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Suu Kyi to break silence on Rohingya crisis
Suu Kyi’s refusal so far to defend the Rohingya over nearly a month of violence has baffled and enraged an international community that once feted her as the champion of Myanmar’s democracy struggle. currentnews.com.bd: Myanmar More...
US may close Cuba embassy after ‘attacks’ on diplomats
currentnews.com.bd: The United States may again close its embassy in Cuba, which reopened two years ago after a half-century stand-off, following a series of mystery “health attacks” on its diplomats, More...
North Korea will be ‘destroyed’: US ambassador
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (L) and White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, again warned North Korea to end its threatening ways currentnews.com.bd: Nikki Haley warns ‘reckless’ More...
Booby-trap blast kills 8 in Iraq village seized from IS
In this July 11, 2017 photo, airstrikes target Islamic State positions on the edge of the Old City a day after Iraq’s prime minister declared “total victory” in Mosul, Iraq. currentnews.com.bd: Eight More...
Moon, Trump vow stronger pressure against N. Korea
currentnews.com.bd: US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart have pledged “stronger pressure” on Pyongyang, Seoul said Sunday, after North Korea defied tough new sanctions with a missile More...
High stakes in Myanmar as Suu Kyi to address Rohingya crisis
currentnews.com.bd: As Rakhine state burns and Rohingya flee, Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to address Myanmar on the crisis for the first time — a high wire act seeking to soothe global outrage without baiting More...
UN chief says Suu Kyi has “a last chance”
currentnews.com.bd: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres today said Aung San Suu Kyi now had her “last chance” to stop atrocities on ethnic Rohingya Muslims amid growing global outrage over her response More...
North Korea seeks military ‘equilibrium’ with US
currentnews.com.bd: North Korea said Saturday it was seeking military “equilibrium” with the United States as leader Kim Jong-Un vowed to complete Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. North Korea successfully More...
UN urges Iraqi Kurds to drop referendum, hold talks
currentnews.com.bd: The United Nations has urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to drop plans for a controversial independence referendum and enter talks with Baghdad aimed at reaching a deal within three More...
Pakistan PM to attend UNGA session next week
currentnews.com.bd: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi would lead his country’s delegation to attend the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Monday, the Foreign More...
