Rajnath expresses regret over firing on Tripura-Bangladesh border
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has expressed his regret on firing at the Tripura-Bangladesh border yesterday, that resulted in three casualties. The Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)...
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 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 ArticleRohingya refugees tell of rape, torture and arson by Myanmar troops
Teknaf, Bangladesh // Habiba and her sister's account of being gang raped by Myanmar troops is shockingly common among the thousands of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh to escape the military's...
View ArticleJ&K: BSF jawan, three civilians killed in cross-border firing along LoC
SRINAGAR: Three civilians including a one-year-old baby and a 6-year-old boy were killed and sixteen others wounded as Indian and Pakistani border guards exchanged small arms and mortar fire along the...
View Article3 face gun-related charges tied to killing and firing upon vigil
By Ashley Luthern A 23-year-old man was shot and killed while sitting inside a vehicle early Tuesday on Milwaukee's north side, police said. Police are seeking a suspect and continue investigate what...
View Article2nd teen charged in connection to crash that killed couple
By Erica Werner And David Espo, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In a major victory for President Barack Obama, the Republican-led House relented on Tuesday and will back legislation to fund the...
View ArticleRacine man charged with hit-and-run crash involving pregnant woman
By of the Journal Sentinel A Racine man is facing charges after a hit-and-run crash Saturday that may have injured a pregnant woman. Bryan D. Collins, 45, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit...
View ArticleCombatting the ISIS Foreign Fighter Pipeline: A Global Approach (The Heritage...
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) January 6, 2016 | Special Report on Terrorism By Lisa Curtis, Luke Coffey, David Inserra, Daniel Kochis, Walter Lohman, Joshua Meservey, James Phillips and Robin...
View ArticleBurma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (New York) - Burmese government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during security operations in...
View ArticleCattle sale restrictions: North East India fumes against new beef rules as...
Quick exits are on from the Meghalaya BJP with the North Garo Hills district party president Bachu Marak becoming the latest to resign on Monday, four days after West Garo Hills district president...
View ArticleBangladeshi Hindus from evacuees to stateless citizens (1971-2016) - Part One -
// “The present state of Bangladesh has to be viewed in the light of the past because, without understanding the past we cannot understand the present. If we look at history we would find that during...
View Article‘There Are No Homes Left’: Rohingya Tell of Rape, Fire and Death in Myanmar
When the Myanmar military closed in on the village of Pwint Phyu Chaung, everyone had a few seconds to make a choice. Noor Ankis, 25, chose to remain in her house, where she was told to kneel to be...
View ArticleBurma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls
(New York) – Burmese government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during security operations in northern Rakhine State in late 2016,...
View ArticleMadison woman charged with killing daughter in 2007, hiding body
By of the Journal Sentinel A Madison woman has been charged with the 2007 death of her adopted daughter, who was discovered in a Gary, Indiana, garage that year but remained unidentified until a sister...
View ArticleFleeing Rohingya tell of rape, fire and death in Myanmar
When the Myanmar military closed in on the village of Pwint Phyu Chaung, everyone had a few seconds to make a choice. Noor Ankis (25) chose to remain in her house, where she was told to kneel to be...
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 ArticleMap 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 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 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...
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