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OIC leaders urge swift end to violence against Rohingya Muslims
YemenExtra
M.A.
Senior leaders of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states have stressed the importance of taking swift action to put an immediate end to the ongoing brutal violence against the Rohingya Muslims in…
US, Russia diplomats to talk amid tensions
YemenExtra
M.A.
Senior US and Russian diplomats are to meet and hold talks in Finland soon as tensions between the two sides threaten to dangerously boil over.
Last December, the outgoing US administration of President Barack Obama…
Israeli Entity Kills the Muslim Rohingya in Borma
YemenExtra
Y.A
The British " Independent" newspaper reports that the Israeli entity is indirectly behind the massacres committed against the Muslim Rohingya minority in Borma by selling arms to the country's ruling council.…
Hurricane Irma on track for direct hit on Miami
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The National Hurricane Center has updated Hurricane Irma to a maximum level of Category 5. Meteorologists expect Irma to make landfall in the Keys between 5am and 7am ET on Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds are at 160 mph,…
Germany rejects Polish threat to demand WWII reparations
YemenExtra
Berlin has dismissed Warsaw’s demands for paying massive World War II reparations, saying the bitter historical issue was fully resolved sixty years ago and that there are no grounds to revive it.
“Poland made a binding…
Saudi ‘suspends’ planned talks with Qatar minutes after rulers’ contact
Saudi Arabia has suspended plans to hold talks with Qatar on how to resolve the ongoing crisis between Doha and four Arab states minutes after the Saudi crown prince and the Qatari ruler discussed the planned…
Journalist Fired After Exposing How CIA Sells Weapons to “Daesh”
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Y.A
An investigative journalist who exposed how the CIA supplied $1 billion dollars worth of weapons to ISIS has been fired from her job after pressure from the government.
Bulgarian journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva…
Hurricane Harvey recovery cost estimated at $180bn: Texas gov.
YemenExtra
M.A.
Up to $180 billion is needed for the relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which recently hit the United States’ Gulf region, says the Texas governor.
In an interview with CNN, Greg Abbott said on Sunday…
US, South Korean Presidents Agree to Adjust Deal on Ballistic Missiles
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Y.A
US President Donald Trump and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in agreed,Friday, to adjust a bilateral deadl that restricts Seoul’s ballistic missile abilities after the North’s recent launch.
South Korean presidential spokesman…
Over 2,600 homes burned in Rohingya-majority Rakhine: Myanmar
YemenExtra
M.A.
The Myanmar government says over 2,600 houses have been burned down over the past week in the Rohingya-majority areas of the country’s northwest, which have been the scene of one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence…