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Mongolia – Vast wilderness and rugged adventure

Kuwait - Musimchronicle

Travelers often overlook Mongolia for its bustling neighbors, China and Russia. But it is in Mongolia — one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries — that one finds a unique blend of adventure and serenity that includes venturing into the wild with epic horse rides through the valleys, climbing up to Buddhist villages and temples, hiking through the mountains orRead more

Egypt's President Sisi says will stand for re-election

Cairo - Musimchronicle

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Friday he would stand in a presidential election due to take place in March. "I announce to you in the honesty and transparency which we are used to... my candidacy for the post of president of the republic," Sisi said at a conference in Cairo, broadcast live on state television. Sisi is widely expected to winRead more

Ugandan army says it attacked rebel camps

Kampala - Musimchronicle

Uganda's army said Friday that it had launched attacks on a shadowy rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the militants killed 14 UN peacekeepers earlier this month. "Shared intelligence between Uganda and the DRC confirmed that the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists which recently carried out attacks on UN peacekeepers... were planning to conduct hostile activities againstRead more

Governor reveals plan to form a Sunni Coalition

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Governor of northern Iraqi province of Nineveh Nofal Hammadi was removed from office Wednesday by the provincial council. "Nineveh provincial council made a decision to remove the governor in absentia," a Nineveh councilman Hassan al-Sabawi said. According to Sabawi, Hammadi was voted out of office over "corruption and damage of public property." Nineveh's chief city and provincial capital is Mosul,Read more

Bahrain accuses Qatar of seizing 15 boats with 20 fishermen

Manama - Musimchronicle

Bahrain on Monday accused Qatar of seizing 15 boats from the kingdom with 20 fishermen on board, in the latest spat between the neighbours caught up in a diplomatic dispute. In a statement on its website, Bahrain's interior ministry said Qatar had seized three Bahraini boats with 16 aboard in the past two days. Coast Guard commander Ala Siyadi saidRead more

OIC calls upon EU, UNHCHR and UNHCR to take decisive action on Rohingya

JEDDAH - Musimchronicle

Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, has urged the European Union and United Nations agencies to take action to alleviate the suffering of the Rohingya people of Myanmar. The Secretary General addressed separate letters to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN HighRead more

Etihad Aviation Group appoints new Chief Executive Officer

Abu Dhabi - Musimchronicle

The Etihad Aviation Group, EAG, today announced Abdul Khaliq Saeed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Etihad Airways Engineering, replacing Jeff Wilkinson, who is leaving the post after 11 years with the company. Mr. Saeed brings over 35 years of international maintenance, repair and overhaul, MRO, industry experience, and joins Etihad Airways Engineering from Abu Dhabi based, Turbine ServicesRead more

OPEC daily basket price announced for Thursday

VIENNA - WAM

The price of OPEC basket of fourteen crudes stood at US$52.48 a barrel on Thursday, compared with $52.04 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes is made up of the following: Murban (UAE), Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), KuwaitRead more

UN supporting national relief efforts as Hurricane Irma threatens nearly 50 million people

New York - Musimchronicle

United Nations agencies are supporting relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irma, which has already wreaked havoc on Antigua and Barbuda and other Caribbean islands and is en route towards the United States. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, Irma, a Category 5 storm, made landfall on northeast Caribbean islands during the earlyRead more

8.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near coast of Mexico

Mexico - Musimchronicle

An earthquake measured at a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 has hit late Thursday off the coast of Mexico, the US Geological Survey said. "Hazardous waves from the earthquake were possible along the coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and Ecuador," the US Tsunami Warning Centre said. According to Deutsch Presse-Agentur, dpa, "The earthquake struck at aRead more