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25 August, 2019 DHAKA/ RANGOON: Refugees in Bangladesh camps demand rights and citizenship on second anniversary of exodus after Myanmar crackdown. Thousands of Rohingya refugees have marked the second anniversary of their exodus into Bangladesh by rallying and praying as they demand Myanmar grant them citizenship and other rights before they agree …

Police use tear gas and water cannon on protesters 25 August, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ PARIS: French riot cops fired a water cannon and tear gas at crowds protesting against the G7 summit as violent clashes erupted. At least 68 demonstrators were arrested in chaotic scenes in …

25 August, 2019 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: The Israeli military attacked targets near Damascus late Saturday in what it said was a successful effort to thwart an imminent Iranian drone strike on Israel, stepping up an already heightened campaign against Iranian military activity in the region. The late-night airstrike, which triggered Syrian …

24 August, 2019 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) CANBERRA: Because of most suspicious winning in recent elections, worst previous performance, greedy cabinet, American influences, Chinese dictations, inhuman and discriminatory immigration policies, rise in extremism, increasing of terrorists and fanatic organizations, poor performance of Law Enforcing Agencies (LEAs), hike in racism, …

24 August, 2019 PYONGYANG: North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea’s military said, a day after it threatened to remain the United States’s biggest threat in protest of US-led sanctions on the country. North …

24 August, 2019 BRASILIA: Brazil’s president has ordered the armed forces to help fight a record number of forest fires in the Amazon. A decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro authorizes the deployment of soldiers in nature reserves, indigenous lands and border areas in the region. The announcement comes after …

23 August, 2019 BIARRITZ/ BRASILIA: French President Emmanuel Macron has said the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest is an “international crisis” that needs to top the agenda at this weekend’s G7 summit. “Our house is burning,” he tweeted. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing Macron of …

By SJA Jafri + Al-Jazeera 23 August, 2019 MELBOURNE/ DOHA/ RIYADH: It is not only a normal practice in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) that anyone, anywhere, anytime, any-age and any-gender can easily be murdered, beheaded kidnapped, missed or arrested across the country but also this self-made, self created, so-called, …

23 August, 2019 CITY OF VICTORIA: Multiple protests planned on Friday including a march by accountants and the so-called ‘Baltic Chain’ protests. Hong Kong is bracing for further demonstrations and a “stress test” of the city’s international airport at the weekend, as nearly three months of pro-democracy protests showed no …

22 August, 2019 WELLINGTON: The speaker of New Zealand’s parliament has attracted international attention for babysitting a legislator’s newborn child while keeping order during a vigorous debate. On Wednesday, speaker Trevor Mallard tweeted a photo of himself giving Labour Party MP Tamati Coffey’s newborn boy his bottle, calling the infant, Tutanekai Smith-Coffey, a …