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Annan hopes for UN resolution on dignified return for Rohingya to their homes
New York: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, head of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine state, expressed the hope that...
Fatah, Hamas agree to complete Gaza handover by December 1
Cairo: Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation deal on Thursday after Hamas agreed to hand over administrative...
S. Arabia to work with US allies to confront Iran’s aggressive policies
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Friday welcomed US President Donald Trump's firm strategy on Iran after he refused to certify the...
UN rights experts urge member states to ‘go beyond statements,’ take action to help Rohingya
Geneva: Seven United Nations rights experts have called on the government of Myanmar to stop all violence against Rohingya Muslim...
Iraq PM gives Kurdistan 72 hours to give up airports, border crossings
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday gave authorities in Kurdistan 72 hours to give the central government control...
Suicide bomber kills 5 worshipers in Maiduguri mosque: Nigeria
Abuja: A female suicide bomber killed five people on Tuesday when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeast...
Palestinian, who shot dead 3 Israeli soldiers, was martyred near Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Three members of the Israeli border guards were killed and another seriously wounded, while a Palestinian was martyred Tuesday...
French businessman vows to pay Austrian niqab fines
Paris: An Algerian French businessman said he would pay all fines imposed on women wearing a full-face veil (niqab) in...
Syrian militias aim to push Islamic State out of Raqqa within a month
RAQQA, Syria: U.S.-backed militias expect to push all Islamic State fighters out of their former Syrian headquarters of Raqqa in...
Iraq hangs 42 Sunni militants
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Monday executed 42 Sunni Muslim militants convicted on terrorism charges ranging from killing members of security forces...
