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Malaysia orders search and rescue for migrant boats

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said his country will conduct search and rescue missions for Rohingya migrant boats in the Andaman Sea. Humanitarian aid would also be delivered by land and sea, he said. His announcement comes after weeks of authorities rejecting migrant boats and towing them out of Malaysian waters, reports BBC Malaysia […]

US troops kill top ISIL commander in raid inside Syria

U.S. Special Operations forces carried out a major operation inside eastern Syria, killing a senior Islamic State leader and capturing his wife, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Saturday, reports USA Today. Carter said Abu Sayyaf, also known as Mohammed Shalabi, “was killed during the course of the operation when he engaged U.S. forces.”

U.S.-Gulf summit to kick off without key leaders

WASHINGTON, May 14 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama is set to hold a summit of Gulf nations this week, but it is overshadowed by the absence of several key leaders amid rumors of rift over the U.S. handling of its ties with Iran. The meetings are slated to begin at the White House on […]

North Korea executes defense chief with an anti-aircraft gun: South Korea agency

SEOUL , May 13 (NsNewsWire) — North Korea executed its defense chief by putting him in front of an anti-aircraft gun at a firing range, Seoul’s National Intelligence Service told lawmakers, the latest in a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un took charge in Pyongyang. Hyon Yong Chol, 66, who headed the isolated […]

China newspaper hits out at PM, accuses Modi of ‘playing little tricks’ over border issues

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, a Chinese columnist in a state-run newspaper said that Modi is “playing little tricks” over border disputes and security issues, hoping to boost his domestic prestige and increase his leverage in negotiations with China, reports PTI. [INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: One year of Narendra Modi government: Many hits, some […]

Das becomes third Bangladesh free-thinking blogger murdered so far this year

DHAKA, May 12 (Xinhua) — Unknown attackers have hacked a free- thinking blogger to death in the Bangladesh’s northeastern Sylhet city. “Ananta Bijoy Das, also an organizer of Sylhet’s Gonojagoron Mancha (People’s Resurgence Platform), died on way to hospital after at least four assailants stabbed him indiscriminately all over at about around 8:30 a.m. local […]

Boats with 600 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis land in Indonesia

JAKARTA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — Boats carrying nearly 600 Bangladeshis and long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar washed to shore in western Indonesia, some after captains and smugglers abandoned the ships, leaving passengers to fend for themselves, survivors and migrant experts said. Thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea. When the four ships neared […]

Widow of slain U.S.-Bangladeshi blogger lashes out at Dhaka

DHAKA, May 11 (NsNewsWire) — On a recent evening in a Midwestern U.S. city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children colored with crayons. Waiters rushed by. The maimed woman, Rafida Ahmed, scanned the room nervously. The Atlanta financial executive has been hiding since Islamic militants […]

Pakistan denies as “bogus” Taliban claim of shooting army helicopter

ISLAMABAD, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan on Friday dismissed as ” bogus” claim by the Taliban of shooting a military helicopter that killed ambassadors of Norway and Philippines in northern areas of the country. Speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad ruled out possibility of terrorism in the tragedy […]