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Iran attends 13th World Islamic Economic Forum

Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:57:04

The 13th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) kicked off Tuesday with the participation of Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi in Kuching, Malaysia.

Myanmar treatment of Rohingya called apartheid: Amnesty

Tue Nov 21, 2017 09:50:32

Myanmar has subjected Rohingya Muslims to long-term discrimination and persecution that amounts to "dehumanizing apartheid," Amnesty International said Tuesday in a report that raises questions about what those who have fled a violent military crackdown would face if they returned home.

China says will work with North Korea to boost ties as envoy visits

Sat Nov 18, 2017 08:04:57

Traditional friendship between China and North Korea represents "valuable wealth" for their people, China said after its special envoy met a high-ranking North Korean official, but there was no mention of the crisis over North Korea's weapons.

Human Rights Watch accuses Myanmar military of widespread rape

Thu Nov 16, 2017 08:50:33

Human Rights Watch accused Myanmar security forces on Thursday of committing widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the past three months against Rohingya Muslims in the country's Rakhine state.

China says Catalonia situation shows Taiwan independence effort doomed to fail

Wed Nov 15, 2017 08:31:08

The failure of Catalonia's effort to declare independence shows that Taiwan independence is also doomed to fail as national unity is paramount for all countries, a Chinese official said on Wednesday.

Violence against Rohingya is WORSE than ISIS, filmmaker reveals

Tue Nov 14, 2017 13:58:37

The journalist who has previously reported on Isis in Syria has claimed a massacre carried out against Rohingya Muslims is even worse after uncovering evidence of the murder of infants.

Suspected Indonesian radicals burn down police complex

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:47:08

Indonesian police shot dead two men suspected of burning down a police station complex in a [Takfiri]-inspired attack after they fired at them with bows and arrows, officials said on Monday.

Rohingya massacre: Accounts of rape, burning children and murder

Mon Nov 13, 2017 09:12:05

Discarded and left for dead, Mumtaz says she found herself on top of a mound of charred, entangled bodies.

Trump says N.Korea's Kim leader insulted him by calling him 'old'

Sun Nov 12, 2017 10:57:17

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet that North Korea's Leader Kim Jong Un had insulted him by calling him "old" and said he would never call Kim "short and fat."

Delhi smog shortening lives, say doctors as hospitals fill up

Sun Nov 12, 2017 10:45:35

In the emergency ward of a Delhi hospital, men and women gasp for breath as they wait to be treated for symptoms triggered by the choking blanket of smog that descended on the Indian capital this week.

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