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Solution to Rohingya crisis lies with Myanmar: UNHCR

Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned that the plight of the Rohingyas will not end without bold action inside Myanmar, saying that the solution to the protracted crisis lies in Myanmar...

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Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering

A Rohingya refugee who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar along with 7,50,000 others in 2017, spending seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority...

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Pentagon chief outlines vision for US military

Defence secretary Pete Hegseth portrayed the US military Tuesday as too fat, too focused on leftist ‘woke’ ideas, and in need of major shake-up with an emphasis on being tough ‘war fighters.’...

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US government enters shutdown

The US government began shutting down after midnight Wednesday as lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding.

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US sanctions on key Indian project in Iran take effect

US sanctions went into effect Monday on a major Indian port project in Iran, as president Donald Trump again showed his willingness to punish longstanding partner New Delhi in aid of his wider regional goals — in this case to pressure Tehran...

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Gunman kills four in attack on Michigan church

A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US president Donald Trump called part of a national ‘epidemic of violence.’

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US to revoke Colombian president’s visa

The US state department said Friday it would revoke the visa of Colombia’s leftist president Gustavo Petro for his ‘incendiary actions’ during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York.

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Trump targets more opponents after Comey

US president Donald Trump called Friday for more of his political opponents to face criminal charges as he cheered the indictment of former FBI director James Comey and branded him a ‘dirty cop.’