Lebanon to complain to UN over Israeli jets, spy device
Mon Sep 11, 2017 Lebanon plans to file a complaint with the United Nations against Israel for planting spy devices and violating the country’s airspace. The Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon’s airspace on Sunday, flying at a low altitude and breaking the sonic barrier above the country’s third city of Sidon and Palestinian refugee camps in the […]
China downplays Indian Army Chief’s war remarks
Beijing, Sep 7 (IANS) China on Thursday played down the Indian Army Chief’s war remarks and wondered whether his comments represented the view of the Indian government. Reacting to Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s remarks that India should be prepared for a two-front war, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said: “We don’t know […]
New Myanmar fires in empty Rohingya village raise questions
AP 7 September 2017 BANGKOK (AP) — Journalists saw new fires burning Thursday in a Myanmar village that had been abandoned by Rohingya Muslims, and pages ripped from Islamic texts that were left on the ground. That intensifies doubts about government claims that members of the persecuted minority have been destroying their own homes. About two […]
‘Israeli jets hit Syria’s Masyaf chemical site’ – reports
7 September 2017 The Syrian army says Israeli jets have attacked a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a suspected chemical weapons site. A statement said rockets fired from Lebanese airspace hit the site near Masyaf, killing two soldiers. Arab media and a monitoring group reported that […]
Petition urges stripping Suu Kyi’s of Nobel prize over crimes against Rohingyas
Thu Sep 7, 2017 Peace activists have launched an international campaign calling on Nobel Peace Prize Committee to take back its 1991 prize to Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi over her complicity in what is viewed as the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in the country. The petition launched at change.org has already been […]
Myanmar laying landmines on Bangladesh border: reports
Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, according to reports citing two government sources in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. The sources say the purpose may be to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslimsfleeing the violence. Bangladesh will on Wednesday formally lodge a protest against the laying of […]
Myanmar’s Rohingya suffered for years, need lasting solution: Turkey
6 September 2017 BAKU (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister called on Wednesday for a lasting solution to the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims who he said had been living for years in “open prisons”, ahead of his visit to neighbouring Bangladesh to discuss the crisis. President Tayyip Erdogan, who leads Turkey’s Islamist-rooted AK Party, has […]
US using N Korea to maintain military presence around China: Analyst
Wed Sep 6, 2017 The United States has used the North Korean nuclear program as a pretext to maintain its military presence around China, says a political analyst. Mike Billington, editor with the Executive Intelligence Review, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday when asked about new provocative remarks by US […]
Nearly 400 die as Myanmar army cracks down on Rohingya Muslims
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Thousands of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims are fleeing to Bangladesh following a campaign of arson and killings by the army in the Buddhist-majority nation. The recent deadliest violence in Myanmar’s northwest has so far claimed nearly 400 lives, with the army claiming it is conducting clearance operations against “extremist terrorists”. Around 38,000 Rohingya […]
World could run out of food in 10 years
1 Sep, 2017 The world could be facing a food shortage in just 10 years, according to an agricultural data technology company. Gro Intelligence founder and chief executive Sara Menker says previous calculations about food supply have focused on mass and weight, not nutritional value – and this is where things become problematic. Previously the […]
