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Suu Kyi meets Tillerson, UN chief on Rohingya crisis

MANILA, Nov 14 (AFP): Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced rising global pressure Tuesday to solve the crisis for her nation's displaced Rohingya Muslim minority, meeting the UN chief and America's top diplomat in the Philippines.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Nobel laureate that hundreds of thousands of...

May accuses Putin of election meddling

LONDON, Nov 14 (Agencies): Theresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet, accusing Moscow of meddling in elections and carrying out cyber espionage.Addressing leading business figures at a banquet in London, the prime minister said Vladimir Putin's government was trying to "undermine free societies".Mrs May said it was...

Air raids leave 43 dead in Aleppo

ALEPPO, Nov 14 (Agencies): At least 43 civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded in three air raids on a busy market in al-Atarib, a town in Syria's western Aleppo province.Al Jazeera reporting from Idlib city, Syria, said the overall toll was expected to rise because dozens of people...

Iran quake survivors plead for help

TEHRAN, Nov 14 (BBC): Iranians living outdoors in bitterly cold temperatures after an earthquake are making desperate pleas for help.About 440 people were killed and about 7,000 injured when the quake hit near the Iran-Iraq border on Sunday.The government is scrambling to get aid to the worst-hit Kermanshah province, where...

Zimbabwe army ready ‘to step in’ to end rift in ruling party

Constantino Chiwenga HARARE, Nov 14 (Al Jazeera): Zimbabwe's army chief has called for an immediate end to purges within President Robert Mugabe's ruling party following the dismissal last week of the country's vice president.In a rare statement, General Constantino Chiwenga warned on Monday that the military could intervene if the...

US court allows Trump travel ban to become partially effective

NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters): A US appeals court in California on Monday let President Donald Trump's latest travel ban go partially into effect, ruling the government can bar entry of people from six Muslim-majority countries with no connections to the United States.A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th...

News in Brief (15-11-2017)

Boycotting Arab states don’t want negotiation: QatarDUBAI, Nov 14: Qatar's emir says the four Arab nations that are boycotting his tiny, energy-rich country don't want to negotiate to end the monthslong diplomatic crisis that has engulfed Doha. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told members of Qatar's Shura Council on...