Bangladesh targets 100,000 for first Rohingya repatriation Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, (MILLAT ONLINE):Bangladesh wants to send up to 100,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar in the first batch of repatriations of Muslim refugees who fled ethnic violence this year, officials said Friday. Senior minister Obaidul Quader said a list of 100,000 names was to be sent to […]
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Bangladesh targets 100,000 for first Rohingya repatriation
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S.African parliament failed to hold Zuma to account: top court
S.African parliament failed to hold Zuma to account: top court Johannesburg, (MILLAT ONLINE):South Africa’s top court on Friday ruled that parliament failed to hold embattled President Jacob Zuma accountable for using state funds to upgrade his private home, a judgement that could trigger impeachment proceedings. The “National Assembly did not hold the president to account,” […]
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Liberians hail victory of ex-football star Weah in landmark vote
Liberians hail victory of ex-football star Weah in landmark vote Monrovia,(MILLAT ONLINE):Liberians revelled Friday in former football star George Weah’s presidential victory, in the country’s first democratic transfer of power in seven decades scarred by civil wars, political assassinations and an Ebola crisis. Weah, idolised in Liberia as “Mister George”, is set to replace Ellen […]
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Fighting in northwestern Syria kills 66: monitor
Fighting in northwestern Syria kills 66: monitor Beirut, (MILLAT ONLINE):Clashes pitting mainly militant and rebel fighters against regime forces backed by Russian warplanes killed at 66 people on the edge of Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said Friday. Among the victims were at least 19 civilians killed by air strikes, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory […]
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Worst NY fire in decades kills 12 in the Bronx
Worst NY fire in decades kills 12 in the Bronx New York, (MILLAT ONLINE):A fire tore through a Bronx apartment building on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including a toddler, and leaving four others fighting for their lives in New York’s deadliest blaze in decades. The fire broke out around 6:51pm (2351 GMT) in […]
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Russia restores contact with Angolan satellite
Russia restores contact with Angolan satellite Moscow, (MILLAT ONLINE):Russian specialists on Friday said they have restored communication with Angosat-1, the first national satellite it launched for Angola, days after they lost contact with it. “Specialists of Energia rocket and space corporation have received telemetry information from Angosat,” Energia said in a statement. “All parameters of […]