Asia
Hekmatyar Returns to Kabul Under EU-Backed Deal
Shadi Khan Saif
KABUL (AA): Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of the country’s most feared ex-rebel leader from the 90s-civil war period, arrived in the capital on Thursday under...
Suu Kyi At Odds With EU Over Probe Into Rakhine Situation
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BRUSSELS (IANS) — Visiting Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has snubbed a UN resolution backed by the European Union recommending an international...
How A Two-Week Army Crackdown Reignited Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis – Special Report
It was the latest round of ethnic bloodletting in Myanmar, a majority Buddhist country where the roughly one million Muslim Rohingya are marginalised, often...
An Evolution of Rohingya Persecution in Myanmar: From Strategic Embrace to Genocide
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Are religious doctrinal differences primarily responsible for stoking intercommunal fear and hatred? What roles have state, sub-state, and transnational actors played in fomenting sectarian...
US-led International Alliance Bombings Kill 7,631 In Syria
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday detailed that among the victims were at least 1,256 civilians, including 275 minors and 184 women,...