
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July 10, 2025
Asia-Pacific, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Education, Green Economy, Headlines, Labour, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Chinese Freight Train. Credit: Unsplash/KUA YUE UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 2025...
Nepal News Evening Briefing | Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Nepal News
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July 9, 2025
KATHMANDU: Stay informed with Nepal News’ daily evening briefing, covering the most significant developments from Nepal and around the world. From politics and economy to sports, entertainment, and culture, we bring you a concise summary of the...
Israel-Hamas negotiations 'on brink of collapse'. Settlers kill two Palestinians
PIME AsiaNews
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July 12, 2025
Today's headlines:preliminary reports reveal deliberate act caused the Air India Boeing's engines to shut down; Lavrov in North Korea to strengthen cooperation with Pyongyang; After 24 years, Beijing ready to resume imports of Japanese beef;...
Post-Kremlin Recognition, Afghanistan Hopes Central Asian Countries Will Follow Suit
Ommcom News
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July 10, 2025
New Delhi: Earlier this month, Russia became the first country to give recognition to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and embrace the de facto Taliban administration in Kabul as a legitimate partner. No other country has till now recognized...
Youth Voices from Central Asia —— 'Our Dreams Come True in China-Central Asia Cooperation'
Global Times
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Fresh off the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, the outcomes reveal vast opportunities for deeper cooperation between China and Central Asia. As the vibrant tapestry of China-Central Asia cooperation unfolds, it showcases the...
Migrant 'allowed to stay in UK because he does not want to be made to shave off his beard'
LBC
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25 June 2025, 14:44 In Tajikistan (file image) beards are unofficially banned and hundreds of thousands of men have been arrested and forcibly shaved. Picture: Getty An asylum seeker has been allowed to remain in the UK because he would have had...
Post-Kremlin recognition, Afghanistan hopes Central Asian countries wi...
The Morung Express
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New Delhi, July 11 (IANS): Earlier this month, Russia became the first country to give recognition to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and embrace the de facto Taliban administration in Kabul as a legitimate partner. No other country has till...
Russia to Measure Russian Language Influence Abroad, Focus on Uzbekistan
Times of Central Asia
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July 11, 2025
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commissioned a new research initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of its global Russian language promotion efforts, with a particular focus on Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. According to the Russian daily...
World’s 1st Stealth Fighter ‘Shot Down’: China Uses Serbian Triumph To Promote Its Own AD System
The Eurasian Times
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July 11, 2025
Unable to crack big fighter jet deals, China is now highlighting the capability of its air defense systems by drawing attention to Siberia’s induction of the Chinese HQ-22 Air Defense System into the same unit that downed a US F-117A stealth...
10th of Muharram observed peacefully in Afghanistan
Ariana News
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July 6, 2025
A Tajik opposition group has slammed the Iranian government for what it claims is widespread human rights abuses against Afghan migrants and refugees, and called on the international community to launch an independent investigation into the...
China-Central Asia joint archaeological teams sow seeds of cultural connection
Global Times
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Archaeologists from the China-Uzbekistan joint archaeological team conduct an excavation on the Chinortepa ruins site in Uzbekistan in April 2024. Photos: Courtesy of Tang Yunpeng On a quiet stretch of land just 300 meters west of Kazakhstan's...
SCO Global Mayors Dialogue gleans insights to urban development
People's Daily Online
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TIANJIN, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Digitally empowered governance, trust-based cooperation, and security as a foundation for growth were highlighted at a summit as key pillars in the future development of cities across the Shanghai Cooperation...
Iran learn fate in AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers
Tehran Times
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June 26, 2025
TEHRAN - The 31 teams aiming to appear in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026 learnt their opponents following the Qualifiers draw at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. The teams were divided into seven groups of four and one...
It’s no longer China vs Dalai Lama. India must rethink its Tibet policy
The Print
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July 11, 2025
It is not surprising that the choice of a new religious head of about seven million Tibetans should give sleepless nights to an economic and military colossus. China is of late worried about the succession plans of the 14th Dalai Lama, who took...
Digging Deeper: Kazakhmys Barlau’s Plan for Exploration, Talent, and Afghanistan’s Geology
The Astana Times
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July 11, 2025
ASTANA — President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has set an ambitious national goal: to bring the level of Kazakhstan’s subsoil exploration to 2.2 million square kilometers. To put that in perspective, this is larger than the entire area of Saudi Arabia....
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...
Turkmen judokas won six medals at the Junior Asian Cup in Almaty
Turkmenistan Golden Age
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July 10, 2025
Three silver and three bronze medals were won by judokas from Turkmenistan at the Asian Junior Cup that ended in Almaty. On the first day of the competition, our compatriots won three medals. The silver medal was awarded to the athlete of the Judo...
3 UK graduates receive Fulbright awards
UKNow - Kentucky
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June 25, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 25, 2025) — Three University of Kentucky graduates have received awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Robert Anzenberger, a 2013 UK graduate and current Ph.D. student, and Nafisa Nigmatova and Connor Stuart, both...