Myanmar's Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations development agency warned in a new report. The U.N. Development Program said in the report issued Thursday that "a perfect storm is
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Trump set to become US President for the 2nd time
Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win
Kashmir legislature asks India to restore partial autonomy
Indian-controlled Kashmir 's regional legislature passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding the federal government restore the disputed region's semi-autonomy that was scrapped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration in 2019. The assembly passed the nonbinding resolution by a majority vote to noisy scenes in the house. "This assembly calls upon the Government
Israel kills dozens in fresh airstrikes in Lebanon, Gaza
Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in a barrage of Israeli aerial attacks that began Thursday, hospital officials said. The
Lebanon says 19 killed in Israeli strikes on eastern town
109 dead, 12 missing in Gaza on Israeli attack
An Israeli air strike has destroyed a five-storey residential building sheltering displaced families in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing at least 109 Palestinians and wounding dozens. Hezbollah has announced Naim Qassem will succeed slain leader Hassan Nasrallah as secretary-general of the group. World leaders have denounced Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief
Resistance forces push Myanmar military close to brink
Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime's military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory and inspiring others to attack around the country. The military's control had seemed firmly ensconced with vast superiority in troops and
Pakistan Launches Vaccination Amid Polio Surge
Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in one of the two countries where it has never been eradicated. Pakistan regularly launches such campaigns, but violence targeting the
India warns social media after airline bomb threats
India has warned social media platforms of “consequential action” after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered travel chaos and terror it said threatened national security. Some threats led to planes being diverted to Canada and Germany, and fighter jets scrambled to escort aircraft in the skies
22 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Sunday, as the Israeli offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered a third week and aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe. Iran's supreme leader, meanwhile, said Israeli strikes on the country over