Myanmar’s military and government are stepping up efforts to tackle chaos in northern Rakhine state and deter further attacks by militant Rohingya Muslims who sparked another round of deadly violence last week with armed assaults on 30 police outposts. Militants from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), which the government has declared a terrorist group, […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A North Korean missile fired over Japan Tuesday was denounced by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a “most serious and grave” threat. The missile was fired just before 6 a.m. in Japan. The launch set off warnings in the northern part of the country urging people to seek shelter. The unidentified […]
Indian police on Monday had not identified members of a mob that allegedly killed two Muslim teenagers who were believed to be transporting cows in West Bengal state a day earlier, an official said. A mob allegedly killed Anwar Hussain and Hafizul Sheikh, both 19, after finding live cattle in the duo’s pick-up truck in […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Lebanon will celebrate full liberation of the eastern part of the country on Syrian border and returning of security and stability to the area, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said. Aoun made the remarks Saturday, August 26 in a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of establishing General Directorate of General Security of Lebanon. […]
As many as 29 people were killed in clashes outside a court in Panchkula city in the northern Indian state of Haryana after popular religious leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of rape, local media reported on Friday. New Delhi (Sputnik) —Riots erupted minutes after controversial godman Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of rape […]
At least 71 people, including 12 Myanmar government troops, were killed when militants claiming to fight for the political rights of the oppressed Rohingya Muslims staged attacks on more than two dozen border posts in northern Rakhine State, triggering a new wave of refugees to Bangladesh, officials said Friday. It was the deadliest single-day toll […]
Almost 40 people have been killed in weeks-long fighting between Islamic State-linked militants and the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group that signed a peace deal with the government, officials said Thursday. Von al Haq, military chief of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said clashes and running gun battles have occurred in marshland areas near […]
Cambodia’s Ministry of Information on Thursday rejected suggestions that it is targeting Radio Free Asia and Voice of America following its decision to suspend the operations of several independent radio stations that relayed news content from the two U.S. media outlets deemed critical of the government. On Wednesday, the ministry ordered radio stations Women’s Media […]
