Myanmar to Bar Rohingya From Fleeing, but Won’t Address Their Plight

Myanmar to Bar Rohingya From Fleeing, but Won’t Address Their Plight The government of Myanmar says it is determined to stop the departures of migrants fleeing religious persecution in places like this bitterly divided port city, but it will not budge in its refusal to address the conditions driving the exodus across the sea  Tens of thousands of Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic group, fled the country in recent months,

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Jailed for Twitter Terrorism Supporting ISIS and Al Qaeda

Jailed for Twitter Terrorism Supporting ISIS and Al Qaeda American and British counter-terror officers have turned their fire on the keyboard warriors waging jihad from their bedrooms in Western capitals. A teenage boy from the D.C. area and a woman living in South London admitted Thursday in courtrooms 3,000 miles apart that they were “Twitter terrorists”—part of a growing online army that encourages Western citizens

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PM stresses need for trans-border cooperation on water-related issues

PM stresses need for trans-border cooperation on water-related issues Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has stressed the need for preserving water and said it is one of main pre-requisites to succeed in the global march towards a prosperous and sustainable future. Addressing the International Conference on Implementation of International Decade for Action, “Water for Life 2005-2015,” in the capital of Tajikistan on Wednesday, he empha

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Pakistan hangs man who was 15 when convicted

Pakistan hangs man who was 15 when convicted  Pakistan: Pakistan on Wednesday executed a man who was 15 when he was sentenced to death for murder and whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing, in a case that has prompted concern among rights groups and the United Nations. Aftab Bahadur was sentenced to death for killing three people in 1992 and human rights group Reprieve said two witnesses who implicated Bahadur

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Crews battle massive blaze after explosions at fuel depot in Ukraine

Crews battle massive blaze after explosions at fuel depot in Ukraine UKRAINIAN firefighters have battled to save a strategic military unit from a neighbouring fuel depot blaze that has left at least four people dead. More than 1500 National Guard troops worked to seal off the air base near Kiev, which is home to MiG-29 fighter jets as well as bombs and rockets. The blaze began at the underground fuel storage facility at a near

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Egypt court sentences 11 to death over 2012 soccer riot

Egypt court sentences 11 to death over 2012 soccer riot An Egyptian criminal court from the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Tuesday sentenced 11 people to death over a 2012 soccer riot that killed more than 70 people and injured hundreds in what was Egypt's worst soccer disaster to date and one of the world's deadliest. The verdict, read by presiding judge Mohammed el-Said, came at the end of the retrial of 73 defendants in

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In Asia, China’s increasingly assertive acts prompt unity among opponents

In Asia, China’s increasingly assertive acts prompt unity among opponents China is showing itself to be a unifying force in Asia – uniting various countries against Beijing’s increasingly assertive actions in the South China Sea. On Monday, Malaysian officials announced they would register a complaint against a Chinese coast guard ship that ventured into their country’s territorial waters north of Borneo. On Tuesday, Japan an

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