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Myanmar Buddhists Decry Thai Government's Temple Crackdown
Around 100 Buddhist monks and nationalists in Myanmar staged a protest against Thailand on Friday, denouncing the government of the neighbouring country for its actions against a temple that has defied orders to hand over a wanted monk.
US Hate Incidents Rise Sharply After Trump Win: Records
Soon after Donald Trump's presidential election victory, the number of hate crime incidents in US has increased, as per a report released recently by a civil rights advocacy group - Southern Poverty Law Center.
FBI Refused White House Request to Knock Down Recent Trump-Russia Stories
The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump's associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple US officials briefed on the mat...
Pakistan Army Launches Nationwide Anti-terror Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad
Pakistan army on Wednesday launched nationwide military operation 'Radd-ul-Fasaad' to eliminate terrorists and consolidate gains of counter-terrorism operations made so far, days after a suicide bomber killed 88 people at the Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qa...
Chelsea Clinton, Daughter Attend Muslim Solidarity Rally
The order also put a temporary halt on the acceptance of refugees and an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees.
Bodies of 74 Migrants Found on West Libyan Beach
The bodies of 74 migrants have been found washed up on a beach near the western Libyan city of Zawiya, a Red Crescent spokesman said on Tuesday.
Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin Dies Suddenly
The Russian mission said Churkin dedicated most of his life to diplomatic service standing for his country's interests - more than 40 years in total, of which 20 years he worked as Ambassador to Belgium, Canada. He had been the Permanent Representative of...
Bangladesh Calls for Efforts to Curb Rohingya Influx
Bangladesh's foreign minister called on the international community on Monday to address Myanmar's treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, tens of thousands of whom have fled in recent months to Bangladesh from its mainly Buddhist neighbour.
Oxford University Considers Post-Brexit Foreign Campus in France
In a break from its 700-year-long history, the UK's University of Oxford is considering opening its first-ever foreign campusin France in order to continue receiving EU funding post-Brexit, a media report said on Monday.
Kim Jong Nam Murder case: Airport CCTV Footage Shows Assassination
Security camera footage obtained by Japanese television appears to show a careful and deliberate attack last week on the exiled half brother of North Korea's ruler.
Trump Stumps Sweden With Crime Remark, Says it was Based on TV
: A day after falsely suggesting there was an immigration-related security incident in Sweden, President Donald Trump said on Sunday his comment was based on a television report he had seen.
US Asked to Explain Trump's Swedish 'Crime' Reference in his Speech
The Swedish embassy in Washington has asked the U.S. State Department for an explanation of a comment made by President Donald Trump that suggested there had been some sort of security incident in Sweden on Friday.
At Least 20 Killed, 50 Others Injured in Mogadishu Market Blast
A car bomb blast at a marketplace Somalia's capital has killed at least 20 people and injured 50 others, said a local Somali official.
'Blind Sheikh' Convicted in 1993 World Trade Bombing Dies in US Prison
Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Muslim cleric known as "the blind sheikh" who was convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and of planning a broader "war of urban terrorism" in the United States, died on Saturday in a North Carolina prison, a...
'Malaysia Probe Shows North Korea Regime Behind Kim Jong-Nam Murder'
South Korea said on Sunday it believed the North Korean regime was behind the murder of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
WikiLeaks Says CIA Ordered Spying on French 2012 Election
A seven-page document made public by WikiLeaks purports to show that the US Central Intelligence Agency ordered its spies to gather information on the 2012 French presidential election.