May2018
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UN calls for criminalising enforced disappearance in Bangladesh
May 15, 2018The United Nations Human Rights Council asked Bangladesh to investigate all cases of arbitrary killings, enforced disappearances and excessive use of force, and prosecute and punish perpetrators. The inter-governmental UN body also called for establishing the... -
Lebanon fire kills two Bangladeshis
May 15, 2018Two expatriate Bangladeshi women died in a fire that broke out in Metn town of Dora, Lebanon on Monday. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, reports Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star quoting the... -
Malaysia regulator denies pressuring AirAsia to cancel flights
May 15, 2018Malaysia’s aviation regulator on Tuesday denied having ordered AirAsia to cancel extra flights meant to help voters return home for a recent general election and filed a police complaint against the carrier’s chief executive, Tony Fernandes.... -
PM Mahathir says he’ll stay in office for 1-2 years
May 15, 2018New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday he will remain in office for one or two years and that Anwar Ibrahim, the jailed reformist he had vowed would replace him, will be released on... -
Iran’s Zarif meets EU foreign policy chief as Europe tries to save nuclear deal
May 15, 2018Iran’s talks with European countries to save the nuclear deal are on the right path despite the U.S. withdrawal, its foreign minister said after meeting the European Union’s foreign policy chief on Tuesday. Britain, France and... -
Indonesian children who joined suicide attacks kept isolated by parents
May 15, 2018The parents of Indonesian children and young adults who took part in deadly suicide bombings in Surabaya had isolated them within a tightly knit circle of militant Islamists, police said on Tuesday. A family of six... -
Safety, verification questions hang over North Korea’s plan to close nuclear site
May 15, 2018Shutting down North Korea’s nuclear test site is trickier than it might seem. A botched tunnel collapse could spread radioactive debris. Nuclear material might be buried, but accessible enough to be dug up and reused in... -
Palestinian President Abbas in hospital for minor surgery
May 15, 2018Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 82, is undergoing minor ear surgery in a West Bank hospital and is expected to be discharged within a few hours, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Tuesday. Abbas’ surgery... -
The week that Malaysian leader Najib’s world fell apart
May 15, 2018As results poured in from polling stations around Malaysia on the night of May 9, with one parliamentary seat after another falling to the opposition, a stunned Prime Minister Najib Razak stared defeat in the face.... -
US criticises China for shielding Myanmar from UN action
May 15, 2018The United States indirectly criticised China on Monday for shielding Myanmar from strong UN Security Council action over a military crackdown against mainly Rohingya Muslims that the US and other countries have denounced as ethnic cleansing....
