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KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled attempts to smuggle in five undocumented migrants in two separate incidents in Tawau waters on Monday (Feb 6).
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In-depth: Stuck between Hezbollah and the United Nations, UNIFIL is finding it hard to keep the peace.
Thanks to dedicated individuals who follow their own heart’s pursuits, ancient chess variants are still alive today. An overwhelming number of enthusiasts and associations throughout the world cultivate old variants and other board games. Among them is Greg Myers, founder of the ‘Tamerlane Chess Club’ in Jamestown, New York.
Arabic literature, the body of written works produced in the Arabic language. The tradition of Arabic literature stretches back some 16 centuries to unrecorded beginnings in the Arabian Peninsula. At certain points in the development of European civilization, the literary culture of Islam and its Arabic medium of expression came to be regarded not only as models for emulation but also, through vital conduits such as Moorish Spain and Norman Sicily, as direct sources of inspiration for the intellectual communities of Europe. The rapid spread of the Islamic faith brought the original literary t...