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UN to discuss Myanmar after Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing' claim

Tue Sep 12, 2017 09:47:15

The United Nations Security Council will hold an urgent meeting to discuss violence barrelling through western Myanmar, after the UN's rights chief warned that "ethnic cleansing" appeared to have driven the flight of over 300,000 Rohingya Muslims from the country.

Human Rights Watch says Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen are war crimes

Tue Sep 12, 2017 09:45:39

Human Rights Watch accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of war crimes on Tuesday, saying its air strikes killed 39 civilians including 26 children in two months.

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.

Iraq’s FM talks to Qatari counterpart amid Arab dispute

Mon Sep 11, 2017 13:17:47

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has held a telephone conversation with his Qatari counterpart, discussing an ongoing dispute between Qatar and a number of other Arab countries, Qatari media say.

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.

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.

U.N. appeals for aid as Myanmar refugee exodus nears 300,000

Sun Sep 10, 2017 13:59:47

The United Nations has appealed for aid to deal with a humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh after the number of Muslim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar neared 300,000, just two weeks after violence erupted there.

Iranian warship turns away U.S. battleship as Persian Gulf tension flares: Tasnim

Sun Sep 10, 2017 12:37:35

A rocket-bearing Iranian military vessel confronted an American battleship in the Persian Gulf and warned it to stay away from a damaged Iranian fishing boat, the Tasnim news agency reported Sunday.

Merkel suggests Iran-style nuclear talks to end North Korea crisis

Sun Sep 10, 2017 09:21:04

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a newspaper she would be prepared to become involved in a diplomatic initiative to end the North Korean nuclear and missiles program, and suggested the Iran nuclear talks could be a model.

Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims: Stateless, Persecuted, Fleeing [Video]

Sat Sep 9, 2017 12:22:18

Rohingya Muslims are once more fleeing in droves into Bangladesh, trying to escape rape and massacre by Myanmar's military.

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