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Gunmen Who Attacked Crocus City Hall Near Moscow Confess to Having Received Orders From Ukraine
Sputnik News
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June 29, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250629/gunmen-who-attacked-crocus-city-hall-near-moscow-confess-to-having-received-orders-from-ukraine-1122362231.html Gunmen Who Attacked Crocus City Hall Near Moscow Confess to Having Received Orders From Ukraine...
Tajikistan launches ‘Open Skies’ policy, lifting restrictions on foreign airlines
Asia Plus
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10:42, june 26Author: Asia-Plus Tajikistan has officially adopted an “Open Skies” policy, marking a significant shift in its aviation sector. The new regulation eliminates parity requirements between domestic and foreign airlines, paving the way...
Bans and Beliefs: Understanding Central Asia’s Most Controversial Restrictions
Times of Central Asia
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June 27, 2025
A recent controversy involving the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan (SAMK) has reignited public debate over seemingly bizarre bans in Central Asia. SAMK was asked to comment on whether popular video games such as Counter-Strike 2,...
Turkish Airlines, airBaltic expand codeshare partnership
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality June 2025 92 Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier of Türkiye, and the Latvian airline airBaltic expand their existing codeshare agreement, adding several new destinations to their shared network. Turkish...
President Rahmon reviews Darvoz district's socio-economic progress during working visit
Asia Plus
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10:13, june 26Author: Asia-Plus President Emomali Rahmon conducted a working visit to Darvoz district in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on June 25, where he inaugurated new infrastructure projects and assessed local living...
Hotak returns to Kabul after Belarus victory
Pajhwok Afghan News
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June 29, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Ahmad Wali Hotak returned to the country on Sunday after defeating Russian opponent Saiged Zirkov in Belarus. Hotak secured the win in the Global Series Open competition held Friday at Prime...
Video From Tajikistan Falsely Shared As Attack On Israel’s Home Ministry
BOOMLive
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June 28, 2025
A viral video is being widely shared on social media falsely claiming that Iran has attacked Israel's Home Ministry building. The footage shows large flames engulfing a building by a river, leading to widespread confusion. However, BOOM found that...
Tajikistan adopts "open skies" policy for foreign airlines
AKIpress News Agency
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June 26, 2025
AKIPRESS.COM - Tajikistan has officially implemented an "open skies" policy, a government resolution that allows foreign airlines to increase flight frequencies regardless of the number of flights operated by local carriers, Avesta.tj reported,...
Iranian Series “Kufi Love”, “The Supreme Scribe” airing on international channels during Muharram
Tehran Times
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June 28, 2025
TEHRAN – The acclaimed historical romantic Iranian series “Kufi Love” began airing daily at 10 PM on the Iraqi channel Al Iraqiya on Friday, coinciding with the first night of Muharram. The series offers a compelling narrative set against the...
Russian Embassy assures travelers can skip ruID app for entry.
Kun.uz
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June 28, 2025
Filling out an application via the ruID mobile app prior to travel is optional and not a prerequisite for entering the Russian Federation, the Russian Embassy in Uzbekistan has stated. Photo: Sputnik / Alexander Kryazhev According to the embassy,...
Rebuttal: Pakistan In The New Nuclear Age
Friday Times
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June 26, 2025
Overview of How to Survive the New Nuclear Age and its Claims on Pakistan Vipin Narang and Pranay Vaddi’s recent Foreign Affairs article, “How to Survive the New Nuclear Age,” paints a picture of a rapidly deteriorating global nuclear order with...
Iran Releases Currency Exchange Rates For June 28
MENAFN
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June 28, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 28. Iran's Central Bank has released the official exchange rates for foreign currencies as of June 28, Trend reports. According to the rates announced by the Central Bank, the value of 14...
Over 65,000 premature deaths in CA were attributed to ambient air pollution in 2021, says WB report
Asia Plus
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Air pollution has become a silent killer across Central Asia, with more than 65,000 premature deaths recorded in 2021 alone due to diseases linked to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), according to a new World Bank report titled “Air Quality...
Tajikistan launches Central Asia’s first AI cluster and technopark
Asia Plus
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11:10, june 26Author: Asia-Plus Tajikistan has inaugurated Central Asia’s first national artificial intelligence (AI) cluster and unveiled the country’s pioneering AI technopark, Area AI. The official launch ceremony reportedly took place in...
The Ukrainisation of Afghanistan
Al Mayadeen
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June 26, 2025
Tariq Marzbaan warns that Afghanistan is becoming a new front in the global civilisational war, weaponised by the West to sabotage multipolarity, while the Taleban’s Pashtun supremacy project echoes the ideological purges seen in Ukraine and...
List of textbooks for use in schools of Kyrgyzstan approved
24.kg
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June 27, 2025
12:03, 27 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD 12:03, 27 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD By order of the Ministry of Education of Kyrgyzstan dated June 24, 2025, No. 716/1, the lists of...
airBaltic and Turkish Airlines expand codeshare agreement to boost connectivity
Aviation24.be
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June 27, 2025
airBaltic and Turkish Airlines have expanded their codeshare partnership, adding new destinations to enhance travel options between the Baltics, Türkiye, and beyond. Building on their joint Riga–Istanbul service launched in 2023, the agreement now...
Russia launched ruID mobile app to simplify entry for foreign citizens
Turkmenportal
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The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation has launched the ruID mobile application for foreign citizens. The application allows you to apply for entry into Russia and receive government services...
Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament Advances Restrictive Version of Media Law
Times of Central Asia
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June 26, 2025
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has ignored more than two years of work by a special commission and adopted a new media law that preserves restrictions on the registration of media outlets. The version parliament passed in its second and third readings on...
Is the Islamic State of Khorasan Province Losing Momentum?
The Diplomat
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June 26, 2025
Barring some exceptions, 2025 has been a rather quiet year for the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), the official franchise of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. This year, ISKP’s propaganda output...