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The United Nations and its partners appealed for $920 million to assist nearly one million Rohingya refugees now encamped in Bangladesh. These refugees are fleeing the violence in the northern part of the Rakhine state in Myanmar. That violence has been perpetrated by the Myanmar military under the pretext that the Rohingya are not citizens of Myanmar but resident foreigners from Bangladesh who neither speak the Burmese language nor are part of Myanmar’s myriad ethnic groups. The military violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority is an extension of discriminatory government policies that reached their height in 1982, when the Rohingya were stripped of their citizenship status under Myanmar’s citizenship act. This legal loophole has allowed the Myanmar government to pursue relentlessly its recent repression of the Rohingya. The virulent attacks on the Rohingya people, who are Muslims with a distinct language of their own, have surprised outside observers, who remain confound...

Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, on Saturday approved Dubai Free University Zones Strategy, to transform public and private universities in Dubai into free zones that allow students to engage in economic and creative activities. Shaikh Hamdan’s move comes in line with the 50-Year Charter launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, which aims to improve all aspects of life in Dubai. Shaikh Hamdan said that the higher education sector and universities do substantially support Dubai's efforts aiming to establish a new generation of graduates who believe in the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship to embark on a new phase of success at an early age away from the traditional education system. “Today, we have adopted the dubai strategy for free university zones, which focuses on the sixth principle of the 50-Year Charter to es...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree suspending Moscow's participation in a key Cold War-era nuclear arms control treaty, following a similar move by the United States . In a statement on Monday, the Kremlin said the suspension would last until the US "ends its violations of the treaty or until it terminates". In February, Washington gave notice of its intention to withdraw from the landmark  1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ( INF ) , which was established as a major safeguard against nuclear war.  The move by US President Donald Trump set the stage for the bilateral pact's termination in six months. Washington accuses Moscow of developing and deploying a cruise missile that violates provisions of the treaty that ban the production, testing and deployment of land-based cruise and ballistic missiles that have a range between 500km and 5,500km. US officials have also expressed concerns that China, which is not party to...