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US seeks Kim Jong-un asset freeze

US seeks Kim Jong-un asset freeze

-- 2017-09-07 11:52:31

The US has proposed a range of new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, including an oil ban and a freeze on leader Kim Jong-un's assets.   The draft resolution circulated to the Secur...

Indian journalist shot dead at her residence

Indian journalist shot dead at her residence

BBC 2017-09-06 12:00:00

A prominent Indian journalist critical of Hindu nationalist politics has been shot dead in the south-western state of Karnataka, police say.   Gauri Lankesh, 55, was found lying in a pool of bl...

Suu Kyi silent on anti-Rohingya pogrom

Suu Kyi silent on anti-Rohingya pogrom

Reuters 2017-09-06 12:00:00

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday blamed "terrorists" for "a huge iceberg of misinformation" on the violence in Rakhine state but made no mention of the nearly 126,000 Rohingya Muslims who have...

India to grant gratis visa to Myanmarese: Modi

India to grant gratis visa to Myanmarese: Modi

-- 2017-09-06 12:00:00

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that his country will grant gratis visa to Myanmarese citizens wanting to visit the country, reports timesofindia.indiatimes.com.   Mo...

N Korea warns of 'gift packages' for US

N Korea warns of 'gift packages' for US

-- 2017-09-06 11:31:40

A top North Korean diplomat on Tuesday warned that his country is ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States as world powers struggled for a response to Pyongyang’s late...

Gulf home help market goes online

Gulf home help market goes online

-- 2017-09-05 12:34:34

Widespread criticism over the Gulf’s treatment of its migrant workers has generated an online market for buying and selling domestic help, according to BBC. Oil-rich Gulf countries are notoriou...

Rohingya crisis: UN identifies 35,000 new arrivals

Rohingya crisis: UN identifies 35,000 new arrivals

-- 2017-09-05 06:01:04

The UN has identified more than 35,000 new Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, says a report on BBC.      With this, more than 123,000 Rohingya are now said to have...

Nearly 0.125m Rohingyas flee Myanmar violence

Nearly 0.125m Rohingyas flee Myanmar violence

Reuters 2017-09-05 03:19:52

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to stop violence against Rohingya Muslims after nearly...

90,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh

90,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh

Reuters 2017-09-04 12:00:00

    Nearly 90,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of tho...

San Suu Kyi 'must step in': UN official on human rights

San Suu Kyi 'must step in': UN official on human rights

-- 2017-09-04 08:18:02

The UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has criticised the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, for failing to protect the Rohingya Muslim minority.   Yanghee Lee said th...

Seoul responds to N Korea's nuclear test with drills

Seoul responds to N Korea's nuclear test with drills

-- 2017-09-04 05:15:09

The crisis on the Korean peninsula intensified on Monday as South Korea said it appeared the North was preparing to launch more missiles after the test of a hydrogen bomb at the weekend.   Seou...

Taiwan premier Lin resigns

Taiwan premier Lin resigns

Reuters 2017-09-04 02:03:24

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has accepted the resignation of Premier Lin Chuan, the ruling party said on Monday, a departure that had been widely expected because of declining public support...

Riyadh imposes $1.33m in fines for pilgrim trafficking

Riyadh imposes $1.33m in fines for pilgrim trafficking

-- 2017-09-03 12:00:00

Saudi authorities have imposed more than SAR5m ($1.33m) in fines to citizens and residents for illegally transporting pilgrims without Hajj permits.   As many as 90 administrative decisions hav...

‘Cambodia Daily’ will close Monday after 24 years

‘Cambodia Daily’ will close Monday after 24 years

-- 2017-09-03 10:45:16

One of Cambodia's major English-language newspapers will close this week because it is unable to pay what the government says it owes in back taxes.     In a statement, The Cambodia Daily...

India tops Forbes list of most corrupt Asian country

India tops Forbes list of most corrupt Asian country

-- 2017-09-03 06:39:00

An article in Forbes put India on top of their list of Asia's most corrupt nation, citing a survey that presented statistics by Transparency International (TI), a Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog...

Japan princess to wed commoner, quit royal family

Japan princess to wed commoner, quit royal family

-- 2017-09-03 05:50:07

Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito, will wed a former classmate, the Imperial Household said on Sunday, confirming a marriage that will further deplete the royal famil...

Syyria air strike kills 35 monitor

Syyria air strike kills 35 monitor

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An air strike on Thursday evening killed at least 35 civilians, including family members of Islamic State fighters, in al-Mayadin, a town held by the jihadists near Deir al-Zor in Syria, a war moni...