UN: Myanmar attacks a deliberate strategy to expel Rohingya
GENEVA (AP) — A report by the U.N. human rights office says attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar point to a strategy to instill “widespread fear and trauma” and prevent them from ever returning to their homes. The report released Wednesday is based on 65 interviews conducted in mid-September with Rohingya, individually and in groups, […]
‘Congress, Trump not seeing eye-to-eye on Iran nuclear deal’
Tue Oct 10, 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again confirmed that Iran is sticking with the terms of its nuclear deal with the P5+1 group that has recently become the subject of much controversy on the world stage. IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano has told a nuclear conference in the Italian capital […]
NAB team to collect evidence of Sharif properties from London
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team is likely to leave for London to collect evidence of properties belonging to ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, the media reported on Tuesday. An official source told Dawn news that the bureau was sending its team in pursuance of the letters it had […]
Rights group condemns Myanmar Army over aid blockade
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 10 : human rights group on Tuesday condemned the Myanmar Army for blocking humanitarian aid to Rohingya villages in the violence-ridden Rakhine state. Many of the villages near Buthidaung municipality in Rakhine state have not received humanitarian assistance since the military crackdown in late August, the Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) […]
Armenia prime minister in Iran for talks
Mon Oct 9, 2017 Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has travelled to the Iranian capital for talks with Iranian officials. Karapetyan reached Tehran on Monday at the head of a delegation, and was received by Iran’s First Vice President Is’haq Jahangiri. The officials then joined a first round of bilateral meeting, and Karapetyan’s accompanying delegation […]
Rohingya rebels ‘ready for talks with Myanmar’
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), classified as a terrorist organisation by the Myanmar authorities, on Saturday said they are open to talks with the government. ARSA rebels were behind an attack on multiple government posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine region in late August, that led to an ongoing military offensive in the region and resulted […]
UN defends global slavery data against India claim
Sat Oct 7, 2017 The United Nations has defended its new global assessments on slavery, rejecting claims by India’s intelligence agency that the estimates in the report taint the Asian state’s “image and exports.” The report on global slavery was prepared and released last month by UN bodies — the International Labor Organization (ILO) and […]
Iran president: 10 Trumps can’t roll back nuke deal benefits
Tehran, Oct 7 (AP) Iran’s president is defending the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, saying not even 10 Donald Trumps can roll back its benefits to his country. Hassan Rouhani’s comments today come as President Donald Trump appears to be stepping back from his campaign pledge to rip up the deal, instead aiming to take […]
Militants use sexual violence as weapon of war in CAR: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) have used rape and sexual slavery as a weapon of war in the conflict gripping the country. In a report published on Thursday, the New York-based rights group documented 305 cases of rape and sexual slavery carried out against 296 women and girls from […]
Former President Karzai slams ‘US new policy’ on Afghanistan
Thu Oct 5, 2017 Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lambasted the United States’ new policy toward his country, saying it carries a “message of war and bloodshed” in the region. Karzai made the remarks in an interview with the BBC Urdu on Wednesday, adding he believed that Washington’s new policy “has some hidden conspiracy […]
