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More Rohingya flee Myanmar citing violence and hunger

Bangladesh - Muslimchronicle

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar sought refuge in Bangladesh on Monday, in a new surge in an unrelenting flow of people driven by violence the United Nations has denounced as ethnic cleansing and increasingly by hunger too. Reuters reporters on the Bangladeshi side of the border, in Palong Khali district, saw several thousand people crossing from Myanmar's Rakhine State,Read more

Hillary Clinton re-issues her bestsellers book

Washington - Madeleine Saadaa

Hillary Clinton has many plans for 2017, as some of them are related to her stunning loss last fall to Donald Trump. The former secretary of state, senator and first lady is working on a book of personal essays expected to come out Sept. 26.. The book, still untitled, is structured around hundreds of favorite quotations that have inspired her. HillaryRead more

Cycling enthusiasts residing in Nakheel’s communities will soon

Dubai - Arab Today

Cycling enthusiasts residing in Nakheel’s communities will soon have reason to cheer. The master-developer is laying out 105km of cycling tracks between now and the second quarter of 2019. The network will eventually be connected to the wider one being created by city authorities. Nakheel will invest Dh150 million in rolling out the track in Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Village, TheRead more

Global Village grants couple marital wish

Dubai - Arab Today

Global Village, Dubai’s long-standing outdoor theme park, has made the pre-wedding wishes for a couple come true. In a one-off request granted by Global Village organisers, a couple was given special permission before marrying to have their wedding pictures taken against iconic world monuments adorning one of Dubai’s oldest entertainment establishments. The park authorities told Gulf News on Sunday thatRead more

Landslide leaves 27 missing in east China

Hangzhou - Arab Today

Twenty-seven people are missing after a a landslide swept a village in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the provincial government said. The landslide occurred around 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Sucun village in Suichang County, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Megi. Several houses, about 37 kilometers from the county, were destroyed and the structures swept away. Two women whoRead more

Iraqi forces restore village southern Mosul

Baghdad - MENA

The Iraqi forces have recaptured a village near Qayara district in southern Mosul, Ninawa province. Ninawa operations command spokesman Fras Bashar said the forces raised Iraqi flags over buildings in the village of Jiwana and started to defuse explosives planted by Daesh militants. Mosul is the largest urban center under the militants' control, and had a pre-war population of nearlyRead more