Authorities in northeast India’s state of Manipur have detained at least 170 refugees from villages along the border with Myanmar since the start of the year, according to the refugees and an aid group, causing others to shelter in the jungle or return home to avoid arrest.
Due to teen pregnancies, forced marriages, poverty, sexual violence, and abuse, girls frequently drop out of school in Mozambique. The United States Agency for International Development is providing millions of dollars over five years to support girls’ education in an effort to combat the problem.
The family of a slain Filipino broadcaster on Wednesday welcomed a prosecution’s court filing outlining probable cause to bring murder charges against the former prisons chief who allegedly masterminded his killing.
After being severly damaged by the earthquakes in February, the rebel-controlled province of Idlib in Syria is trying to rebuild its shattered educational infrastructure.
The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday said conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were not favorable for the safe return of 1,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh whom Myanmar wants to repatriate under a China-mediated program.
None of the five political parties that meet the criteria to take part in a general election in Myanmar can mount a challenge to the military’s grip on power, an opposition official said Tuesday, urging the groups to boycott any junta-led ballot.
The ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea is in March. During the invasion of the peninsula by Russian forces, many Crimean Tatars were forced to leave their homes, including Ernest Suleimanov and his family. They left for Warsaw and opened a restaurant there called Crimea in front of the Polish embassy for Russia.
In the May elections, a man who has been dubbed the Turkish “Gandhi” by many will provide what observers say is Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest electoral challenge.
On Tuesday, Imran Khan’s supporters and police clashed outside of his residence in the eastern city of Lahore, injuring a senior police officer. Khan was being sought for arrest for failing to show up for court hearings.
Nearly 10,000 residents of Myanmar’s central Bago region have fled their villages as junta troops continue their scorched-earth operations in an attempt to flush out local People’s Defense Forces and ethnic Karen fighters.