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Myanmar

UN says Rohingya exodus from Myanmar is humanitarian catastrophe

UN Secretary General acknowledges Rohingya situation as ethnic cleansing and calls on Myanmar to take them back

Myanmar

UN urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingyas

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Myanmar authorities to end violence against Rohingya Muslims, saying the situation there could best be described as ethnic cleansing.

World News

Hopes for reform as UN General Assembly opens

UNGA President is hoping to overhaul the UN Security Council.

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis

Myanmar's de facto leader is facing growing pressure over the exodus of Rohingya Muslims

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USA

Trump says military action in North Korea 'not inevitable'

US President says military action on the Korean Peninsula would be a 'sad day for North Korea'.

Korea

Protesters injured as THAAD deployed

Protesters have clashed with police at a village in South Korea as components of a controversial system to guard against missiles from North Korea were deployed.

Korea

Trump urges China to do more to rein in North Korea

US President Donald Trump urges China to do more to rein in North Korea

Syria

UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry scathing about conduct of conflict by all sides

Civilians remain in extreme danger in Syria from all sides in conflict says latest UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria.

Myanmar

Who are the Rohingya and why are they fleeing Myanmar?

The conflict between Myanmar authorities and the Rohingya community has caused approximately 18 500 refugees to flee in less than a week

North Korea

Timeline: North Korea’s six nuclear device tests

North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date on Sunday.

North Korea

China vows to take 'necessary response' to North Korea

China has vowed to make a necessary response against North Korea after Pyongyang

Myanmar

Full horror of Rohingya flight revealed

Official figures suggest more than 18,000 Muslims have fled the worst violence to grip northwest Myanmar in at least five years.

North Korea

N.Korea promises more missile tests

N.Korea says missile test over Japan was a 'prelude to containing Guam'

Guatemala

Guatemala's Morales in face-off with courts

Guatemalans call for president to leave and UN anti-corruption investigator to stay

Venezuela

US imposes new sanctions on Venezuela

US President Donald Trump has ordered sweeping new sanctions on Venezuela.

Germany

Merkel 'does not see a military solution' to US-North Korea conflict

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she believes there is is no military solution to the United States' dispute with North Korea.

Syria

Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quit

Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quit commission

Venezuela

UN condemns Venezuela's "widspread and systematic" violence against protesters

In the wake of the last month's controversial Constituent Assembly elections, UN accuses the Venezuelan goverment of human rights violations

Switzerland

Del Ponte quits UN over Syria

A high-profile member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria says she is quitting because a lack of political backing from the organisation's Security Council has made the job impossible.

World News

UN Security Council to vote on US bid to slash North Korea exports over missile tests

The UN Security Council will vote later on a US-drafted resolution toughening sanctions on North Korea over missile tests