Myanmar officials try to convince Rohingya to return, accept ID cards
Myanmar officials visited camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday in an effort to kickstart a process to repatriate hundreds of thousands who fled an army crackdown last year.
Taliban assign ex-Guantanamo inmates as future peace brokers
The Taliban have appointed five former commanders who spent more than a decade as prisoners in Guantanamo Bay as members of the political office in Qatar where they will take part in any future peace talks, officials in the movement said.
Rouhani tells Iranians to brace for hard times under U.S. sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned Iranians they face hard times when new U.S. sanctions take effect on Sunday but said the government would do its best to alleviate them.
Russia opens terrorism investigation after teenager blows himself up
Russia opened an investigation into suspected terrorism after a 17-year-old youth blew himself up on Wednesday in the lobby of an office belonging to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in the north of the country.
Turkish cross-border fire kills four Kurdish militants in Syria: TRT
Four Kurdish militants were killed after Turkish forces fired howitzer shells across the border into Syria’s Ayn al Arab region, state broadcaster TRT said on Wednesday.
Indonesia protests to Saudi over execution of maid convicted of murder
Indonesia has protested to Saudi Arabia over the execution of an Indonesian maid, convicted of murdering her employer who a workers’ rights group said was trying to rape her at the time.
As Brazil shifts right, its leftists search for a way forward
The victory of Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has battered the country’s leftist Workers Party, which is now looking for a way to rebuild.
Pakistan Islamists protest as Christian woman cleared of blasphemy
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction, sparking angry protests and death threats from an ultra-religious party and cheers from human rights advocate…
Iraqi militia say they killed IS commanders over attack on SDF in eastern Syria
Iraq’s Shi’ite militias said on Wednesday that they had killed two Islamic State commanders who ordered an attack last week on U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces along the Iraq-Syria border.
Iran has no fear over new U.S. sanctions: Rouhani
Iran has no fear about new U.S. sanctions due to take effect in coming days, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
