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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

American actor Mustafa Shakir arrives at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

American actor Mustafa Shakir arrives at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

American actor Mustafa Shakir arrives at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

American actor Mustafa Shakir arrives at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

American actor Mustafa Shakir arrives at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

American actor Mustafa Shakir, American actress Ella Anderson, Australian actor, singer, and producer Hugh Jackman, American actress, producer, director, and entrepreneur Kate Hudson, Craig Brewer, Hudson Hensley, American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director Jim Belushi, American actor, director, producer, writer, and activist Fisher Stevens arrive at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

American actor Mustafa Shakir, American actress Ella Anderson, Australian actor, singer, and producer Hugh Jackman, American actress, producer, director, and entrepreneur Kate Hudson, Craig Brewer, Hudson Hensley, American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director Jim Belushi, American actor, director, producer, writer, and activist Fisher Stevens arrive at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFI Fest Song Sung Blue Premiere - Hollywood

Erika Hampson, American actor Mustafa Shakir, American actress Ella Anderson, Australian actor, singer, and producer Hugh Jackman, American actress, producer, director, and entrepreneur Kate Hudson, Craig Brewer, Hudson Hensley, American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director Jim Belushi, American actor, director, producer, writer, and activist Fisher Stevens and John Fox arrive at the 2025 AFI (American Film Institute) Fest Presented By Canva - Closing Night Gala Premiere Of Focus Features' 'Song Sung Blue' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on October 26, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Premiere Of Universal Pictures Love Hurts - LA

Mustafa Shakir. At the Premiere Of Universal Pictures' "Love Hurts" at The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, USA on February 03 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Over 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance

STORY: Over 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: BAMYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance in Bamyan province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): RAJAB MOAHID, Recipient STORYLINE: Afghan authorities have distributed China-donated humanitarian aid and assistance provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to needy families in the country's central Bamyan province over the past week, an official said on Monday. Each family received a bag of 50 kg rice and 50 kg wheat provided by China and a pocket of soap and a health kit assisted by the UNICEF, said Provincial Director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Shakir Tahir, appreciating China and the UNICEF for sending humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan at a critical stage where a majority of Afghans are suffering from poverty. The joint assistance of China and UNICEF has b

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U.S. sanctions add to Afghans' pain, poverty during freezing winter

STORY: U.S. sanctions add to Afghans' pain, poverty during freezing winter DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of central Afghanistan's Bamyan Province in winter 2. various of cave-turned shelter 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ZARIF, Local resident 4. various of cave-turned shelter 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ZARIF, Local resident 6. various of cave-turned shelter 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): NADIR HUSSAIN, Local resident 8. various of central Afghanistan 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAKIR TAHIR, Director of Bamyan provincial Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I am now in central Afghanistan's Bamyan province. The temperature here has reached minus 25 degrees centigrade now. According to Afghan Ministry of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, the chilly weather has already claimed hundreds of lives in this war-torn country. Since the first week of January, the temperatu

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China's aid eases misery of Afghan returnees in chilly winter

STORY: China's aid eases misery of Afghan returnees in chilly winter DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:40 LOCATION: BAMYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of central Afghanistan's Bamyan Province in winter and locals 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): Abdul Azim, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): Abdul Azim, Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAKIR TAHIR, Provincial director for natural disaster management and humanitarian affairs STORYLINE: Abdul Azim, together with his 10 family members, huddled in a mud hut of about 50 square meters in Dara-e-Foladi, a far-flung village in the mountainous area of central Afghanistan's Bamyan province, where the temperature drops to minus 30 degrees Celsius in winter. During the 20 years of conflicts in Afghanistan after the United States invaded the country in October 2001, more than 30,000 civilians lost their lives, and some 11 million people were made refugees. To escape the war, Azim was once one of the refugees who fled from Ba

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Asian Cup Group D match

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) and Iraq's Salam Shakir battle for a header during the second half of an AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0.

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Iraqi envoy urges Japan to work to stop U.S.-led war

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 2. He called on the Japanese government to play its role in the United Nations and as a close U.S. ally to end the U.S.-led hostilities against Iraq.

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Iraqi envoy declines to comment

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, declines to speak to reporters as he leaves the embassy building in Tokyo on March 20. Earlier in the day before the U.S.-led strike began, Shakir said the U.S. should take a more prudent approach and any issue must be solved through peaceful means.

