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Downgrading ties with UK tops agenda: Lawmaker
An Iranian lawmaker says the Parliament (Majlis) has reached the conclusion that the Islamic Republic should downgrade its economic and cultural relations with the UK.
Bollywood-Inspired Love Story Aims to Heal Tensions Between Australia, India
The makers of a Bollywood-inspired film about an Australian who falls in love with an Indian university student hope to ease tensions over recent attacks on foreign students in Melbourne and Sydney.
Westernization vs Arabization
Globalization is often perceived as Westernization, a growing influence of Western values in opposition or in competition with local values and identity. But in a country like Indonesia, globalization can also mean Arabization, a process of adopting Arab culture and traditions.
U.S. Public Diplomacy Still Ineffectual in Islamic World
But at the U.S. Islamic World Forum here in Doha (organized by the Brookings Institution and the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs), it has been clear that the Obama magic has lost its pizzazz.
Major British Council Photography Exhibition Challenges Us: How Do We See Where We Live
The one year-long tour, which Started in Oman, Bahrain, UAE, and Saudi Arabia uses architecture as a motif to explore the role and value of heritage in defining cultural identity.
Can Bollywood heal the India-Pakistan relationship?
Opinion-pieces, story features, musical collaborations, business conferences and literary festivals — all of these are part of "Aman ki Asha" or the Hope for Peace, an Indo-Pak peace project sponsored by the Times of India and the Jang Group of Publications in Pakistan...
Botswana-Zimbabwe relations worsen
The former bosom buddies have now turned into the worst of enemies, after the recent arrest of three Botswana wildlife officers who had strayed into Zimbabwean territory while tracking lions that had killed some cattle at Lesoma.
The Israeli Factor in the Failed Middle East Diplomacy
Many of Obama’s advisors on the Middle East are either Israeli/American dual citizens or promoters of the Israeli interest. To them, the Israeli interests take precedence over those of the USA.
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