Sydney, (MILLAT ONLINE):Refugees barricaded inside a shuttered Australian detention camp in Papua New Guinea were becoming “distraught and depressed”, detainees said Friday, as New Zealand renewed an offer to resettle some of them. The remote camp on PNG’s Manus Island — one of two centres holding asylum-seekers who tried to reach Australia by boat — […]
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NZ offers help as Australia asylum protesters struggle in PNG camp
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Myanmar must give citizenship to Rohingya: UN refugee chief
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT ONLINE):Myanmar must grant citizenship to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims so that they can return from Bangladesh to the Southeast Asian country, where they fled government-run violence against the persecuted minority group, the head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. “These people cannot […]
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Hong Kong stocks up at break
Hong Kong, (MILLAT ONLINE):Hong Kong shares rose Friday morning, after the appointment of a new US Federal Reserve chair and an upturn for Apple suppliers following the company’s strong earnings report. The Hang Seng Index was up 0.31 percent, or 87.51 points, by the break at 28,606.15.
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German parties posture in hunt for new Merkel govt
Berlin, (MILLAT ONLINE):Threats, name-calling and a whole lot of dramatic posturing: talks among four fractious parties to form a new government under German Chancellor Angela Merkel have proved more fiery than fruitful so far. September’s inconclusive general election left the camps, which span the political spectrum, scrambling to form a stable government under Merkel, with […]
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Puigdemont arrest warrant to be issued Friday: judicial source
Madrid, (MILLAT ONLINE):The Spanish judge leading the investigation into Catalan separatists will issue on Friday a European arrest warrant for ex-leader Carles Puigdemont, who has fled to Belgium, a judicial source in Madrid told AFP. The expected move against Puigdemont, who was dismissed last week as Catalan president by the Spanish government, comes after eight […]
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One killed, two hurt in Morocco tourist town shooting
Rabat, (MILLAT ONLINE):One man was shot dead and two others were hurt in a tourist area of Marrakesh, authorities in Morocco said, adding that it appeared to be a local settling of scores. Two attackers wearing balaclavas shot the victim at a cafe in the town, a popular destination for foreign visitors. The man, who […]