UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict
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by Edith M. Lederer
2d ago
The UN refugee chief says the number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and is climbing because nations have failed to tackle the causes and combatants refusing to comply with international law ..read more
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East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions
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by Grant Peck
5d ago
A new United Nations report says East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs ..read more
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UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state
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by Via AP news wire
1w ago
The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it ..read more
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Myanmar quietly announces plans to study controversial Chinese dam project suspended 13 years ago
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by Grant Peck
1w ago
Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project ..read more
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UN sounds alarm over atrocities as rebels renew fighting with Myanmar’s military junta
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by Shweta Sharma
1w ago
Arakan Army rebels accused of targeting Rohingya Muslims in Buthidaung town near Bangladesh border ..read more
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Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
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by Sibi Arasu
2w ago
Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found ..read more
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Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
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by David Rising
3w ago
Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war ..read more
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AP PHOTOS: South and Southeast Asian countries cope with a weekslong heat wave
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by The Associated Press
1M ago
South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk ..read more
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World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says
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by Sylvia Hui
1M ago
Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar ..read more
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Armenian victims group asks International Criminal Court to investigate genocide claim
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by Molly Quell and Mike Corder
1M ago
A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them ..read more
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