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'Butcher of Bosnia' found guilty of genocide
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2017
» THE HAGUE: Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was found guilty of genocide by a UN war crimes tribunal on Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating massacres and ethnic cleansing during Bosnia's war.
Somalia bombing death toll 'uncountable'
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2017
» MOGADISHU: - The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia's capital killed at least 231 people with more than 275 injured, a senator said Sunday.
Journos under threat as world marks Press Day
News, Jeremy Walden-Schertz, Published on 04/05/2019
» As the globe marked World Press Freedom Day yesterday, journalists were commemorating the one-year-anniversary of dual suicide bombings in Kabul which killed nine of their colleagues. Meanwhile, separate attacks in Khost and Kandahar at about the same time killed another two journalists as well as dozens of civilians. In addition to mourning, the media community also conveyed its enduring respect for these journalists who had risked their lives on a daily basis to report the news.
Myanmar's Rohingyas: 5 years of crisis
Published on 23/08/2022
» Myanmar's military launched a ferocious crackdown against the country's Rohingya Muslim population in 2017, driving more than 740,000 refugees into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Myanmar security forces 'setting northern Rakhine ablaze'
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» YANGON: The rights group Amnesty International said evidence pointing to a "mass-scale scorched-earth campaign" across the north of Rakhine state was unmistakably ethnic cleansing, while Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees -- although authorities on the ground might restrict access 'for security reasons'.
Military shot Italian journalist, court decides
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/05/2013
» Who fired the gun & why not known, no order to shoot unarmed civilians but bullet came from soldier's direction, military remains untouchable.
Cops nab five 'men in black' suspects
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/09/2014
» The arrest of five so-called "men in black" allegedly involved in the killing of soldiers and civilians during political unrest in 2010 could lead to the identification of those responsible for masterminding the violence, a National Legislative Assembly member has predicted.
Calm down, America. Attacks won't break Britain
News, Peter Apps, Published on 08/06/2017
» When I rolled my wheelchair out of my apartment block on Sunday morning -- mere hours after three attackers killed seven a few hundred yards away in London Bridge and Borough Market -- the most striking thing was the sense of calm.
20 die in Myanmar army-rebel clashes
Published on 05/02/2015
» YANGON — Heavy fighting between Myanmar soldiers and ethnic insurgents this week has killed at least 20 people near the northeastern border with China, the government and an organisation representing the rebel groups said on Thursday.
Pattani bomb kills six
AFP, Published on 21/09/2012
» At least six people were killed and 40 more wounded on Friday after a car bomb exploded in a packed market in insurgency-hit Pattani province.