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Russia is opposed to the militarization of Asia under the pretext of countering perceived threats from North Korea, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Lavov expressed Moscow’s concern about the matter in a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, in Moscow on Friday. He said the United States was ...

The head of the Catholic church and one of the most influential religious figures in the world, Pope Francis is visiting Myanmar at a time when Amnesty International has declared the treatment of Rohingya minorities in Myanmar as “apartheid” and Washington has already said that the situation in Myanmar is ...

Russia says the US military presence in Syria looks like an occupation as it runs afoul of international law and lacks authorization from the Damascus government. “From the standpoint of international law, the United States of America stay illegally in Syria. They have no appropriate official permission or invitation from ...

Russia is set to reduce its troops in Syria by the end of the year after finishing up the remaining “few” missions there, says Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov. “There is very little left to do before the completion of military objectives. Of ...

Myanmar has subjected Rohingya Muslims to long-term discrimination and persecution that amounts to “dehumanizing apartheid,” Amnesty International said Tuesday in a report that raises questions about what those who have fled a violent military crackdown would face if they returned home. (AP) — Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have ...

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar have been “drained” by the trauma they suffered during the crisis and a struggle to overcome desperate want, the United Nations refugee chief said on Wednesday. REUTERS–   More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since ...

Britain has withdrawn its candidate from election to the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) as he was forced into 12 rounds of run-off elections for the final remaining place on the court. It will be the first time since the ICJ was established in 1945 that there will be ...

A Pakistani court has granted the government three more days to find a way to clear a sit-in protest by a religious party near the capital, Islamabad. Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in Islamabad on Monday that he had pleaded with the Islamabad High Court (IHC), warning that any use ...

Fierce clashes between Indian security forces and a group of pro-independence fighters in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir have left at least seven people dead. According to army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia, the shootout occurred on Saturday when soldiers cordoned off a district in the northern area of Hajin after receiving a tip-off that ...

Amsterdam has won the right to host the EU’s EMA drug agency when it leaves London following Brexit after the Dutch city tied with Milan in a vote that was then decided by the drawing of lots, diplomatic sources say. The Council of the European Union on Monday confirmed the ...