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Refugees in Algeria yearn for homeland in Western Sahara

  • Boujdour Camp, Algeria, (MILLAT ONLINE):Selembouha Dadi can only imagine the homeland she dreams of but has never seen, agonisingly out of reach beyond the Algerian refugee camp where she has spent her whole life. “They tell me it was beautiful,” the 25-year-old told AFP. The territory that Dadi yearns for is Western Sahara, a sprawling […]

  • US renewable energy booms despite Trump vow to quit Paris deal

    Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):Renewable energy continues to grow in the United States, despite US President Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle clean power, deregulate industry and promote fossil fuels like coal, experts say. Five months after Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate accord, the Republican leader continues to unravel the environmental […]

  • Airbus urges European fighter to counter US dominance

    Berlin,(MILLAT ONOLINE):European countries should step up efforts to jointly develop the next generation fighter jets to avoid becoming too reliant on US technology, Airbus Defence and Space chief executive Dirk Hoke said Friday. “To date, the countries of Europe have indulged in expensive customised national solutions or have made their means of national defence dependent […]

  • Air France-KLM profits move higher in Q3

    Paris, (MILLAT ONLINE):The French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM said Friday that a “robust” business environment and “solid” traffic gave earnings a lift in the third quarter. Air France-KLM said in a statement that its net profit edged 1.5 percent higher to 552 million euros ($643 million) in the period from July to September. Underlying or operating […]

  • European stock markets rise at open

    London, (MILLAT ONLINE):Europe’s main stock markets rose slightly at the start of trading Friday as attention turned to the release of key US jobs data. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed almost 0.1 percent to 7,560.95 points compared with the close on Thursday. In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index won 0.2 percent to 13,476.53 […]

  • US sends supersonic bombers over South Korea

    Washington, Nov 3 (AFP/APP):US bombers overflew the Korean peninsula Thursday as part of an exercise with Japanese and South Korean warplanes, the US Air Force said, days before President Donald Trump arrives in the region for a trip set to be dominated by the nuclear-armed North. Tensions are high over Pyongyang’s ballistic missile and atomic […]