Map of ISIS: Growing reach... but a complex picture
(CNN)The map of ISIS "activity" makes for frightening reading. The group or its affiliates claim conspiracies and attacks on four continents; its self-declared "provinces" cut a swath across the Middle...
View ArticleThe roots and risks of Myanmar’s new Rohingya insurgency
Proghyananda Vikkhu stood in his purple monk’s robe in front of gleaming gold statues of the Buddha, recalling the night that a mob of nationalist Muslims attacked his monastery in eastern Bangladesh....
View ArticleFather on trial for killing son will challenge confession
By of the Journal Sentinel A Milwaukee man charged with killing his infant preemie son falsely confessed to abuse during a police interview so that the child's mother would be released as a suspect,...
View ArticleTripura emerges as only power surplus state in northeast
Tripura , December 17: Tripura, ravaged by insurgency for more than three decades, made considerable progress in the commercial sectors and emerged as the only power surplus state in the northeastern...
View ArticleReprisals, Rape, and Children Burned Alive: Burma’s Rohingya Speak of...
If the Naf River could talk, which horror story would it tell first? The narrow waterway marks the border between Burma and Bangladesh. On its western bank is the Bangladeshi province of Chittagong. To...
View ArticleBurma: Rohingya Recount Killings, Rape, and Arson (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (New York) -The Burmese military has conducted a campaign of arson, killings, and rape against ethnic Rohingya that has threatened the lives of thousands more, Human...
View ArticleVoices from the heartland: Fear and hope in a city where Syrians settled
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN)The small white building is inconspicuous except for its shuttered windows adorned with painted mint-green domes. A silver crescent catches the sun above the door as men with...
View Article2014 women of the year
updated 7:56 AM EST, Thu December 11, 2014 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleKenosha man charged with killing estranged wife in Illinois
By Breann Schossow A Kenosha man was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday after being arrested in connection with the killing of his estranged wife in Illinois. David M. Brocksom, 43, appeared...
View ArticleMyanmar says Rohingya rape and abuse allegations “made-up”, despite mounting...
One by one, seven Myanmar soldiers raped Yasmin in her home, as she stifled her screams for fear of being murdered. Sixteen days ago, the military attacked Mukhtar’s village, and now the elderly man...
View ArticleWhat I wish we hadn't learned in 2014
updated 8:28 AM EST, Mon December 29, 2014 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleISIS goes global: Mapping 50 ISIS attacks that kill 1,100 in 18 countries
(CNN)When a married couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, they committed the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. The assault also underscored an...
View ArticleISIS goes global: Mapping 50 attacks in 18 countries that killed 1,100 people
(CNN)When a married couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, they committed the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. The assault also underscored an...
View ArticleDemonetisation, surgical strike, Jaya’s death made headlines in 2016
New Delhi: Demonetisation, attack on Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot, imposition of liquor ban in Bihar, fire in Puttingal temple in Kerala, the terrorist attack in Uri and Manipur activist Irom...
View ArticleBurma: Rohingya Recount Killings, Rape, and Arson
(New York) – The Burmese military has conducted a campaign of arson, killings, and rape against ethnic Rohingya that has threatened the lives of thousands more, Human Rights Watch said today. Refugees...
View ArticleA world of thrills and chills for 2015
updated 2:21 PM EST, Thu January 1, 2015 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleBSF jawans in row over death of 3 tribals in Tripura
An inquiry was today ordered by the BSF after its personnel were caught in a row with locals in Tripura over killing of three civilians who had protested alleged molestation bid by some paramilitary...
View ArticleTashfeen Malik: who was the 'shy housewife' turned San Bernardino killer?
Only a vague sketch of Malik’s background has emerged as investigators struggle to discover why she and her husband became radicalised...
View ArticleQ&A on origins of Rohingya conflict and why it persists
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Many of the thousands of migrants abandoned at sea in Southeast Asia this month are Rohingya Muslims who fled their home country of Myanmar. Here are facts about the history and...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS...
16 June 2017 The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights situations requiring the Council's attention. In the discussion, speakers drew the Council's attention to...
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