WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The Biden administration has asked refugee aid organisations to prepare to receive and resettle as many as 50,000 Afghans evacuated under a…
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UN Security Council discussing condemnation of Taleban
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The UN Security Council is discussing a draft statement that would condemn Taleban attacks on cities and towns causing high civilian…
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Myanmar rebel group suspends key leader in massacre investigation
BANGKOK (AFP) – A prominent ethnic rebel group in Myanmar suspended one of its key leaders this week, a spokesman said Saturday (July 10), as…
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Myanmar ethnic group pledges to investigate alleged killing of 25 labourers
YANGON (REUTERS) – A Myanmar ethnic political group that has been fighting the army in the east of the country has pledged to investigate allegations…
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New fighting in east Myanmar displaces around 100,000: UN
YANGON (AFP) – An estimated 100,000 people have been displaced by new fighting between Myanmar’s military and rebel groups in the east of the coup-stricken…
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Rebel groups see opportunity in post-coup Myanmar
MAE HONG SON, THAILAND (AFP) – The coup in Myanmar has opened an unexpected window of opportunity for the country’s various ethnic rebel outfits, which…
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No peace in Syria, after first uprising spiralled into war
BEIRUT (AFP) – After a decade of unfathomable violence and human tragedy that has made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, the…
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Iraq's ancient Christian community, decimated by violence, fear
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Some fled after the United States-led invasion, others during sectarian bloodshed and more following extremist attacks. Iraq’s last two violent decades have…
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Sri Lanka to conduct investigation into war crime allegations
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka will conduct an investigation into allegations its troops committed war crimes during a conflict with Tamil separatists, it said on…
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Airports near Ethiopia's Tigray state attacked with rockets, government says
ADDIS ABABA (REUTERS) – Two airports in Ethiopia’s Amhara state which neighbours Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire…
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Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan on Thursday (Aug 6) marks 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling…
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Former Nazi camp guard, 93, faces German court decision
BERLIN (AFP) – The prosecution’s closing arguments will be heard on Monday (July 6) in the trial of a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard…
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Venezuela government says it foils attempted mercenary 'incursion'
CARACAS (REUTERS) – Venezuela’s government said it foiled a marine incursion on Sunday (May 3) by “terrorist mercenaries” who attempted to enter the country on…
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Coronavirus pandemic poses big challenges for UN peacekeeping operations
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – With 110,000 peacekeepers deployed in more than a dozen countries around a world now ravaged by the coronavirus, the United Nations…
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