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Persecution of all Muslims in Myanmar on the rise: rights group

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands for food near Balukhali in Cox?s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 4, 2017/REUTERS BANGKOK: The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent violence has sent nearly 90,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing, a Myanmar rights group said on Tuesday. The independent Burma Human Rights Network said that persecution was backed by the government, elements among the country?s Buddhist
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Over 0.3mn people sign petition asking to strip Suu Kyi of Nobel Prize

Over 3,035,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org demanding that the Nobel Peace Prize be taken back from Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for failure to stop violence against the ethnic Rohignya Muslims in the country. Three million signatures are needed to forward the demand to the Norway-based Nobel Peace Prize Committee. AFP adds: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and mainly Muslim countries in Asia led a growing chorus of criticism on Monday aimed at Myanmar and its civilian
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China?s Xi says global economy improving, urges resistance to protectionism

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/c7dc65bb62ce0d0f29f221b07d512619.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS81LzIwMTcgNTowNToxOSBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPXNoN0hjNzdTcmFrL0xrTmNkSHNrZkE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] XIAMEN: Chinese President Xi Jinping told an international summit on Tuesday that although the global economy had improved, risk factors had also increased. Addressing the "Dialogue
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Star India bags IPL media rights for $2.55 billion

IPL 2017 champions Mumbai Indians  MUMBAI: Star India will pay a staggering 163.48 billion rupees ($2.55 billion) for the television and digital rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the next five years, the country´s cricket board announced on Monday. Sony, the only other bidder for the television rights of the world´s richest domestic Twenty20 competition, offered 110.5 billion rupees but lost out to Star´s consolidated offer for the worldwide rights from 2018 to 2022.Bidders for digi
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Australian team bus hit by stone in Bangladesh

Australia are playing their first Test series in Bangladesh since Ricky Ponting´s team visited in 2006 SYDNEY: Cricket Australia insisted Tuesday it is comfortable with security in Bangladesh following an incident in which a window on the team bus was smashed. CA said the window was broken by a "small rock or stone" as Australia´s players were returning to the team hotel after Monday´s opening day in the second Test in Chittagong. No one was injured. "En route back to the hotel last night a w
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Pakistani envoys meet to brainstorm foreign policy matters

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will chair the concluding session ISLAMABAD: A three-day conference of selected Pakistani envoys got underway here on Tuesday for brainstorming on important foreign policy issues. The participants are discussing potential strengths of the country?s foreign policy and options available in view of the geo-political and regional situation. The new US policy on Afghanistan war and the challenges arising as a result of the revised approach, and the Kashmir issu
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Can bosses snoop on employees? European court to rule

Europe's top human rights court is set to rule Tuesday whether bosses have the right to spy on employees who use company messaging systems, in a landmark decision for privacy in the work place. In an initial decision in January last year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the French city of Strasbourg ruled against a Romanian software engineer who claimed his rights had been infringed. Bogdan Mihai Barbulescu, 38, was sacked in 2006 by his employer after he used the Yahoo messenger
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New York vows to sue Trump over immigrant children protections

New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. The Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will end the so-called Dreamers program but give the US Congress six months to craft legislation to replace it, according to sources familiar with the situation. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce plans for ending the Deferred
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Epic Del Potro sets up Federer US Open showdown

Del Potro shrugged off sickness to save two match points and defeat Dominic Thiem in a five-set US Open epic Juan Martin del Potro shrugged off sickness to save two match points and defeat Dominic Thiem in a five-set US Open epic on Monday to book a quarter-final showdown with five-time champion Roger Federer. Argentina 24th seed Del Potro claimed a heroic 1-6, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 victory over the sixth-seeded Austrian on a rocking Grandstand court, describing it as night he would remember
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China services sector expands by most in three months in August

China?s services sector expanded at a faster clip in August as new business orders picked up, a private business survey showed on Tuesday, pointing to renewed strength in a key part of the world?s second-largest economy. The findings were in line with an official gauge of the non-manufacturing sector published last week which also showed growth in the services sector accelerated, bolstering views that China?s economy remains on solid footing. The Caixin/Markit services purchasing managers? ind
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Monaco question Mbappe deal

Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev has questioned Kylain Mbappe's loan to Paris Saint-Germain in a move he calls "the most successful in world football". The 18-year-old striker moved to PSG last Thursday in a season-long loan deal with a 180 million euro buy-out clause attached, making him the second most expensive player of all time behind new teammate Neymar.in a season-long loan deal with a 180 million euro buy-out clause attached, making him the second most expensive player of all time b
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Colombia government, rebels hail pope-backed ceasefire

Colombia's government and the country's last active guerrilla group, the ELN, announced a ceasefire Monday, a key step toward sealing a "complete peace" to end Latin America's longest civil war. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and National Liberation Army (ELN) negotiators announced the ceasefire two days before a visit to Colombia by Pope Francis. ELN chief negotiator Pablo Beltran said his force's ceasefire was "the first miracle of the pope's visit." The ceasefire follows a separate
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South Korea navy holds major live-fire drills in warning to North

South Korea's navy held major live-fire drills Tuesday to warn the North against any provocations at sea, it said, two days after Pyongyang's biggest nuclear test to date. The drills, conducted in the East Sea (Sea of Japan), involved the 2,500-tonne frigate Gangwon, a 1,000-tonne patrol ship and 400-tonne guided-missile vessels, among others, the Navy said in a statement. "If the enemy launches a provocation above water or under water, we will immediately hit back to bury them at sea," Captai
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Irma strengthens to dangerous Category 4 hurricane: NHC

