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US President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on ending the partial shutdown of the federal government, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 25 January 2019. Photo: Michael Reynolds/EPA
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26 January 2019
US President Trump climbs down in wall row, government opens
Russian Sukhoi SU-30. Photo: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
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26 January 2018
U.S. concerned over Russian fighter jets deal
The United States called on Russia and Myanmar on Thursday to reconsider a reported...
US diplomat Bill Richardson. Photo: AFP
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25 January 2018
US diplomat resigns from Suu Kyi panel on Rakhine...
US diplomat Bill Richardson resigned early Thursday from an Aung San Suu Kyi-appointed...
There is hope about a kickback against the negative and destructive populism that US President Donald Trump has encouraged. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE
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20 January 2018
HRW hails resistance to Trump-style populism,...
The policies of US President Donald Trump and his embrace of populist strongmen have...
File - A view of the assembly, during the Pledging Conference for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 23 October 2017. Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA-EFE
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25 December 2017
China, Russia oppose UN criticism of Myanmar
The UN General Assembly on Sunday urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim...
(File) Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi holds up the roll of honour as she receives the freedom of Dublin City at a ceremony outside the Bord Gais Energy theatre in Dublin, Ireland on 18 June 2012. Photo: Kim Haughton/EPA
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14 December 2017
Dublin councillors revoke Suu Kyi award in protest
Dublin councillors on Wednesday voted to revoke an award given to Myanmar leader Aung San...
Rohingya refugee watch as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstroem (both not pictured) visit Rohngya refugee camp at Kutupalong, Coxabazar in Bangladesh 19 November 2017. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA-EFE
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08 December 2017
Myanmar rejects UN Human Rights Council...
Myanmar has expressed its opposition against a resolution of the United Nations Human...
A Rohingya refugee boy tries to fly a kite at the top of hill at Balukhali camp, Ukhiya in Coxsbazar, Bangladesh, 20 November 2017. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA-EFE
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07 December 2017
China says UN resolutions ‘cannot solve’ Rohingya...
China said Wednesday that a UN resolution expressing grave concern over widespread abuses...
A general view of the assembly, during the 27th special session of the Human Rights Council on 'the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslim population and other minorities in the Rakhine State of Myanmar', at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 05 December 2017. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA-EFE
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06 December 2017
Possible ‘elements of genocide’ in Myanmar: UN
UN member states said Tuesday that Myanmar was likely committing "crimes against humanity...
Pope Francis arrives to lead the Holy mass and Presbyteral Ordination at the Suhrawardy Udyan Park in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 01 December 2017. Photo: Ettore Ferrari/EPA-EFE
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04 December 2017
Pope causes Myanmar social media anger after trip...
Pope Francis's embrace of the Rohingya during a trip to Bangladesh has sparked some angry...
Pope Francis (R) attends a prayer conducted by a Rohingya refugee during an Interreligious and Ecumenical meeting for peace at the garden of the Archbishop in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 01 December 2017. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA-EFE
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02 December 2017
Pope calls refugees ‘Rohingya’ as he winds up...
Pope Francis referred to refugees who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh as "Rohingya" on...
Photo: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
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01 December 2017
Israeli Foreign Ministry says it is no longer...
The Foreign Ministry stated categorically on Thursday that it was no longer selling...
Rohingya Muslim refugees walk through the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar on November 27, 2017. Photo: Ed Jones/AFP
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28 November 2017
UN experts want 'exceptional report' on...
A group of UN experts tasked with monitoring a global treaty on discrimination against...

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