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Filipinos told not to travel to Sudan due to civil unrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 12:52 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) advised Filipinos "not to travel to Sudan" due to ongoing civil unrest in its capital Khartoum and nearby areas. Read more »

Sri Lanka blocks social media after worst anti-Muslim unrest since Easter bombings

Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at May 13 12:31 PM

Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a man was beaten in the Christian-majority town of Chilaw on the west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters. Read more »

8 'terrorist' suspects killed in Saudi Arabia: state media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 08:43 AM

Eight members of a "terrorist" cell were killed on Saturday in a police raid in Saudi Arabia's eastern Qatif region, a Shiite minority stronghold, state media reported.  Read more »

US, Russia butt heads over Venezuela

Jim Mannion, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 06:48 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed Sunday for Russia to get out of Venezuela, while his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, called on Washington to "abandon its irresponsible plans" in the crisis-wracked country. Read more »

British aid worker, Nigerian man shot dead at resort, 4 tourists abducted

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 06:59 AM

Two people including a British aid worker have been shot dead and four tourists abducted in an attack by armed gunmen on a holiday resort in northwestern Nigeria, police said on Sunday. Read more »

Trump ends requirement that CIA report drone strike casualties

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 06:41 AM

US President Donald Trump revoked a policy Wednesday that required the Central Intelligence Agency to account for civilian deaths from drone strikes.   Read more »

India, Pakistan exchange heavy border fire

Abhaya Srivastava and Jalees Andrabi, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 03 09:28 AM

Tensions between India and Pakistan raged Saturday as heavy firing by their armies killed at least seven people on either side of their fiercely disputed Kashmir border.   Read more »

Drug 'godfathers' to surrender in Bangladesh

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 06:34 AM

Over 100 suspected meth traffickers are expected to surrender to Bangladeshi authorities this week thanks to a deadly, Philippines-style police crackdown that has sown fear, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Venezuelan military: the muscle behind Maduro

Alexander Martinez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 11:41 AM

The latest developments in Venezuela's political crisis have dealt a severe blow to President Nicolas Maduro -- severe, but not fatal, for one key reason: the military still backs him. Read more »

Myanmar Reuters journalists to hear appeal decision

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 12:14 PM

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar over their investigation of atrocities committed against the Rohingya will learn Friday if an appeal against their conviction has succeeded. Read more »

Iran vows 'crushing response' after gunmen kill 29 at army parade

Amir Havasi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 11:42 AM

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed a "crushing" response after assailants sprayed a crowd with gunfire, shooting dead at least 29 people including women and children Saturday at a military parade near the Iraqi border. Read more »

US joins in outcry against Myanmar's jailing of 2 reporters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 09:13 AM

The United States on Monday condemned the jailing in Myanmar of 2 Reuters journalists who had reported on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims in that country, calling it "deeply troubling" and urging the men's immediate release. Read more »

Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar 'state secrets' case

Richard Sargent and Hla-Hla Htay, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 02:56 PM

Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law during their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya Muslims were jailed for seven years Monday, drawing outrage over the attack on media freedom and calls for their immediate release. Read more »

Hundreds escape prison near Libya's Tripoli: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 11:26 AM

Some 400 detainees escaped after a riot on Sunday at a prison in the southern suburbs of the Libyan capital Tripoli, theatre of a week of deadly battles, police said.  Read more »

Multiple rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul, clashes underway

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 02:39 PM

At least nine rockets hit near the diplomatic area in this Afghan capital early Tuesday, as officials said fighting had broken out between security forces and militants in the city's old quarter. Read more »

Washington police brace as hundreds protest neo-Nazi marchers

Thomas Watkins and Antoine Boyer, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 06:52 AM

Washington police threw a ring of steel around the White House on Sunday, as a first small group of white supremacists arrived in the nation's capital to rally a year after a deadly protest highlighted the growing boldness of America's extreme right.  Read more »

Bangladesh shuts down mobile internet to tackle teen protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 03:41 PM

Bangladesh authorities have shut down mobile internet across swathes of the country, officials and local media said Sunday, as the authorities try to quell massive student protests that have spiraled into violence. Read more »

Afghanistan extends ceasefire after suicide attack kills 25

Noorullah Shirzada, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 07:46 AM

An Afghan government ceasefire with the Taliban was extended Saturday despite a suicide bombing killing at least 25, which marred an otherwise remarkable Eid holiday that has seen militants hugging security forces and civilians in celebration of the unprecedented truce. Read more »

Di bababa sa 17 BIFF members, patay sa bakbakan kontra militar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 11:36 PM

Patay ang 17 miyembro ng Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) sa magkahiwalay na engkuwentro nitong mga nagdaang araw. Read more »

Nine months on, the search for Rohingya babies born of rape

Nick Perry and Redwan Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 05:53 PM

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Aid workers are scouring the world's largest refugee camp for pregnant Rohingya rape victims, with a rush of births anticipated nine months after Myanmar forces unleashed "a frenzy of sexual violence" against women and girls from the Muslim minority. Read more »