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(3)U.S. launches war on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - The Iraqi Embassy in Tokyo remains closed following the launch of the U.S.-led strike on Iraq on March 20. Earlier in the day, Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, told reporters as he entered the embassy building that the U.S. should take a more prudent approach and any issue must be solved through peaceful means.

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Iraq envoy speaks on Japan's war support

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks about Japan's support for the United States on the Iraqi crisis at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 19.

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Kawaguchi calls for Saddam's exile to avoid war

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir (L), charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 18. Kawaguchi called for the exile of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to avoid war in Iraq.

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Koizumi envoy Motegi leaves for Iraq in peace effort

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, at Narita airport before leaving for Iraq. Motegi carries a letter from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi calling on the Iraqi leadership to fully cooperate with weapons inspections to attain a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi crisis.

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Japan urges Iraq to show evidence to int'l community

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) talks with Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires at the Iraqi Embassy in Tokyo, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 29. Kawaguchi urged Iraq to provide clear evidence to allay suspicions about its weapons programs.

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U.S. threat to strike Iraq is act of terrorism: Iraqi envoy

TOKYO, Sept. 28 Kyodo - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said a U.N. resolution planned by the U.S. with an ultimatum on Iraq's weapons disarmament is unnecessary, and that the U.S. insistence of a possible attack despite Iraq's agreement to accept U.N. inspections is an act of terrorism.

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GLOBALink | Pakistani volunteer joins anti-epidemic fight in S. China

28-year-old Pakistani Azeem Muhammad Shakir has volunteered to join the anti-epidemic fight in south China's Baise City by working at COVID-19 nucleic acid testing sites and isolation sites. Shakir shares his story in fluent Chinese. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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Pakistani volunteer joins anti-epidemic fight in S. China

STORY: Pakistani volunteer joins anti-epidemic fight in S. China DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Azeem Muhammad Shakir working as a volunteer 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer STORYLINE: Twenty-eight-year-old Pakistani Azeem Muhammad Shakir has volunteered to join the anti-epidemic fight in Baise City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, since the city reported the first local infection in its latest outbreak on Feb. 5. He provides voluntary service at COVID-19 nucleic acid testing sites, as well as isolation sites. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer "Many people give a helping hand, it makes me feel that we are in a family. It's just like, when a family member is in trouble, he or she will get help from the whole family." Having been living in Baise for eight years, Shakir, who work

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Iraqi envoy declines to comment

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, declines to speak to reporters as he leaves the embassy building in Tokyo on March 20. Earlier in the day before the U.S.-led strike began, Shakir said the U.S. should take a more prudent approach and any issue must be solved through peaceful means. (Kyodo)

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Kawaguchi calls for Saddam's exile to avoid war

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir (L), charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 18. Kawaguchi called for the exile of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to avoid war in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Japan urges Iraq to show evidence to int'l community

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) talks with Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires at the Iraqi Embassy in Tokyo, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 26. Kawaguchi urged Iraq to provide clear evidence to allay suspicions about its weapons programs. (Kyodo)

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U.S. threat to strike Iraq is act of terrorism: Iraqi envoy

TOKYO, Sept. 28 Kyodo - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said a U.N. resolution planned by the U.S. with an ultimatum on Iraq's weapons disarmament is unnecessary, and that the U.S. insistence of a possible attack despite Iraq's agreement to accept U.N. inspections is an act of terrorism. (Kyodo)

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Iraq envoy speaks on Japan's war support

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks about Japan's support for the United States on the Iraqi crisis at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 19. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi envoy Motegi leaves for Iraq in peace effort

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, at Narita airport before leaving for Iraq. Motegi carries a letter from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi calling on the Iraqi leadership to fully cooperate with weapons inspections to attain a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi crisis. (Kyodo)

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Asian Cup Group D match

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) and Iraq's Salam Shakir battle for a header during the second half of an AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi envoy urges Japan to work to stop U.S.-led war

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 2. He called on the Japanese government to play its role in the United Nations and as a close U.S. ally to end the U.S.-led hostilities against Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(3)U.S. launches war on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - The Iraqi Embassy in Tokyo remains closed following the launch of the U.S.-led strike on Iraq on March 20. Earlier in the day, Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, told reporters as he entered the embassy building that the U.S. should take a more prudent approach and any issue must be solved through peaceful means. (Kyodo)