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Arson attacks push thousands more Rohingya from Myanmar

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Arson attacks push thousands more Rohingya from Myanmar

Myanmar blames armed Rohingya group for burning homes in Rakhine, but survivors pin responsibility on soldiers.   Myanmar officials blamed a Rohingya armed group for the mass torching of homes [Bernat Armangue/AP] More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s restive northwest in the last week, as tens of thousands […]

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Moon, Trump agree to build up missile deterrence, bring N. Korea back to dialogue

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Moon, Trump agree to build up missile deterrence, bring N. Korea back to dialogue

The leaders of South Korea and the United States have agreed to enhance Seoul’s deterrence against North Korea by increasing its missile capabilities, but also reaffirmed the need to bring the communist state back to the dialogue table, Seoul’s presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said Saturday. The agreement came in a telephone conversation between South […]

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Condemning violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, UN chief urges restraint

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Condemning violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, UN chief urges restraint

Kyein Ni Pyin camp, Pauktaw Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo: OCHA/Htet Htet Oo 1 September 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged restraint and calm in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, cautioning that the situation may otherwise lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. In a statement from his spokesperson, the Secretary-General expressed deep concern about reported violence since […]

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Storm Harvey: Trump seeks $7.8bn for flood recove(BBC)

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Storm Harvey: Trump seeks $7.8bn for flood recove(BBC)

Media captionFlood victims have been returning to inspect the damage US President Donald Trump has asked Congress for $7.8bn (£6bn) as an initial payment to help with recovery efforts following flooding in Texas and Louisiana. Officials say there will be further requests for funds when the full impact of Hurricane Harvey becomes known. Some residents […]

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Mother murders teenage boy in suspected revenge killing for 6-year-old daughter’s rape

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Mother murders teenage boy in suspected revenge killing for 6-year-old daughter’s rape

 Connie Serbu called police herself after the attack and admitted shooting 18-year-old Xavier Sierra A woman from Florida has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a teenager who she allegedly lured into a wood and shot dead because she suspected him of raping her young daughter several years previously. Connie Serbu, a […]

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China accuses Japan of ‘exaggerating’ threats amid record $48bn defense budget request

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China accuses Japan of ‘exaggerating’ threats amid record $48bn defense budget request

A Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) soldier takes part in a drill to mobilize their Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in response to a recent missile launch by North Korea © Issei Kato / Reuters China has accused Tokyo of “exaggerating” the threats it faces, urging it to explain its “true intentions” behind boosting military […]

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Somaliland:Exclusive interview with Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo on the frankincense economy and on being an American working in Somaliland

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Somaliland:Exclusive interview with Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo on the frankincense economy and on being an American working in Somaliland

Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo Horndiplomat- Exclusive interview with Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, Ph.D.,Resident Research Scholar REDSEA Cultural Center, Hargeysa. Research Scholar, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security, University of Vermont and Project Director, Conserve Cal Madow; Frankincense Systems Analysis. A former Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies at St. Michael’s College. Previously she was a Senior Jeffords Fellow […]

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Nasa supporters celebrate Supreme Court decision

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Nasa supporters celebrate Supreme Court decision

A Nasa supporter in Karen, Nairobi, on September 1, 2017 expresses her happiness with the Supreme Court’s decision to nullify Mr Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory. PHOTO | RAPHAEL NJOROGE Opposition supporters in different parts of the country on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to annul Mr Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in last month’s presidential election. National […]

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US security services to search Russian consulate in San Francisco on Saturday – Moscow

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US security services to search Russian consulate in San Francisco on Saturday – Moscow

© Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Russia’s foreign ministry has said US security services intend to conduct searches in the building of the Russian consulate in San Francisco on September 2. “Alongside the yet another raid on expensive objects of Russian state property, which [the US] have blocked and are now persistently offering us to […]

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Kurdish-led, US-backed group says its fighters have taken full control of the Old City in Raqqa after clashes with ISIL.

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Kurdish-led, US-backed group says its fighters have taken full control of the Old City in Raqqa after clashes with ISIL.

The SDF’s fighters first broke into Raqqa in early June and penetrated its Old City a month later [File: Reuters] US-backed fighters in Syria say they have removed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) from Raqqa’s Old City, bringing them closer than ever to the armed group’s most well-defended […]

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