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Stagnant floodwaters in Pakistan may take months to recede in some places, and have already led to widespread cases of skin and eye infections, diarrhea, malaria, typhoid and dengue fever
The PFI has been banned by the Indian government under accusations of funding anti-state activities
Ohn Thwin is believed to be the highest-ranking active or retired military officer assassinated since February last year, when the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering widespread public opposition.
A deal for the United Nations to start work on a remote Bangladeshi island where the government has sent thousands of Rohingya refugees offers no guarantee they will be allowed to move freely to the mainland, according to a copy of the agreement.
The US has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar's military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity
The UN's Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata said that contemporary forms of slavery, including child labour, exist all around the world - including in China with the Uyghur Muslim minority.
The influx of migrants – while not unusual for the summer months – this year comes as Italy gears up for early elections which could bring the hard right to power.
The decision by the International Court of Justice paves the way for full hearings at the court on allegations over majority-Buddhist Myanmar's bloody 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority group.
The Hague-based ICJ court said in a statement that it will 'deliver its judgment on the preliminary objections raised by Myanmar' at 13:00 GMT on Friday.
Amnesty International has said that the "Myanmar military is committing war crimes by laying antipersonnel landmines on a massive scale" in a new report released on Wednesday.