MIAMI: Hurricane Irma surged to a dangerous Category Four storm Monday as it churned toward the Leeward islands, sparking alarm and alerts from the Caribbean to Florida, which declared an emergency. The National Hurricane Center said at 2100 GMT that the storm was packing top sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). "Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours," the NHC warned. "On the forecast track, the center of Irma will move near or over portions of the northern Leeward Is
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Electric cars and renewables not enough to meet Paris climate goal

The cost of electric vehicles (EVs) will fall to match those running on combustion engines by 2022, a key trigger that will mean by 2035 half of all passenger vehicles sold globally will be electric, according to the head of a top energy consultancy. But this expected exponential rise in cleaner vehicles, coupled with booming renewable energy production, will not be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting climate warming, Ditlev Engel, chief executive of DNV GL?s energy consulting b
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Prostate cancer test saves lives, risks remain

Men who get a controversial blood test that looks for signs of prostate cancer appear to have a reduced risk of death from the malignancy, according to a new analysis by an international group of researchers. The analysis re-examined data from two earlier studies that had led experts to recommend against routine use of the test, which measures levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). ?The trials taken together indicate there is an important benefit,? said Ruth Etzioni, who is the senior auth
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Germany rout Norway, but wait for World Cup berth

Timo Werner netted twice on Monday as Germany routed Norway 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier, but Joachim Loew's team must wait until next month to confirm their Russia 2018 place. The world champions have won all eight of their qualifiers so far to top Group C and are unbeaten in their last 17 games, dating back to their defeat against France in the Euro 2016 semi-finals. However Northern Ireland's 2-0 win over the Czech Republic in Belfast on Monday means Germany must wait until their next quali
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Two Russian soldiers killed in east Syria

MOSCOW: Two Russian servicemen have been killed in Deir al-Zor province after Daesh militants shelled a convoy they were escorting, the Russian Defence Ministry was cited as saying on Monday by the Interfax news agency. The convoy was transporting Russian ceasefire monitoring military staff when it came under mortar attack, the ministry was quoted as saying. One soldier was killed on the spot and the other died in hospital after sustaining serious injuries. Both were awarded posthumous militar
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England hit back to beat Slovakia with Rashford winner

LONDON: England closed in on qualification for next year?s World Cup finals as Marcus Rashford?s first competitive international goal earned them a 2-1 win over closest Group F rivals Slovakia at Wembley on Monday. Slovakia, who began the night only two points adrift of Gareth Southgate?s England, stunned their hosts in the third minute when Stanislav Lobotka punished some slack defending to prod the opener past keeper Joe Hart. England were wobbling but midfielder Eric Dier calmed the home ji
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Explosions rock Myanmar area near Bangladesh border amid Rohingya exodus

Smoke is seen on the Myanmar side of the border from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Lewis  Two blasts rocked an area on the Myanmar side of the border with Bangladesh on Monday, accompanied by the sound of gunfire and thick black smoke, as violence that has sent nearly 90,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh showed no sign of easing. Bangladeshi border guards said a woman lost a leg from a blast about 50 metres inside Myanmar and was carried into Bangladesh to g
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Texas moves toward post-Harvey recovery; gas prices slip

HOUSTON: Texas on Monday edged towards recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey as shipping channels, oil pipelines and refineries restarted some operations and authorities lifted an evacuation order for the area around a once-burning chemical plant. Port operations across the US Gulf Coast oil and gas hub were resuming, although many still had restrictions on vessel draft, according to US Coast Guard updates. US gasoline prices fell in expectation that the area can get back on its fe
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US pushes for 'strongest possible' UN sanctions against North Korea

The United States on Monday launched a bid at the UN Security Council to quickly slap the "strongest possible measures" on North Korea in response to its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, but China and Russia argued that diplomatic talks were needed to address the crisis. US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Washington will present a new sanctions resolution to the council to be negotiated in the coming days, with a view of voting on it next Monday. "Only the strongest sanctions will enable us t
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Nadal hits 50th win at US Open, Pliskova races through

World number one Rafael Nadal notched up his 50th win at the US Open on Monday to reach the quarter-finals for the seventh time. The two-time champion, who could meet old rival Roger Federer in New York for the first time at the semi-final stage, crushed Ukraine's Alexander Dolgopolov 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. The 31-year-old Spaniard goes on to face either 19-year-old Andrey Rublev of Russia or Belgian ninth seed David Goffin for a place in the last-four. "I played a solid match with not many mistakes,
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China, Russia at UN urge talks with North Korea

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (right) speaks with her Chinese counterpart Liu Jieyi before a UN Security Council meeting over North Korea, on September 4. ? AFP United Nations, US: China on Monday again urged diplomatic talks to address the crisis with North Korea and warned at the UN Security Council that it will not allow chaos and war on the Korean peninsula. "The situation on the peninsula is deteriorating constantly as we speak, falling into a vicious circle," said Chinese Ambassa
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Pakistan committed to providing humanitarian assistance to Rohingya Muslims: Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, expressing concern at the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, said Pakistan is committed to providing humanitarian assistance to the persecuted minority to alleviate their suffering. In a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the foreign minister emphasised that plight of Rohingya Muslims was a challenge to the conscience of the international community. He also supported the Organisation of Islamic Countries' (OIC)
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