Rohingya face Myanmar ‘ethnic cleansing’: UN official
UNHCR chief accuses country’s troops of killing men and raping women, forcing stateless minority to flee to Bangladesh. Myanmar is carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims, a UN official has said, as stories of gang rape, torture and murder emerge from among the thousands who have fled to Bangladesh. Up to 30,000 members of […]
WHO: 7,000 killed and 37,000 wounded in Yemen conflict
World Health Organisation says at least 7,000 people have been killed in Yemen’s 20-month civil war with the UN peace envoy warning the country is teetering on the “brink of the abyss.” In a statement released on Monday, the WHO said “more than 7,070 people had been killed and over 36,818 injured” as of October […]
The frighteningly high human and financial costs of war
We have always known that war is dirty and destructive, but now a US-led international team of researchers is revealing precisely how destructive and expensive several wars have been for the United States and the countries it invades – and how the ravages and costs of war could persist for generations after the fighting and […]
Dozens killed in Central African Republic massacre
Rebels have killed dozens of villagers close to a town in the centre of the Central African Republic (CAR), according to a presidential spokesman. The incident marks the worst bloodshed in recent months in a country trying to draw a line under years of religious violence and political turmoil.