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- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
This too shall pass
Or won’t it? Termed by American dissident, Edward Snowden as ‘one of the biggest leaks in the history of journalism’, confidential data of a Panamanian firm – which specializes in offshore tax havens – hit media across the world. 100 media organizations globally, with the help of 300 journalists went through 2.6 TB of Mossack...
Ukraine’s new government to revoke 178 bills from parliament
KIEV. KAZINFORM – Ukraine’s new government will revoke 178 bills from parliament “for inventorying,” First Deputy Prime Minister, Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv said after a meeting of the Cabinet’s members with President Pyotr Poroshenko, TASS informs. …read more Source:...
France to give Lebanon 100 mn euros to aid refugees: Hollande
President of France Francois Hollande French President Francois Hollande announced in Beirut on Saturday 100 million euros in aid for Lebanon which is hosting more than one million refugees from war-torn Syria. “French assistance will be increased to USD 113 million in the next three years,” he said at a joint press conference in the Lebanese...
Russia more dangerous than IS – Polish FM
Bratislava – Russia is more dangerous than the Islamic State group, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told reporters Friday during a visit to Slovakia. “By all evidence, Russia’s activity is a sort of existential threat because this activity can destroy countries,” said Waszczykowski, who was speaking in a debate on the...
Notes Taken in the Notebook of one of the Pilots: Defense Ministry Releases Documents of Downed Azerbaijani Helicopter’s Crew
Avetik Muradyan, Chief of aviation department of RA armed forces, general-major, introduced documents of downed Azerbaijani MI-24G helicopter’s crew. Notes have been taken in the notebook of one of the pilots, made on March 31, “Black box is yellow. It’s written: the pilot should fly the helicopter from Kala airport of Baku to...
Football: City-Real, Atletico-Bayern in Champions League semi-finals
NYON (AFP) – Pep Guardiola avoided his future employers as Manchester City were on Friday drawn to play Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League while Atletico Madrid will face the Spaniards Bayern Munich.Guardiola takes over as City boss next season after three years at Bayern in which he has steered the Bavarian giants to...
Football: Liverpool-Villarreal, Shakhtar-Sevilla in Europa League semis
NYON (AFP) – Jurgen Klopps Liverpool earned a Europa League semi-final against Villarreal from their heroic comeback against his former side Borussia Dortmund.Defending champions Sevilla face Ukraines Shakhtar Donetsk in the second semi-final drawn Friday.Liverpool, who hit back from 2-0 and 3-1 down to beat Borussia 4-3 and progress into...
City-Real, Atletico-Bayern in Champions League semi-finals
NYON (AFP) – Pep Guardiola avoided his future employers as Manchester City were on Friday drawn to play Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League while Atletico Madrid will face the Spaniards Bayern Munich.Guardiola takes over as City boss next season after three years at Bayern in which he has steered the Bavarian giants to...
Japan’s Abe to soon meet Putin in Russia: FMs
TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia shortly to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin in the countries latest effort to tackle a decades-long territorial dispute, their foreign ministers said Friday.Tokyo-Moscow relations have been hamstrung by the row that dates back to the end of World War II when Soviet...
Front runners emerge for UNchief from town halls with General Assembly
Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and current Administrator of the United Nations Development Program, speaks during an interview in New York April 4, 2016. REUTERS UNITED NATIONS: Two or three front runners for the position of United Nations Secretary-General have emerged after 18-hours of unprecedented General Assembly town hall...
