Speaking to bdnews24.com, one Noor Alam said he has been getting “a taste of freedom” in the camps in Bangladesh, in contrast to the state of captivity his people endured in Rakhine State. “The (Myanmar) government officials tell us ‘you’re not from here’. I am a Rohingya, but they call us Bengali,” said the resident of Bolibazar in Maungdaw district.
Theresa May has announced that the UK will suspend the training of Burmese military amid concerns about the treatment of the Muslim Rohingya population. Speaking at the UN general assembly in New York, she said the UK would end all engagement with the Burmese military until military action against civilians in Rakhine state had stopped. The prime minister has been… Read more »
Chaman (Dunya News) – A suicide bomber targeted a vehicle of security forces near Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Balochistan’s Chaman on Monday. According to latest updates from Levies sources, at least one unidentified person has died and 12 others are injured. According to Levies sources, a suicide bomber blew himself as soon as the vehicle of security forces passed by. According to… Read more »
Source: Aljazeera News Government interference with Indians’ internet usage has risen steadily in recent years, leading to fears authorities are attempting to curb free speech, digital advocacy groups say. An increase in internet shutdowns since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014 has raised questions about online rights under his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Government officials ordered 42 internet… Read more »
Source: NYP Team Trump is facing up to the fact that Iran is regularly cheating on the Obama administration’s nuclear deal — even if it’s not yet clear what they’ll do about it. “Iran has already violated parts of the agreement,” National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster noted on Fox News Sunday. “They’re crossing the line at times.” True, he said,… Read more »
BBC The bodies of a teenage Pakistani couple feared murdered in an “honour killing” bear marks suggesting they were electrocuted, police say. Officials exhumed the bodies of Bakht Jan, 15, and her boyfriend Rehman, 17, a month after they were buried. Doctors, police and a magistrate were present at the graveside in Karachi. Post-mortem results are awaited. Police say the… Read more »
Al Jazeera The triple talaq judgement pronounced by the Constitution bench of five judges of the Supreme Court of India has been hailed as “historic” by all concerned. While the operative part of the elaborate ruling comprising of three different and diverse judicial opinions captured in 395 pages is just one line: “By a majority of 3:2 verdict the practice… Read more »
At least 13 people have been killed and many more injured in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, officials say. The attack on Sunday targeted a military vehicle in the district of Nawa, an area that has seen heavy fighting in recent weeks. The victims included both soldiers and civilians, a government spokesman said. It comes… Read more »
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has unanimously passed a resolution calling on the government to consider suspending supply lines to the US-led NATO mission in neighboring Afghanistan in response to recent US accusations that the country is harboring armed groups. “The National Assembly regards President [Donald] Trump’s and General [John] Nicholson’s [the top US military commander in Afghanistan] statements on… Read more »
Aljazeera US Secretary of Defense James Mattis says he has signed orders to send additional soldiers to Afghanistan, without specifying the size of the force. “Yes, I have signed orders but it is not complete. In other words, I have signed some of the (orders for) troops that will go and we are identifying the specific ones,” Mattis told reporters on… Read more »