Author: Nahajarm

Berlin (22/10 – 75) UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, reported during his trip to the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan, he met with representatives of civil society and residents of the region. Varennes arrived in Tajikistan for a working visit on October 9 till October 20. The UN Special Rapporteur told journalists that the residents of Gorno-Badakhshan informed him about violations of their rights in 2021-2022, particularly concerning the rights of detainees and cases of harsh treatment by law enforcement agencies. He stated, “People are complaining about religious restrictions as well as limitations on the use…

Kazakhstan businessman Kenes Rakishev continues his along his buying spree. He has become an investor of Magnum Cash & Carry retail network purchased an non-controlling stake, Tengrinews reports. Even though the stake is a non-controlling one, Kenes Rakishev is considered a strategic investor of the Kazakhstani network. The investments he made will be channeled into further development of the retailer and repayment of debts to creditors. Magnum Cash & Carry retail network consists of nine stores with a total floor area of 73,000 square meters. Seven of the supermarkets are located in Almaty, another two are in Astana and Karaganda. Its own…

July was the hottest month ever recorded, globally, and the media has been full of stories from around the planet about how people, animals and nature are suffering through yet another record breaking hot summer with relentless, ever-longer and more intense heat waves. Studying the short and long-term effects of these unprecedented conditions is still a work in progress as most research is still in the early stages, but already some patterns are emerging.One of the aspects that needs to be studied as a matter of priority, and in as much depth and breadth as possible, is the effects of…

Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tonnes of depleted uranium munitions and other toxic wastes. Contamination from Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions and other military-related pollution is suspected of causing a sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases, and other illnesses throughout much of Iraq. Many prominent doctors and scientists contend that DU contamination is also connected to the recent emergence of diseases that were not previously seen in Iraq, such as new illnesses in the kidney, lungs, and liver, as well as total immune system collapse. DU contamination may also be connected to the steep…

Russia deploys coastal missile systems “Bal” in the Bryansk region, the X-35U missiles used by this system will be able to fly to Kyiv, reports today, June 14, the Ukrainian English-language portal Defense Express. According to the publication, the Bal complex division was relocated to the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, the unit is part of the 11th Coastal Rocket and Artillery Brigade of the Coastal Forces of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. “Bal” fires X-35U, primarily designed to destroy enemy ships. But now, Kyiv analysts point out, these missiles have been upgraded to match another anti-ship system, the Bastion,…

The Iraqi army announced on Sunday that two officers were killed and three soldiers were wounded in an armed attack targeting an army checkpoint in Kirkuk governorate in northern Iraq. The Iraqi army mentioned in a statement that ISIS terrorists carried out the attack to respond to the painful strikes and qualitative operations carried out by the Iraqi armed forces, which inflicted heavy losses on ISIS terrorists as many leaders of the terrorist group were killed. The statement elaborated that ISIS terrorists, using light weapons, attacked an army checkpoint in Kirkuk governorate at 10 p.m. on Saturday. An Iraqi lieutenant…

The Russian army is blowing up small hydraulic structures in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions in order to prevent the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Vladislav Dudar, a representative of the Department of Environmental Safety and Mine Action of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. “They are now blowing up small hydraulic structures in different settlements every day,” Dudar said at a round table at the Military Media Center. According to him, the consequences of these actions are not large-scale yet, but the agricultural lands of one or two villages suffer from each such explosion. On June 11, the Ukrainian military claimed that Russian…

A woman from Falkirk has died while undergoing gastric band surgery in Turkey. Shannon Bowe died during the procedure, where a band is used to reduce the size of the stomach, on Saturday. Tributes have been paid to the 28-year-old, who lived in Denny, on social media. A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesman said they were supporting the family of a British national who died in Turkey. Shannon’s boyfriend, Ross Stirling, has led tributes on Facebook. He wrote: “Sleep tight my angel, love you forever and always.” Another friend wrote: “No words, absolutely devastated. Life is so cruel. You…

The Iranian rial has once again experienced a sharp decline during the first week of the Persian New Year, 1402, which began on March 21. Last week, the rial was being exchanged at 520,000 against the dollar, and this ongoing fluctuation reflects the bleak state of the Iranian economy.  From January 2023 to March, the dollar rate went from 300,000 rials to 600,000. It dropped to 450,000 a few weeks before Nowruz and once again reached 530,000 rials last week. This instability, even according to officials and state-affiliated experts, has no economic or financial rationale. On February 27, the clerical regime’s…

Russia hopes that authorities in Damascus and Ankara will unite, because it believes that Erdogan will win the elections if relations between Syria and Turkey normalize. Yesterday, a quadripartite meeting was held between the deputy foreign ministers of Syria, Russia, Iran and the Turkish regime, in which all parties pursue only their own interests. The quadripartite meeting ended with a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The statement said that the deputy foreign ministers of the 4 countries agreed to maintain relations during the meeting. The message on the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry notes that the participants directly…