Monthly Archives: September 2021

Rohingya refugee leader shot dead in Bangladesh camp

An international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen late Wednesday, police said. Mohibullah, who is in his 40s, was a teacher who emerged as a key refugee leader and a spokesman representing the Muslim ethnic group in international meetings. …

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Kim’s sister gets post on top North Korean body

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister has been appointed to the country’s top government body, the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday. Kim Yo Jong, a key adviser to her brother, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission, amid a raft of changes approved by …

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Tunisian president tasks woman to form government

Tunisian President Qais al-Said on Wednesday tasked Najla Bouden Ramadan to form the country’s new government. According to Tunisian press sources, “President Qais al-Said has tasked Najla Bouden Ramadan to form the Tunisian new government. “The Tunisian prime minister in charge is a university professor of engineering, and she has …

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Sayyed Sistani statement regarding October elections

The supreme religious authority – Marja’ encouraged “everyone to participate consciously and responsibly in the upcoming elections”. “Although it is not without some shortcomings, but it remains the safest way to cross the country into a future that is hoped to be better than the past, and avoids the risk …

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Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails go on hunger strike, boycott courts

A number of Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails have been on hunger strike for months to protest their arbitrary incarceration under inhumane conditions and to demand freedom. Imprisoned under the controversial policy of “administrative detention,” at least seven Palestinian prisoners are registering their protest against their ill-treatment and repressive Israeli …

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UK fuel crisis: Army on standby as petrol stations run dry

The UK army has been put on standby to supply the country’s petrol stations running dry after some of them closed as their ability to transport fuel from refineries was hit by an industry-wide shortage of truck drivers, triggering a spate of panic-buying. The government announced late on Monday that a …

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North Korea says test-fired new hypersonic missile

North Korea says it has successfully test-fired a newly-developed hypersonic missile, in a move it said is strategically significant in the development of the domestic nuclear weapons technology. Pyongyang confirmed that the missile, dubbed the Hwasong-8, was launched from Jagang Province early Tuesday morning, according to the North’s official news agency …

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Japan picks ex-Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida for PM

Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is set to become the country’s next prime minister, after winning leadership of the long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Kishida, 64, overcame popular reformer Taro Kono on Wednesday, in a runoff after moving ahead of two female candidates Sanae Takaichi and Seiko Noda in …

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Al-Araji Participates In The Ceremony Of Consecrating A Bishop For All Of Iraq At The Cathedral Of The Virgin Mary

The National Security Adviser, Qassem Al-Araji, participated, today, Sunday, in the ceremony of consecrating Father Daniel Al-Khoury to the episcopal rank, at the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the capital, Baghdad. Al-Araji blessed the Christians to consecrate Father Daniel Al-Khoury, to the degree of episcopate over the whole of Iraq, wishing …

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