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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.

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.

Iraqi Parliament rejects Kurdish independence vote

Wed Sep 13, 2017 08:11:02

Iraq’s parliament voted on Tuesday to reject a Kurdish region independence referendum planned for Sept. 25, authorizing the prime minister to take all measures to preserve Iraq’s unity, a lawmaker said.

Russia says Syria government controls 85 percent of country

Tue Sep 12, 2017 13:31:32

Russia's military says Syrian troops have liberated about 85 percent of the war-torn country' territory from militants.

Bangladesh´s leader visits Rohingya refugees

Tue Sep 12, 2017 13:20:25

The Bangladeshi prime minister has visited a struggling refugee camp that has absorbed some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled recent violence in Burma – a crisis she said left her speechless.

Argentineans hold protest against Netanyahu’s visit

Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:59:33

People in Argentina have been holding anti-Israeli protests as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Latin American country.

US Supreme Court restores Trump’s travel ban barring 24K refugees

Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:39:44

The US Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily lift restrictions on the administration’s travel ban, blocking an opportunity for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the US.

Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads

Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:02:22

Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of all state residents without power and city streets underwater from Orlando and Jacksonville into coastal Georgia and South Carolina.

Iran abiding by nuclear-related commitments under JCPOA: IAEA

Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:45:32

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again confirmed that Iran has lived up to its commitments under the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement it signed with the P5+1 group of countries.

Ayatollah Khamenei urges action against Myanmar govt. over Rohyngya Muslims

Tue Sep 12, 2017 09:49:34

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Islamic governments to exert political and economic pressure on Myanmar’s government to make it stop a deadly crackdown on minority Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country.

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