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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Emirates airline says Sir Maurice Flanagan, the first managing director of the carrier who helped it get off the ground three decades ago, has died. The Dubai-based airline Flanagan was instrumental in launching now ranks as the Middle East’s biggest carrier. It said Thursday the …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police say 1,018 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis have landed illegally on a beach in a northern resort island and all have been detained for processing. Langkawi island police chief Jamil Ahmed says they were believed to have come in three boats. He said Monday that police …

DOHA, Qatar – Women won two of the 29 seats up for grabs on Qatar’s municipal council, the only directly elected body in the small but wealthy Gulf nation. Election supervisory committee chairman Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Majid al-Khulaifi announced the election winners on Thursday. He says nearly 70 percent of …