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Kazakhstan opened 10,363 polling stations across the country on Sunday (23 August) for Kazakhstan’s first elections to the Kurultai, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC). Polling stations began operating at 7 a.m. Astana time, while 107 of them opened earlier at 6 a.m. based on dec

Al has now reached the negotiating tables, as seen in Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono's high-level talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Jakarta on Friday. The meeting took place about a month after Jakarta was among the 29 nations that agreed to establish the WAICO. Short for the World

Union Home Minister Amit Shah promised Indian citizenship to Hindu, Sikh and Jain refugees who were forced to flee Bangladesh within the next six months. The home minister also vowed to identify and deport infiltrators from Bengal. Addressing a programme in Siliguri, Shah said the Union Home Mini

The Parkchester chapter of the Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA) organized a daylong family reunion at Croton Point Park Pavilion. The event hold on on 16 August featured discussions, exchange of views, sports, games and various other recreational activities, bringing together MUNA's central and

The Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA) organized a Siratunnabi (SA) Mahfil at Connecticut in the United States of America with enthusiasm. The Sirat Mahfil was held at the MUNA Center of Connecticut (MCC) on August 16. Professor Nurul Amin, president of the MUNA Connecticut chapter, presided ove

The Union Home Ministry is tightening the security net around the strategically vital Siliguri Corridor, with Amit Shah announcing a special “triangular security grid” linking Chopra, Kishanganj and Dhubri, asserting that neither the state nor the country will be safe until its frontiers are secured

In a major victory for families, fairness, and the rule of law, a federal court in New York struck down the Trump administration’s blanket, nationality-based “public charge” ban on immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries. The court held that the ban exceeds the Secretary of State’s

Central Asian emerging economy Kazakhstan is set to go its Parliament (Kurultai) election on Sunday (23 August). Voters in Kazakhstan choose all 145 seats of the Kurultai on Sunday, filling the single-chamber legislature that replaced the country's two houses of parliament and completing an instit

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held separate phone calls with his Egyptian and Saudi counterparts to coordinate regional diplomacy, focusing on obstacles to implementing the Gaza peace plan, developments in Syria and tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. Fidan spoke with Egyptian Foreign Ministe

Türkiye is ready to work with Damascus to look for oil and gas in Syria, Energy and Natural Resources Minister ⁠Alparslan Bayraktar said Wednesday during a visit to the neighboring country, as the duo also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on phosphate. Turkish state oil company Turkish Pe

The identities of Bangladeshis killed in a hotel fire in India’s Kolkata have been revealed. At least nine Bangladeshis were killed in the fire that broke out at a hotel in Kolkata on Tuesday (August 18) night. A child and two women were among the deceased. Among the identified victims are Debashi

The U.S. is seeking to establish a military coordination mechanism involving Türkiye, Syria and Israel to reduce the risk of further escalation, Washington's Syria envoy Tom Barrack said Tuesday following an Israeli strike on a Syrian air base near the Turkish border. Barrack, who is ⁠also U.S. amb

India and China are tangled in yet another border dispute, angering locals in the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. New Delhi, India — China has denied the Indian army access to key patrolling points and encroached on land in the Indian border state of Arunachal Pradesh, according to a fact-find

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Türkiye-U.S. ties and pressing regional and global developments in a phone call, with the Turkish leader stressing the need to maximize diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran. Erdoğan told Trump that