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AP confirms 5 unreported Myanmar mass graves

Thu Feb 1, 2018 10:18:50

The graves are the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like a genocide in Myanmar's western Rakhine state against Rohingya Muslims.

Slovenia likely to recognize state of Palestine

Thu Feb 1, 2018 08:05:28

The Slovenian resolution is binding, tantamount to recognition of Palestinian statehood.

Israelis sue New Zealanders over Lorde boycott

Wed Jan 31, 2018 14:22:43

An Israeli legal "rights group" is suing two New Zealanders it blames for convincing pop singer Lorde to cancel her performance in Israel.

North Korea slams US as 'gross violator of human rights'

Wed Jan 31, 2018 14:14:20

North Korea has denounced US President Donald Trump's administration as a "gross violator of human rights", its state media reported Wednesday.

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:21:51

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, marking a formal reversal of his predecessor's eight-year effort to shut it down.

Trump calls for unity after one year of blunders

Wed Jan 31, 2018 07:57:45

President Donald Trump made a pitch for national unity and strong borders in his maiden State of the Union address Tuesday, calling for "one team, one people, and one American family" after a year plagued by acrimony, division and scandal.

Russia can withstand new sanctions, rating may be upgraded: Moody's

Tue Jan 30, 2018 14:10:29

Russia's economy has gained enough resilience to withstand new Western sanctions and the country's sovereign rating may be upgraded by the end of the year, Kristin Lindow, a senior vice president at Moody's Investor Service, said in an interview.

With tour and White House lunch, Trump presses U.N. envoys on Iran

Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:23:44

The Trump administration escalated efforts to put pressure on Iran on Monday, taking ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council on a field trip to inspect what American officials called remnants of Iranian missiles and other weaponry illegally supplied to Yemen group.

9 mind-blowing facts about the world's richest people

Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:48:57

It may come as no surprise, but the rich are getting richer.

Kosovo farmer names one of his wolves Trump

Tue Jan 30, 2018 09:37:50

When Hysni Rexha from Kosovo finally made his dream happen and took four wolves from the wild to feed and raise them he had no doubts over how to name one of them. He called it Trump.