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Rohingya refugee children gather on a truck in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

More than 60 Rohingya Feared Drowned in Boat Capsize

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 29, 2017 | World

More than 60 people are believed dead after a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized, the UN migration agency has said. The refugees drowned in heavy seas off Bangladesh late on Thursday, part of a new surge of people fleeing a Myanmar army campaign...

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Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia. Reuters file photo

Algeria Mulling Wealth Tax to Cope with Financial Pressure

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2017 | Business

London- Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has told the parliament that the draft state budget for 2018 would include for the first time a wealth tax as part of measures aimed at securing new sources of finance after a sharp fall in energy earnings. State finances...

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Saudi woman sitting behind the driving wheel. Reuters

Saudi Interior Ministry: ‘Ready to Apply Provisions of the Traffic Law on Men, Women’

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Sep 29, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Dammam- Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said that women would be allowed to drive from the age of 18 as they can obtain a driver’s license and drive a car in the kingdom. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef said security forces...

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (L) confers with Democratic ranking member Eliot Engel (Getty images)

US House Committee Approves Sanctions against Hezbollah

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 29, 2017 | Middle East

Washington – Members of the US House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee voted on Thursday in favor of two draft-laws that impose further sanctions on Hezbollah.   The first bill restricts Hezbollah’s ability to fundraise and have access to the...

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A Somali soldier looks at the Lido beach from the terrace of a restaurant on January 22, 2016 (AFP Photo/Mohamed Abdiwahab)

Deadly Shabaab Attack on Somali Army Base

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 29, 2017 | World

Shabaab militants killed at least 15 soldiers in an attack on a Somali military base near the capital Mogadishu, the group and officials said on Friday. The militants used guns and car bombs to take control of the Somali National Army military camp and a nearby town,...