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Saudi-led forces open assault on Yemen port city of Hodeida

Jun 13, 2018

A Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's exiled government has begun an assault on Yemen's port city of Hodeida

Rohingya upset UN agreement didn't address citizenship

Jun 9, 2018

Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled attacks in Myanmar say they are disappointed that the agreement signed earlier this week did not address one of their key demands: citizenship.

Turkish presidential candidate runs campaign from jail

Jun 8, 2018

One of the candidates in Turkey's presidential election later this month is running his campaign from jail

Rohingya say Myanmar targeted the educated in genocide

Jun 6, 2018

AP Exclusive: "Who's left to tell?" Educated Rohingya tell AP of being targeted as part of what some experts call a genocide meant to not only drive out the Muslims but erase their history

Nearly half of Afghan children are not in school

Jun 3, 2018

A new report says nearly half of Afghanistan's children are not attending school because of war, poverty and other factors

Bangladesh PM urges Myanmar to take back Rohingya Muslims

May 25, 2018

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for international pressure on Myanmar to take back hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have sought shelter in her country to escape military-led violence

Actress Priyanka Chopra visits Rohingya kids in Bangladesh

May 24, 2018

Priyanka Chopra, actress and a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations' children's agency, says the world should be more compassionate to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children who desperately need help in Bangladeshi camps

A closer look at 10 arrested Saudi women's rights activists

May 22, 2018

A closer look at the 10 detained activists in Saudi Arabia and how they became icons of the women's rights movement there

Arrested Saudi activists held incommunicado since last week

May 22, 2018

In Saudi Arabia, at least 10 women's rights activists are being interrogated and held without access to a lawyer

Sri Lanka marks end to civil war as a divided nation

May 20, 2018

Sri Lanka commemorates the ninth anniversary of the end of its civil war as a divided nation, with minority Tamils calling for an international investigation into alleged wartime atrocities