BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The Associated Press has confirmed more than five previously unreported mass graves in the Myanmar village of Gu Dar Pyin through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos. The Myanmar government regularly claims massacres like Gu ... Read More »
Taliban active in 70% of Afghanistan, study finds
WASHINGTON: The Taliban are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan’s districts, fully controlling 4 percent of the country and demonstrating an open physical presence in another 66 percent, according to a BBC study published on Tuesday. The BBC estimate, which it said was based on conversations with more than ... Read More »
Trump grants 7,000 Syrian immigrants right to stay in US as civil war rages
Administration had previously revoked special status for Haitians and El Salvadorians The Trump administration will allow thousands of Syrians to remain in America for at least 18 months. In extending Temporary Protected Status to some 7,000 Syrians currently in the US, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that war-convulsed ... Read More »
John Kerry predicts Trump administration ‘won’t last the year,’ according to report
The former Secretary of State also reportedly hinted at a run for president Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly said he believes President Donald Trump will not make it another year in office. Mr Kerry recently met with Hussein Agha, a close associate of Palestinian President ... Read More »
North Korea calls for reunification ‘breakthrough’ with South Korea
Announcement is another sign of eased relations between Pyongyang and Seoul North Korea issued a rare announcement asking all Koreans to work towards a “breakthrough” in efforts to reunify with the South. The call from Pyongyang continued a thaw in relations following months of mounting tension on the Korean Peninsula. It ... Read More »
Donald Trump: ‘I’m looking forward’ to speaking under oath to Russia inquiry
Trump says he is willing to talk with Robert Mueller in investigation into Russian interference in 2016 election Donald Trump said late Wednesday that he would be willing to speak to the special counsel office’s under oath, adding that he was “looking forward” to talking with Robert Mueller, who ... Read More »
Kabul attack latest: 14 foreign nationals and four Afghans dead after Taliban assault on Intercontinental Hotel
Most of the foreigners worked for a private Afghan airline, says interior ministry Fourteen foreign nationals and four Afghans were killed when the Taliban attacked Kabul‘s Intercontinental Hotel overnight on Saturday, Afghanistan’s interior ministry said. The number of casualties is expected to rise following a 13-hour siege that ended on ... Read More »
Emmanuel Macron expected to be guest of honour at Donald Trump’s first state dinner – in snub to Theresa May
Theresa May appears to have been snubbed by Donald Trump, amid reports that the White House is preparing to announce that their first guest for a state visit will be the French president, Emmanuel Macron. Two diplomatic sources told CNN that the announcement was expected to come this week, ... Read More »
Joy and hope in Liberia as Weah is sworn in
MONROVIA: To the cheers of a crowd fired by his promise to bring them jobs and prosperity, former football star George Weah was sworn in as president of Liberia on Monday, completing the country’s first transition between democratically-elected leaders since 1944. Weah, 51, took over from Nobel laureate ... Read More »
US forcing Beijing to accelerate South China Sea deployments, People’s Daily says
BEIJING: China’s top newspaper, decrying Washington as a trouble-maker, said on Monday US moves in the South China Sea like last week’s freedom of navigation operation will only cause China to strengthen its deployments in the disputed waterway. China’s foreign ministry said the USS Hopper destroyer came within 12 nautical ... Read More »