Rights group denounces Japan envoy for ‘disturbing’ comments on Myanmar Rohingya
Tokyo-based human rights activists on Wednesday decried recent remarks by Japan’s ambassador to Yangon, who told local media he did not think the Myanmar military committed genocide on the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country.
Australian man freed in Japan after trespassing to find his children
An Australian man was freed on Wednesday after spending a month and a half detained in Tokyo on charges of trespassing when he went to his estranged in-laws’ apartment building to look for his missing children.
Iran’s Zarif says 2015 nuclear deal is ‘not dead’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday the country’s 2015 nuclear deal signed with major powers – China, Russia, France, Britain, the United States and Germany – to curb its nuclear program is ‘not dead’.
U.N. official: Lebanese politicians watching as economy collapses
Lebanese politicians are watching the economy collapse, the senior U.N. official in Lebanon said on Wednesday, rebuking a political elite that has failed to form a government as the country sinks deeper into economic and financial crisis.
Ethiopia’s electoral board sets tentative August date for elections
Ethiopia’s electoral board said on Wednesday it expects to hold national elections on Aug. 16, 2020, the first vote under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in 2018 and has directed political and economic reforms.
Displaced and scared: Yemenis still in limbo after almost five years of war
Widow Samirah Nasser and her eight children tried to return to their Yemeni village but were forced by relentless air strikes to return to the relative safety of a refugee camp.
Iran’s president dismisses idea of a new ‘Trump deal’ in nuclear row
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Tuesday a proposal for a new “Trump deal” aimed at resolving a nuclear row, saying it was a “strange” offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises.
China says rights groups that issued critical reports are biased
Two rights groups that issued reports this week criticizing China’s treatment of minorities at home and its interference abroad are biased and distorting facts, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Wednesday.
Iran’s Zarif says not sure how long a ‘Trump deal’ on nuclear issue would last
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday rejected any direct nuclear negotiations with the United States and said he wasn’t sure how long any pact by U.S. President Donald Trump would last.
South Korea says pushing ahead with North Korea engagement despite stalled talks
Inter-Korean cooperation doesn’t necessarily have to wait for the United States’ denuclearization talks with North Korea to progress, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said on Tuesday after meeting her U.S. and Japanese counterparts in Calif…
