Bireuen, Indonesia — AFP As a rickety wooden boat carrying Rohingya refugees approached the shores of western Indonesia, several desperate men swam ashore to plead that the vessel be allowed to land after weeks at sea. But the calls of the men — some of whom collapsed to the sand in exhaustion — fell on […]
ANKARA (AA) – India’s counter-terrorism law enforcement agency has arrested 44 people in raids across the country under an operation that it said was “aimed at dismantling illegal human trafficking support networks,” including in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A spokesman for the National Investigation Agency said synchronized ...
ANKARA (AA) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh will continue to fight for the rights of Palestinians. “It is worrying that the rights of the Palestinians are not fulfilled,” said Hasina, referring to the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, when Israel declared its independence in occupied Palestinian lands i...
– DHAKA Bangladesh (AA) – The UN has appealed for scaling up funds for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The UN also made a fresh allocation of $8 million for Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district and on the island of Bhasan Char. “This allocation is especially important in the light [&...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Myanmar delegation is expected to visit Rohingya refugees living on the southeast coast of Bangladesh for the third time aiming to begin their repatriation in the next three months, a Bangladeshi official has confirmed. A high-level Bangladeshi delegation is in Myanmar to attend Chinese-mediated talks to begin ...
