Yangon, (MILLAT ONLINE):Myanmar on Wednesday accused Bangladesh of delaying the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Rakhine state since August, as conditions worsen for the stateless minority penned into squalid refugee camps. More than 600,000 members of the Muslim minority have fled a brutal army crackdown in mainly Buddhist Myanmar over the past two […]
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Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delaying Rohingya repatriation
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N. Korea eager to register international trademarks
SEOUL, (MILLAT ONLINE):North Korea is aggressively registering its trademarks amid its leader Kim Jong-un’s repeated order to produce “world-class” consumer products, a US broadcaster said Wednesday. The North recently registered three trademarks with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), including those of the Ryukyung Kimchi Factory and the Pyongyang Bag Factory, Radio Free Asia said. […]
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killed 12 in drone strike near Pak-Afghan border
killed 12 in drone strike near Pak-Afghan border At least 12 suspected militants were allegedly killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan’s Paktia province on Friday. Security sources told DawnNews that a suspected United States (US) drone fired six missiles, killing 12 ‘militants’ and wounding several others. Earlier this week, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar chief Umar Khalid Khorasani […]
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RugbyU: Australia beat Argentina to finish runners-up
MENDOZA, Argentina, Oct 8, 2017 (APP/AFP):Australia scored 17 unanswered points in the last quarter of the match to beat Argentina 37-20 Saturday in the final game of the 2017 Rugby Championship. Scrum-half Will Genia and winger Reece Hodge both scored late tries as the Wallabies pulled away to snuff out any chance of another Argentine […]
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Eleven hurt after car crashes near London museum
LONDON, Oct 8, 2017 (APP/AFP) -:Eleven people were injured on Saturday when a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians near London’s Natural History Museum, leading to the driver’s arrest on suspicion of dangerous driving. Police said it was a traffic incident and ruled out any terrorist link, after three attacks in the British […]
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Sandy Hook mother angry but hopeful after Las Vegas slaughter
LOS ANGELES, Oct 8, 2017 (APP/AFP) -:Dylan Hockley was all of six years old when Adam Lanza burst into his elementary school in Connecticut nearly five years ago and shot him dead, along with 19 other young children and six adults. Since then, Dylan’s mother, Nicole, has waged a determined and tireless fight against gun […]