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So, let me tell you what I know about the places worth visiting. The monuments of Samarkand are majestic and wonderful. In this town, one can feel the breath of history itself. It can be traced in the ancient ruins as well as in the madrassahs, mausoleums, and minarets, which have been decorating the city until now. In 1370, Amir Timur (Tamerlane) made Samarkand the capital of his great state that spread from Mongolia and Siberia to Syria and India. From his campaigns, he brought many skillful ...

‘Man for hire, not expensive’: Why do Russians rent themselves out? Russia beyond; Legion media Imagine you’re browsing through a classifieds website and, out of the blue, among the ads for vacuum cleaners and old fur coats for sale, you come across the following: “I rent myself out, 150 rubles (approx. $2)”. A small recording studio. Two guys - one in a hoodie, the other in a sweatshirt and a gold chain - are dancing in front of the camera and moving their lips to a ...

Horseback riders, or chapandazan, battle for control of a goat carcass during a buzkashi match in Dawlatabad, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2017. The former Taliban regime enforced a ban on buzkashi, and recent Taliban gains have shut down matches in the area. When Khaibar Akbarzada enters the arena, a groundswell of murmurs and shouts arise from fans who instantly recognise his hulking frame and all-black uniform, emblazoned with a white number 7. In one forceful motion, the young contender swin...

Azerbaijan’s Food Safety Agency employees inspected 650 tons of onions produced by the TIMUR private enterprise of Kazakhstan and imported to Azerbaijan by the local company TechnicAz LLC. As a result of the inspections, it was revealed that the residual content of nitrates in the product is much higher than the limits established by the current technical regulations, and it is unsuitable for consumption. The agency has come to the conclusion that the products are unsuitable for consumption....

PhosAgro Reports Record Production of More Than 10 Million Tonnes   Moscow - PhosAgro (the "Company", Moscow Exchange, LSE: PHOR), one of the worlds leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers, reports that its commercial product output increased by 5% year-on-year to 10.2 million tonnes in FY 2020.   4Q and FY 2020 highlights: Production of phosphate rock and nepheline concentrates increased by 0.1% year-on-year to 11.7 million tonnes in FY 2020. In 4Q 2020, productio...

Authors: Any Rufaedah, UNUSIA and Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Persada Indonesia University After losing 95 per cent of its territories in Iraq and Syria, the so-called Islamic State (IS) movement is widely considered to have fallen. Yet despite its territorial collapse, IS still has support among Islamist militant groups in Indonesia. One of them is Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), a group that pledged its allegiance to IS in 2014 and labelled a terrorist group by the US Department of State in 2015.

9 January 2021 Authors: Any Rufaedah, UNUSIA and Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Persada Indonesia University After losing 95 per cent of its territories in Iraq and Syria, the so-called Islamic State (IS) movement is widely considered to have fallen. Yet despite its territorial collapse, IS still has support among Islamist militant groups in Indonesia. One of them is Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), a group that pledged its allegiance to IS in 2014 and labelled a terrorist group by the US Department of S...

A Guide to Islam’s Great Past A Guide to Islam’s Great Past January 8, 2021 A new book by Iftikhar H. Malik showcases the beauty and timeless appeal of Hafiz Shirazi’s poetry Professor Iftikhar H. Malik’s new book on the history of Muslims in South Asia, and their influence on areas beyond, offers an eye-opening view on the historical figures that have shaped the region, whether through poetry or heroic feats of politicking. A teacher of modern history at Bath Spa University U.K. since...

A papiermâché craftsman at work in Srinagar   | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Militancy, a flood, the pandemic — Kashmirs ancient art of papier-mâché is at its lowest ebb now, but there may be a ray of hope for the future Sometime in the 12th century, Omar Khayyam, the Persian poet and astronomer, wrote these lines about love and longing: “Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of spring / The winter garment of repentance fling: The bird of time has but a little way / To fly — and Lo! the ...

Disaster description On Sunday, 29 November 2020 at 13.00 hours, Central Indonesia Time (GMT+8), Indonesia’s Centre for Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi – PVMBG) raised the alert level from Level 2 (advisory) to Level 3 (watch/alert) after increasing activity of Ili Lewotolok Volcano (also known as Ile Lewotolo). The volcano is located in the northern part of Lembata island, East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur– NTT) Provinc...