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More than 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials slain since Taliban takeover: UN chief
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The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed.

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Food being used as weapon of war in Yemen: WFP
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"Yemen is on the brink of famine. Cholera is compounding a dramatic food crisis. Food is being used as a weapon of war," Elisabeth Rasmussen said at a conference on aid to Yemen
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Myanmar Disaster Marks Death of Nobel Peace Prize: Iran Leader
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Iran leader said the disaster in Myanmar, which is blamed on the ‘cruel’ Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, marks the death of this international prize.
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Trump ends CIA program to arm, train Syrian rebels
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The Trump administration has decided to end the CIA’s years-long covert program to arm and train what they call Syrian moderate opposition, militants fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Trump ‘Cozying Up to Gulf Despots Blamed for Deaths in Bahrain
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Human Rights Watch issued a statement following Tuesday’s raid in Diraz, saying that the timing of the operation, two days after Trump’s friendly meeting, “can hardly be a coincidence.”

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Why international laws matter

Two Indian citizens have recently been victims of the violation of international law by men in uniform but officials of the government of India, and the nation at large, seem to be fighting only for the rights of one

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May 24, 2017
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UN body aghast at Saudi move to demolish ancient town

“The area is of importance not only to local people and the entire cultural landscape of Awamiya, but also has national significance for the history and cultural heritage of Saudi Arabia,” said the UN Special Rapporteur

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TANS

May 12, 2017
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Nigeria's Amina Mohammed sworn in as Deputy UN Secretary-General

Nigeria’s former Minister for Environment, Amina Mohammed, has been officially sworn in as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations at the headquarters in New York.

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TANS

Mar 01, 2017
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Indian students rally after woman threatened with rape

A day after nationalist group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held its ‘Tiranga’ march in the Indian national capital, hundreds of students and teachers from Delhi University

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TANS

Feb 28, 2017
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ASEAN and the Rohingya Crisis

The worsening plight of Muslim Rohingya communities in Myanmar’s Rakhine state could soon imperil the country’s government, as well as the reputation of its leader, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Southeast Asia

TANS

Feb 02, 2017
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Bahrain executes 3 pro democracy activists

Maya Foa, the director of the death penalty team at Reprieve, said: “It is nothing short of an outrage and a disgraceful breach of international law that Bahrain has gone ahead with these executions.

West Asia

TANS

Jan 19, 2017
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Britain admits selling 500 cluster bombs to Saudi

The United Kingdom exported 500 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s which the country used in its war on Yemen, an official report shows.The UK delivered 500 BL755 cluster munitions under a government.

West Asia

TANS

Jan 11, 2017
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Saudi's 'used outlawed cluster bombs' in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen used banned cluster bombs in attacks near two schools this month, Human Rights Watch said.The watchdog said that the alliance fired Brazilian-made rockets.

West Asia

TANS

Dec 24, 2016
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Rohingya man killed after speaking to media

The headless body of a Muslim villager has been found days after he spoke to reporters on a rare government-guided media tour of restive northern Rakhine State, Myanmar police said on Friday.

Southeast Asia

TANS

Dec 24, 2016
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Leading Bahrain activist questioned over Le Monde article

“I am writing from a prison in Bahrain where I expect to be tried for criticizing the bombing of Yemen and for revealing the torture committed in the prisons of my country. For that I risk 15 years in prison"

West Asia

TANS

Dec 23, 2016
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These Plucky Afghan Women Share A Taste Of Their Land

When Mariam ran, into a stranger's home in Kabul to escape the Taliban, she did not imagine that one day she would be walking the streets where no one cared if she covered her hair.

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TANS

Nov 27, 2016

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