Myanmar corrects state media report on U.N. ‘agreement’ to help house refugees
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – A Myanmar state-run newspaper on Saturday corrected a report that a U.N. settlement program, UN-Habitat, had agreed to help build housing for people fleeing violence in the west of the country, where an army operation has displaced hundreds of thousands. The development underscores tension between Myanmar and the United Nations, which in […]
India and the US ask Pak to dismantle terror infrastructure
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) In a blunt message, India and the United States today asked Pakistan to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure operating from its soil, asserting that terror havens inside that country would not be tolerated. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, after holding wide-ranging talks here, said Islamabad […]
‘World is a dangerous place’: US prepares to put B-52 nuclear bombers on high alert
23 Oct, 2017 The US Air Force is renovating Cold War-era launch pads as it prepares to put its strategic bombers on constant 24-hour alert to engage in potential nuclear conflict for the first time since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. “The world is a dangerous place and we’ve got folks that are talking […]
Iraqi PM slams Tillerson’s remarks on Hashd al-Sha’abi
Mon Oct 23, 2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s media office has criticized meddlesome comments made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding the country’s Popular Mobilization Units or Hashd al-Sha’abi. “No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters,” Abadi’s media office said in a statement on Monday, citing a source close to […]
Israel sold arms to Myanmar during violence against Rohingya: Israeli report
Mon Oct 23, 2017 The Israeli regime has continued to sell advanced weaponry worth tens of millions of dollars to Myanmar even after a deadly government-sanctioned military campaign against Rohingya civilians in the Southeast Asian country came to light, an Israeli report has revealed. Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Monday that Tel Aviv supplied “Super-Dvora MK III” […]
Afghan situation in focus as President Ghani, US Secretary of State Tillerson arrive
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The spurt in violence in Afghanistan, including an attack on an army base in Kandahar, and redevelopment efforts in the war-torn country will find focus as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrives here on a daylong visit, coinciding with the arrival of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who flies in […]
Pakistan Finance Minister appears before accountability court
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday appeared before an accountability court for the seventh time as his trial resumed in a case filed against him by the anti-graft National Accountability Bureau. The NAB prosecution has presented two new witnesses against the minister, Dawn news reported. Abdul Rehman Gondal, the branch […]
Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan elected to UN Human Rights Council
United Nations, Oct 17 (IANS) Three of India’s neighbours, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for a three year period from 2018. Nepal, which was elected for the first time since the UN’s policy-making body was formed in 2006, secured 166 votes, the highest in the Asia-Pacific […]
Nearly 300 Rohingya villages torched in Myanmar: HRW
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 17 : The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said nearly 300 Rohingya villages have been torched in Myanmar since the current spate of violence began in late August. The rights group used satellite images to identify 288 partially or completely burned villages in Rakhine state, where tens of thousands of […]
Taliban attacks leave 50 dead, 200 injured in two Afghan provinces
Tue Oct 17, 2017 The Taliban militants have launched coordinated attacks on police forces in two neighboring provinces in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 200 others injured. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the militants with explosives-laden vehicles had initially attacked a police training center […]
