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  • The Cost of Escalating Violence in Afghanistan

    five Taliban suicide bombers attacked the Intercontinental Hotel, killing at least 22 people, mostly foreigners Some have even called for the execution of Taliban prisoners; government officials saidthey were considering In principle, and notwithstanding President Trump’s 29 January remarks, top U.S. officials say the new Defense Department officials reported in late January, with data from October 2017, that more territory political-civil front, including parts of the leadership and representatives in the Doha political office

  • Myanmar security forces 'fire on fleeing Rohingya' as violence scorches Rakhine

    fleeing northern Rakhine State for Bangladesh on Saturday, according to an AFP reporter and a border official Violence has left at least 92 dead since Friday, according to an official toll, and forced thousands Bangladesh's foreign ministry summoned Myanmar's charge d'affaires and expressed "serious concern" at The fightback has seen at least 77 Rohingya militants killed, according to the office of Myanmar's de-facto

  • From Cyprus to Syria: Turkey’s Continued Invasions

    The Turkish military code-named the invasion “Operation Attila,” named after Attila the Hun (reigned According to the official website of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Cyprus has never been We will break the arms and legs of officials, of the Prime Minister [Alexis Tsipras] and any minister

  • Top Five International Religious Freedom Stories of 2017

    Governor Brownback’s nomination was generally well received though ultimately the Senate Committee on Foreign Rohingya Muslims have lived in Myanmar for generations but are regarded by many in the country as foreigners

  • OIC human rights delegation urges Myanmar government to end violence against Rohingya population

    findings with concrete recommendations will be presented to the 45th session of the OIC Council of Foreign

  • China Backs Myanmar at UN Security Council

    The UK requested the meeting on Myanmar days after the violence broke out: “A lot of us are hugely supportive In February, the UN’s human rights office accused the military of mass killings and rape of Muslims in Senior military officials denied attacking villagers and said troops were deployed to protect police In April, during his official visit to Beijing, Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw signed an agreement with Beijing officials also recently invited ethnic Arakanese politicians to China. One of them was Dr.

  • Egypt: Egypt to Throw Out Term Limits to Keep Sissi in Power

    (Egyptian Presidency Media Office/AP) By Sudarsan Raghavan February 13 at 7:58 AM CAIRO — Egypt’s parliament could vote as early as Thursday to ensure that President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi remains in office long

  • Myanmar Army Deployed in Maungdaw

    ANP leaders initially approached the office of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for a meeting. The ANP then turned to the military and the seven-member delegation marched to the offices of Snr-Gen ANP lawmaker U Pe Than, who represents Myebon Township in the Lower House, told The Irrawaddy: “We’ve officially notes the “increased likelihood of civil unrest” and the possibility of demonstrations at aid agency offices weeks ago, an intelligence source in Asia told The Irrawaddy some 300 Muslim Rohingya were undergoing foreign-funded

  • Revealed: In 1939, China Planned to Settle Persecuted European Jews in Remote Part of Country

    communities already living in Shanghai in other places.In addition to the humanitarian consideration, Chinese officials They decided to designate an area close to the southwestern border, appoint an official committee to The plan stipulated that the policy toward Jews of foreign nationality would depend on their citizenship Those who wish to be naturalized would have to fulfill the official criteria required of any foreigner The foreign ministry raised the fear that the Jews would in time ask for autonomy or self-determination

  • Weaponising Transparency: Defence Procurement Reform as a Counterterrorism Strategy in Nigeria

    Former military chiefs have stolen as much as US $15 billion – a sum equivalent to half of Nigeria's foreign As one Nigerian Army officer put it, the "selection of officials [both civilian and military] is done Over time individual officers and soldiers have come to prioritise their own personal wellbeing - or Civil society, meanwhile, ranks the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) among those security In September 2016, military soldiers and officers of the State Security Services allegedly stripped and

  • Argentina 'dirty war' killer gets house arrest

    An 88-year-old former police officer serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity committed during The former police officer was transferred early Friday to his family's residence in Mar del Plata. Activists and leftist militants protested outside the mayor's office under a sign saying: "Common prison The official number of dissidents killed during the dictatorship is 7,000, but human rights groups put

  • Burmese Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi Has Turned Into an Apologist for Genocide Against Muslim

    Her office accused Rohingya women of fabricating stories of sexual violence and put the words “fake rape ” — in the form of a banner headline, no less — on its official website. A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry — also controlled directly by Aung San Suu Kyi — dismissed “made-up

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