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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres takes part in a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Reuters

UN Chief Says Myanmar Violence Could Destabilize Region

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Myanmar authorities on Tuesday to end violence in the country’s Rakhine state, which he warned was “creating a situation that can destabilize the region.” Guterres told reporters he had...

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South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived several parliamentary attempts to oust him from office, most recently last month when a vote of no-confidence against him was defeated (AFP Photo/WU HONG)

South African Opposition Parties Petition Supreme Court to Impeach President Jacob Zuma

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World

South African opposition parties petitioned the country’s highest court on Tuesday in a fresh bid to impeach President Jacob Zuma, who is battling multiple legal cases and corruption allegations. According to AFP, The opposition asked the Constitutional Court in...

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People walk past a street monitor showing North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un in a news report about North Korea’s nuclear test, in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2017. (Reuters)

North Korea Promises ‘more Gifts’ to Come as Seoul Amps Weaponry

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World

North Korea announced on Tuesday that it has “more gift packages” in store for the United States as the uproar over its test of a hydrogen bomb continued to ripple. Han Tae Song, ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the UN in Geneva, said:...

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People gather to fill up their jerrycans with drinking water from a charity tanker truck, amid a cholera outbreak, in Sana’a, Yemen, July 12, 2017. (Reuters)

WHO: Over 600,000 Infected by Cholera in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | Middle East

Over 600,000 people are suffering from cholera in Yemen, announced the World Health Organization and Yemeni health ministry on Tuesday. They revealed that the outbreak has infected 612,703 people and killed 2,048 since it began in April, and some districts are still...

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A group of Rohingya refugee people walk in the water after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017. (Reuters)

Erdogan Expresses to Suu Kyi Concern over Violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday that violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslims was a violation of human rights. He told Suu Kyi in a telephone call that the violence was a deep concern to the Muslim...