genocide
Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam
Middle East
April 14, 2019
Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam
SAMAWA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein’s crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih…
Rwanda ‘a family again’, 25 years after genocide: Kagame
World
April 7, 2019
Rwanda ‘a family again’, 25 years after genocide: Kagame
President Paul Kagame said Sunday that Rwandans had become a family again, 25 years after more than 800,000 people were…
Rwanda invites Macron to attend 25th anniversary of genocide
World
March 12, 2019
Rwanda invites Macron to attend 25th anniversary of genocide
Rwanda, which has accused France of complicity in the 1994 genocide that killed some 800,000 of its citizens, said Tuesday…
UN envoy fears ‘new crisis’ for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island
World
March 11, 2019
UN envoy fears ‘new crisis’ for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Monday over Bangladesh’s plan to…
Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu
Middle East
February 18, 2019
Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — An off-hand comment by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Warsaw about Poland and the Holocaust looks…
Last Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, get life terms
World
November 16, 2018
Last Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, get life terms
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The last surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia in the…
China fails to stop U.N. Security Council Myanmar briefing
World
October 25, 2018
China fails to stop U.N. Security Council Myanmar briefing
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China, backed by Russia, failed on Wednesday to stop a United Nations Security Council briefing by…
UN Security Council asked to meet on Myanmar atrocities report
World
October 17, 2018
UN Security Council asked to meet on Myanmar atrocities report
The United States and eight other countries on Tuesday requested a UN Security Council meeting on Myanmar to hear from…
Iraqi Nobel Peace winner urges global fight against genocide
Middle East
October 9, 2018
Iraqi Nobel Peace winner urges global fight against genocide
WASHINGTON (AP) — A co-winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize called Monday for a global fight against genocide…
Rohingya crisis: UN should not ‘interfere’: Myanmar army chief
World
September 24, 2018
Rohingya crisis: UN should not ‘interfere’: Myanmar army chief
Myanmar’s powerful army chief said the United Nations had no right to interfere in the sovereignty of his country,…