By Agence France-Presse The United States will Monday officially declare that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar’s military amounted to genocide, a move cautiously welcomed by activists and members of the beleaguered community. Hundreds of thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since 2017 after a military crackdown […]
At least five people are dead and dozens more are believed missing after a bulk carrier crashed into a small ferry in a river near Bangladesh’s capital on Sunday. Source: News24.com | Five dead, dozens feared missing in Bangladesh ferry sinking
By Anusha Ondaatjie / Bloomberg ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in front of the Russian embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 28, 2022. One of Europe’s worst conflicts since World War II couldn’t have come at a worse time for Sri Lanka, […]