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Police and fire department work at the religious school Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah after a fire broke out in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia September 14, 2017. (REUTERS Photo)

Malaysia School Fire Leaves 24 Dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 14, 2017 | World

Twenty-four people, mostly teenage boys, were killed Thursday when a blaze tore through a religious boarding school in Malaysia, in what officials said was one of the country’s worst fire disasters for years. The blaze broke out before dawn in the tahfiz —...

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A group of Rohingya refugee people walk in the water after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017. (Reuters)

Erdogan Expresses to Suu Kyi Concern over Violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday that violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslims was a violation of human rights. He told Suu Kyi in a telephone call that the violence was a deep concern to the Muslim...

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A worker checks the valves at Al-Sheiba oil refinery in Basra, Iraq, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo

OPEC Invites Iraq, the UAE to Vienna this Month

by Wael Mahdi | Aug 10, 2017 | Business

Khobar – The Secretariat of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has extended invitations to four OPEC and non-OPEC countries to attend a technical meeting to be held in Vienna this month, to monitor the commitment to an agreement to...

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Yemeni Rafek Ahmed Mohammed Al-Sanani, 22, looks through documents as he speaks with Reuters in Serdang, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 20, 2017.

Trump’s Travel Ban Threatens Yemeni Winners of US Green Card Lottery

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 1, 2017 | World

New York – Yemen is urging US government to take in dozens of Yemenis stuck in Malaysia due to President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban, which affects Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Last month, Supreme Court partially reinstated the ban which...

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Hishammuddin Hussein says Malaysia ready to help solve the Qatar crisis if required. — Reuters

Malaysia Ready to Help Address Qatar Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2017 | Middle East

London- Malaysia has expressed readiness to mediate in the Qatari crisis if requested. Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in the parliament on Thursday that the opportunity should be given first to Kuwait as an intermediary in addressing the crisis,...