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Fresh Reports Emerge of Rohingya Killings in Western Myanmar
Rohingya activists and local media reports say that civilians have been targeted by the Arakan Army in Maungdaw, a town close to the border with Bangladesh.
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The Rohingya Need International Solidarity
In Myanmar, the Rohingya minority face brutal oppression. It's time for the world to stand up and demand their freedom.
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Myanmar: Military Forcibly Recruiting Rohingya
The Myanmar military has abducted and forcibly recruited more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslim men and boys from across Rakhine State since February 2024.
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Philippines storm Nalgae kills dozens in floods and mudslides
A severe tropical storm has killed at least 45 people in the Philippines, unleashing floods and landslides in southern provinces, officials say. Storm Nalgae caused the most havoc in Maguindanao province, on Mindanao island. There is extensive flooding in and around the city of Cotabato.
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Unrest in Remote Karakalpakstan Tests Uzbekistan's State, Society
Desert region has autonomy, along with right to secede from Uzbekistan by referendum, both guaranteed by country's 1992 constitution
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Leaked photos from Xinjiang include mugshots of Uyghurs detained for expressing faith
Documents show records of arbitrary detention for as long as a decade for trivial acts, as well as shoot-to-kill policy for those who try to escape
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India sentences Kashmir pro-freedom leader to life in prison
A court in New Delhi sentences the top Kashmiri pro-freedom leader to life term in ‘terrorism’ funding case.
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As Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis deepens, its young people step up
Afghans are giving food to the hungry, clothes to the needy, and medical care to the sick: ‘I just wish I could work at night, too.'
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Russia & US to participate in India's largest maritime exercise 'Milan', amid Ukraine tensions
Milan is a biennial multilateral naval exercise hosted by Indian Navy. For the first time, exercise is being held in Visakhapatnam instead of Andaman and Nicobar Command.
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Modi Is Trying to Engineer a Hindu Majority in Kashmir
Under the smokescreen of electoral redistricting, New Delhi is using gerrymandering to politically neuter the region’s Muslim majority.
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Chinese birth-control policy could cut millions of Uyghur births, report finds
Chinese birth-control policy could cut millions of Uyghur births over the next 20 years, report finds
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Magawa the hero rat retires from job detecting landmines
Magawa the rat, who was awarded a gold medal for his heroism, is retiring from his job detecting landmines. In a five-year career, the rodent sniffed out 71 landmines and dozens more unexploded items in Cambodia. But his handler Malen says the seven-year-old African giant pouched rat is "slowing down" as he reaches old age, and she wants to "respect his needs".
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The Himalayan hazards nobody is monitoring
Retreating glaciers in the Himalayas are not only dangerously filling up glacial lakes but they are also causing other hazards that are not being monitored, scientists have warned. The recent flash flood disaster in India's Uttarakhand state, they say, is the latest example of such a perilous knowledge gap.
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China bans harsh punishments in schools
BEIJING: China has banned school teachers from meting out any punishment that can cause physical or mental trauma, after a string of student deaths linked to harsh discipline in recent years. New rules issued by the Ministry of Education that take effect Monday (Mar 1) forbid punishments at schools that humiliate students, as well as reinforcing the existing ban on corporal punishment.
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Mahatma Gandhi's killer venerated as Hindu nationalism resurges in India
Nathuram Godse rehabilitated from traitor to patriot for many, as Gandhi’s vision of secular India eroded by ruling BJP
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Bats: The hunt for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 will look beyond China
The virus may have been born in South-East Asia. An intriguing observation: the low incidence of covid-19 in South-East Asia, particularly in Vietnam despite no lockdowns.
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Hong Kong protesters, waving American flags, call on Trump to 'liberate' the city
Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong waved the Stars and Stripes and called on Donald Trump to “liberate” the Chinese-ruled city. Riot police stood by as protesters sang the Star Spangled Banner and waved placards appealing for democracy after another night of violence in the 14th week of unrest. “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong,” they shouted before handing over petitions at the US Consulate. “Resist Beijing, liberate Hong Kong.”
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The violence in Delhi is not a ‘riot’. It is targeted anti-Muslim brutality |
Blame the poisonous ideology of the Hindu nationalist BJP for the blood on India’s streets
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Opinion: While Muslims are being murdered in India, the rest of the world is too slow to condemn
There are some grim parallels between Kristallnacht in Germany in 1938 and Delhi today
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Samsung confirms one coronavirus case at phone factory complex in South Korea
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said on Saturday (Feb 22) that one coronavirus case had been confirmed at its mobile device factory complex in the southeastern city of Gumi, causing a shutdown of its entire facility. Samsung Electronics, the world's top smartphone maker, said it plans to close the complex until the morning of Feb 24.
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