YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s army will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in Rakhine state, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a 2017 army-led campaign the United Nations says was executed with “genocidal intent”. FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's military Commander in Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing salutes as…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trump said he and Mr Sulzberger had a "very good" meeting The publisher of the New York Times has urged President Donald Trump not to continue labelling reporters "enemies of the people", saying it could "lead to violence" against the media.AG Sulzberger made the details of their off-the-record meeting…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVideo from the town of Dorud shows a crowd carrying what appears to be a wounded man Ten people have been killed overnight in anti-government protests sweeping Iran, according to state TV."In the events of last night, unfortunately a total of about 10 people were killed in…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Hailemariam Desalegn said a new detention centre will comply with international standards Ethiopia's prime minister has announced the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre which allegedly used torture to extract confessions.Hailemariam Desalegn told a press conference charges would also be dropped for those…
FILE PHOTO: Former FBI director James Comey arrives at the Irish Film Institute for for a public interview in Dublin, Ireland June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday withdrew a legal challenge that sought to quash a congressional subpoena compelling him to testify in secret about the…
There's a scene somewhere in the middle of a new flat Earth documentary that acts as metaphor for so much that surrounds it. Two of the central figures of Behind the Curve are visiting a spaceflight museum that pays tribute to NASA, an organization that they believe is foisting a tremendous lie on an indoctrinated…
REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - A 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren were among six killed when a wildfire raged through an area of northern California and engulfed entire communities, officials and family members said. Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told a news conference in the city of Redding at the edge of the blaze on…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption John Brennan stepped down as CIA director in January 2017 Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of ex-CIA chief John Brennan, denying the US president's critic any access to sensitive information.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced the decision by reading a statement from Mr Trump.The statement cited Mr…
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets crept higher on Monday following favorable U.S. jobs data, while sterling slipped after two members of the British government resigned over Brexit and put the future of Prime Minister Theresa May in doubt. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo,…
Enlarge / It is nearly time for crewed flights on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. SpaceXOn Friday, key NASA officials gathered in a large meeting room at Kennedy Space Center. Here, for decades, NASA managers reviewed analyses about the next space shuttle mission and, more often than not, cleared the vehicle for launch. But after 2011, there…
