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UN chief: Myanmar Rohingyas are victims of ethnic cleansing

Thu Sep 14, 2017 08:48:32

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that ethnic cleansing is taking place in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and the U.N. Security Council condemned the violence that has led nearly 380,000 Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.

Maduro to accept talks with Venezuela opposition

Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:30:26

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he was prepared to meet the opposition for talks brokered by the Dominican Republic and former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero.

Aid response to Rohingya emergency must be ramped up "massively" - UN

Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:24:50

Aid agencies have to step up operations "massively" in response to the arrival in Bangladesh of about 400,000 refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, and the amount of money needed to help them has risen sharply, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.

Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea

Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:34:05

Egypt’s defence minister, Sedki Sobhi, announced today that his country has cut military ties with North Korea, a report by South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency revealed.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to skip U.N. General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis

Wed Sep 13, 2017 09:26:03

Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly session in New York, a party spokesman said on Wednesday.

Rohingya Muslims injured as Myanmar's military `plant land mines´ - Amnesty

Mon Sep 11, 2017 14:38:30

Myanmar’s military has been accused of planting land mines in the path of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in its western Rakhine state.

Russia sends 175 de-miners to Syria's Deir ezzor: Interfax

Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:56:27

Russia is to send 175 de-mining engineers to defuse mines in Syria’s Deir ezzor, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Monday.

North Korea warns U.S. over sanctions push ahead of U.N. vote

Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:26:30

North Korea warned the United States on Monday that it would pay a “due price” for spearheading efforts for fresh sanctions on the regime following its latest nuclear test, which diplomats say the U.N. Security Council will vote on later in the day.

Iran nuclear inspections double under deal questioned by Trump - bloomberg

Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:32:26

Iran has received nearly two snap nuclear inspections a month and almost double the overall number of visits it had just five years ago, indicating the value of the deal the U.S. and its allies reached in 2015 to disarm the country’s nuclear program.

Rhetoric on Iran deal has hurt US stature: Zarif

Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:08:26

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States’ belligerent rhetoric on a multilateral deal with Iran has impacted other countries’ faith in potentially negotiating with Washington.