Rohingya crisis: Myanmar postpones diplomats’ Rakhine visit 2 hours ago(Sep. 28, 2017) Myanmar’s authorities have postponed a visit by UN officials and diplomats to Rakhine state, which has seen a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims. A UN spokesman in Yangon initially told the BBC no reason was given, but later said it was due to bad weather. The spokesman said… Read more »
The Rohingya crisis: Why won’t Aung San Suu Kyi act? By Fergal KeaneBBC News 8 September 2017 She was the perfect symbol of democracy. Highly intelligent, well-read, articulate and photogenic. Set against this, the thuggish Burmese generals could never hope to capture the good opinion of the international media. Not that they ever cared to try. Those of us who… Read more »
Myanmar: What sparked latest violence in Rakhine? 19 September 2017 A fresh outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya civilians to flee to Bangladesh. The exodus began on 25 August after Rohingya militants attacked police posts, killing 12 members of the security forces. Those attacks led to a security crackdown. Myanmar’s military says… Read more »
source: BBC News North Korea nuclear crisis: Putin calls sanctions useless Russian President Vladimir Putin has said pursuing further sanctions against North Korea is “useless”, saying “they’d rather eat grass than give up their nuclear programme”. The US said on Monday it would table a new UN resolution on tougher sanctions in the wake of the latest test of a… Read more »