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Inside the Story: Twin daughters of Somalian refugees on the road to becoming doctors

(KUTV) Seventeen-year-old twin sisters are at the front line of speaking out for refugees. They are daughters of Somalian refugees and are Muslim. Asma and Anisa Dahir are also making strides in the medical field--they both have dreams of becoming pediatric surgeons so they can one...

In 2017, Israel detained or arrested over 6000 Palestinians including more than 1400 children

sraeli army detained 6,742 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank in 2017, according to data released by Palestinian organizations on Sunday. In a joint statement, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-linked Palestinian Committee of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners Committee,...

What Kenya, Africa stand to gain from Japan’s key forum

Ownership by Africa has always been the most important element of the Ticad process. In Summary Ticad is the biggest, oldest and most powerful international conference which discusses African development. The private sector-led development was identified as key to African development in the last Ticad in 2013. Ambassador...

UN: Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims at risk of ethnic cleansing

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  Antonio Guterres steps up pressure on authorities, warning of ethnic cleansing against Muslim minority in Rakhine state. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the risk of ethnic cleasing in Myanmar as he appealed to the country's authorities to end violence against Rohingya Muslims in...

UAE sends plane with urgent food, medical assistance to Afghanistan

A file pic of UAE aid sent to Afghanistan in June. (Mofaic/Twitter)
By:WAM The UAE sent a plane carrying urgent medical and food aid to Afghanistan on Friday, as part of its contribution to providing the basic and necessary needs of thousands of Afghan families, especially the most vulnerable groups such as women, children and the elderly,...

UN rejects Saudi-led coalition call to supervise Yemen port

The United Nations on Monday rejected a call by the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen for the key port of Hodeidah to be placed under its supervision. The coalition made the appeal following an attack on a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast...

Istanbul rally commemorates Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq, supports Palestinians

Prayers offered for 12 soldiers killed in Claw-Lock Operation zone in northern Iraq, Gazans
By: Anadolu agency Thousands of people gathered on Monday for an event titled "Mercy for our martyrs, support for Palestine, curse on Israel” in mosques during the morning prayers to join a procession organized by Türkiye’s NGO TUGVA...

The biggest earners in the Chinese Super League

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We all know that Chinese clubs have attracted some huge names over the past few years as they’ve thrown money at their football pyramid to attempt to compete on the global stage with the likes of Europe’s big five and Mexico’s Liga MX as...

North Korea fires missiles as G-20 continues in China

By Anna Fifield TOKYO — North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast Monday, possibly timed to coincide with the meeting of leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies in neighboring China. North Korea launched the missiles from a site south...

Turkey’s outreach hints at Ottoman revival

Ankara's growing deployments and initiatives in the Middle East and Africa are cheered and feared in near equal measure By JONATHAN GORVETT In Doha, his face is on bumper stickers. In Mogadishu, it looms on giant posters. Nowadays, Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan enjoys great popularity in...