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Turkish, Iranian chiefs of staff hold talks in Tehran

Mon Oct 2, 2017 12:59:47

Chief of the General Staff of Turkey Hulusi Akar arrived in Tehran on Monday morning for talks with top Iranian military and political officials.

Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees' return to Myanmar

Mon Oct 2, 2017 10:12:34

Bangladesh opens talks with neighboring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, most of whom have arrived since late August.

Mountains of garbage and despair in India's dirtiest city

Mon Oct 2, 2017 08:38:11

Flies throng over piles of faeces, the drains overflow with sewage and the foul smell in the air is inescapable.

Muslims in China are told to hand over Qurans or face 'harsh punishments'

Sun Oct 1, 2017 13:19:02

Chinese authorities are ordering Muslims in the country to hand over their prayer mats and copies of the Quran or else face punishment, it has been reported.

Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps

Sat Sep 30, 2017 09:32:22

Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh that has grown into one of the world's largest refugee settlements in just weeks.

Amnesty urges UNSC to impose arms embargo on Myanmar

Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:22:50

Amnesty International has called on the United Nations Security Council to spare no efforts to end the brutal crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, suggesting the imposition of a “comprehensive arms embargo” on the Southeast Asian country.

Japan signs deal to help curb Tehran air pollution

Thu Sep 28, 2017 08:35:27

Japan International Cooperation Agency is to provide technical and financial assistance to Iranian officials to curtail air pollution in its sprawling capital Tehran over a four-year period.

Eating leaves to survive in Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" zone

Wed Sep 27, 2017 14:59:15

Along the main road that stretches nearly 40 kilometres north from Maungdaw town in Myanmar's violence-riven Rakhine State, all but one of the villages that were once home to tens of thousands of people have been turned into smouldering ash.

UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya

Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:34:48

The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after some 480,000 fled to Bangladesh over the past month and arrivals continue.

Rohingya toll mounts as Bangladesh hospitals struggle

Tue Sep 26, 2017 14:14:59

With no money even to bury his eight-year-old daughter, Ali Hossain broke down as he recounted her final moments, the latest Rohingya refugee to die in Bangladesh as fears mount over outbreaks of disease.

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