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Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine
World

Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine

Myanmar’s military is guilty of committing new “war crimes”, extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels,…
Mass evacuations as monster cyclone heads for India
World

Mass evacuations as monster cyclone heads for India

Nearly 800,000 people in eastern India have been evacuated from the path of an incoming major cyclone packing winds gusting…
Rohingya reject relocation to Bangladesh’s island ‘prison camp’
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Rohingya reject relocation to Bangladesh’s island ‘prison camp’

Bhashan Char is a small sediment island that is vulnerable to flooding and cyclones. On Wednesday, Bangladeshi authorities said they would begin relocating Rohingya…
UN envoy fears ‘new crisis’ for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island
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UN envoy fears ‘new crisis’ for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island

GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Monday over Bangladesh’s plan to…
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria
Middle East

Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria

LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers representing Syrian refugees in Jordan have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Syria for…
Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship
Middle East

Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship

SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) — The father of a British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group in…
Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked
World

Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked

Mobs of stick-wielding church-goers in Myanmar’s northeast used to descend on dealers and addicts in a desperate effort to save…
India election, politics enters world’s biggest religious festival
World

India election, politics enters world’s biggest religious festival

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) – At the world’s biggest religious festival, the Hindu Kumbh Mela in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state,…
Rohingya plight ‘shames us all’: Angelina Jolie
World

Rohingya plight ‘shames us all’: Angelina Jolie

COX’S BAZAR (Reuters) – UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya…
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study
Environment

Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this…
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