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U.N. should not 'interfere' in Rohingya crisis, Myanmar army chief says
Myanmar's powerful army chief said the United Nations has no right to interfere in the sovereignty of his country, a week after U.N. investigators called for him and other top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against the Rohingya. The defiant response is the army ...
Four years of U.S.-led coalition strikes on Syria have produced 3,300 civilian deaths, monitor says
More than 3,000 civilians have been killed in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria since they began four years ago, a monitor said on Sunday. The Washington-led coalition puts the toll at just over 1,000 civilians in both Syria and neighboring ...
Woman stabs five, including newborns, at apparently unlicensed nursery in New York's Queens borough
A woman stabbed five people — including three newborn babies — and then slashed her wrist early Friday inside a New York City home that was apparently being used as an unlicensed neighborhood nursery for new mothers and their children, authorities said. All of the ...
Investigators detail 'crimes of the highest order' by Myanmar against Rohingya
U.N.-backed investigators who examined a bloody crackdown by Myanmar security forces that caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh issued a searing critique Tuesday of the United Nations' response to the rights crisis. In a 432-page report, the members of a ...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi at World Economic Forum defends jailing of two Reuters journalists
Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists had nothing to do with freedom of expression and they can appeal against their seven-year sentences. Suu Kyi, in her first public comment on the case since the two ...
Several armed men attacked the headquarters of the National Oil Corp. (NOC) in the Libyan capital Monday and several blasts could be heard, a witness said. Gunfire could be heard as a security force allied to the Tripoli-based government arrived at the landmark building located ...
German police put an end to march envisioned by far-right as springboard for movement
Police in eastern Germany brought an early close Saturday to an anti-migrant march that far-right activists hoped would launch a nationwide movement to challenge the political establishment, with the fatal stabbing of a German citizen as the catalyst. A trio of nationalist groups held separate ...
Panic in Amsterdam station after double stabbing at train station
Two people were stabbed at Amsterdam's busy Central Station on Friday before the alleged attacker was shot and wounded, Dutch police said. Witnesses described scenes of panic as gunshots rang out and thousands of commuters and tourists were evacuated from the rail terminus shortly after ...
Myanmar rejected Wednesday the findings of a U.N. probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, after the U.S. and other countries joined growing calls for the accused to face justice. Myanmar has come under immense pressure this week over last year's military crackdown ...
Myanmar generals had 'genocidal intent' against Rohingya, must face justice: U.N. report
Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent" and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law, U.N. investigators said Monday. The civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi has ...
Shooting at Florida esports event raises questions over security
A shooting at a video game competition in Florida has left two people dead along with the suspect and prompted calls from gamers for more security at esports tournaments. The gunman opened fire Sunday at the online video game tournament as it was being live-streamed ...
Killings and abductions feed frustration in Syria's rebel-held Idlib
Targeted killings and kidnappings for ransom have for months rattled Syria's Idlib province, with angry residents blaming dominant rebel and jihadi forces for the chaos. Even as the regime says it aims to retake the northwestern province on Turkey's border, its inhabitants are falling victim ...
