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Kazakhstan and China enhance partnership for Middle Corridor progress
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Kazakhstan and China enhance partnership for Middle Corridor progress

The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route plays a crucial role in ensuring the security of supply chains between Asia and Europe. Kazakhstan and China are deepening their cooperation on this route, with the commencement of the third railway construction from Ayagoz to Tacheng and plans to open a third border railway checkpoint, as announced by Maulen...

Xi and Tokayev strengthen China-Kazakhstan ties
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Xi and Tokayev strengthen China-Kazakhstan ties

China and Kazakhstan are continuing to strengthen their relationship, characterized by mutual trust and cooperation, according to China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun during a Jan. 7 press conference in Beijing. Reflecting on Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Jan. 3 interview about relations with foreign partners, including China, Guo highlighted that 2024 marked a significant year...

Turkey: “Growing number of foreign fighters in the country is a matter of concern”
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Turkey: “Growing number of foreign fighters in the country is a matter of concern”

ISTANBUL(Beruniy Alimov):In Turkey, the municipal government is concerned about the growing number of foreign fighters coming to the country. An interview with Ozgur Karabat, a deputy of the Istanbul Council from the opposition People’s Republican Party, was published in the Turkish segment of social networks, Commenting on the upcoming elections in Turkey (presidential and parliamentary...

Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Last Part )
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Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Last Part )

Zebo Aminzade has been a founder of a synchronized dancing Zebo Aminzade 20 (born 1948) is one of the recognizable creative figures of modern Tajikistan. For the first time I met her within the framework of my professional activities of the public organization “Tashabbusi raksi tojik (Tajik Dance Initiative). Having learned that she was visiting...

Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part Three)
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Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part Three)

Jamilya Akhunova was an energetic choreographer My acquaintance with Jamila Akhunova 15 happened during the years of my leadership of the public organization "Tashabbusi Raksi Tojik" (2008-2011), which contributed to the study of the Tajik dance heritage, testifying to the differences between staged and traditional choreography. In 2020, she would have turned 74 years old,...

Suicide bomber strikes at Afghan Interior Ministry mosque,kills 4
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Suicide bomber strikes at Afghan Interior Ministry mosque,kills 4

KABUL(special correspondent):A suicide bombing has hit a mosque at a government ministry in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing four people and wounding 25, a ministry spokesman said. The explosion on Wednesday afternoon took place as workers and visitors were praying inside a mosque of Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry, which is responsible for security and law enforcement in...

Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part Two)
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Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part Two)

Author:Lolisanam Ulugova (An independent researcher on Tajika arts and culture) Amon Musoev has been a survived Puritan of dance traditions I first met Amon Musoev 12 at the State Philharmonic in 2008. My friend took me to a concert of the Ganjina folklore and ethnographic ensemble. The concert impressed with the brightness of traditional costumes...

Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors                     (Part One)
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Tajik Dance in Four Mirrors (Part One)

This article is written by Lolisanam Ulugova (An independent researcher on Tajika arts and culture). Dance is an essential part of performing arts, often an essential attribute of theatrical performances,whilst also staying an independent art form. In the publication “Traditional theater of Tajiks” Nizam Nurjanov1 (12.18.1923 – 18.03.2017) distinguishes two types of dance theaters: the...

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Kazakhstan to host 7th Congress of Leaders of World Religions on Sept 14,2022

The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.The congress will be attended by 130 international delegations from 60 countries.The representatives of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Shintoism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and other religions will participate in the congress.The Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis, Patriarch Kirill of...

Pakistan at 75 – Not Out
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Pakistan at 75 – Not Out

By Amjad Mahmood Every tribe, ethnicity, empire, dynasty, and nation for ages has held some form of authority, power, and influence during different segments of recorded history. This instinct stemmed from basic human traits to fight, resist, survive on its own terms, adapt somewhere and forcing own will whenever possible or permitted.  Each seat of...