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U.N. Says Myanmar Military Leaders Should Face Genocide Charges

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08/27/2018

08/27/2018

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U.N. Says Myanmar Military Leaders Should Face Genocide Charges

Top News: Investigators for the United Nations Human Rights Council said Myanmar’s military chiefs should be prosecuted for genocide in a new report.

The report marks the strongest condemnation yet by the U.N. for Myanmar’s military operations against Rohingya Muslims, which the U.N. report says consists of gang rape, torture, the killing of children, and burning of whole villages.

It named six Myanmar military leaders that should go on trial for genocide and sharply criticized top Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for not preventing the violence.

More than 700,000 Rohingya have fled the country, most to neighboring Bangladesh.

United States: U.S. Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who represented Arizona in the Senate for more than three decades and was the 2008 Republican Party presidential nominee, died on Saturday at age 81 following a battle with brain cancer. President Donald Trump offered condolences to McCain’s family, but blocked the White House from releasing a statement that praised his heroism and life, the Washington Post reported.

AFRICA

•  Zimbabwe inaugurated President Emmerson Mnangagwa following a disputed election.

•  British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya to increase prospects for British exports following the Brexit.

•  The World Bank pledged $1 billion in support to the Ethiopian government as it undertakes political reforms, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in his first press conference.

AMERICAS

•  Mexican negotiators said they are close to reaching a deal with the United States on updating the North American Free Trade Agreement.

•  A nationwide referendum in Colombia on new anti-corruption measures narrowly failed to gain enough votes to clear a participation threshold.

•  A gunman killed two people and injured nine others before killing himself after opening fire on a video game competition in Florida.

ASIA

•  The Afghan government announced the head of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and 10 other militants were killed in a military operation.

•  Australia’s new prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced a new cabinet following the ouster of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

•  A Myanmar court postponed a verdict on whether to jail two Reuters journalists who documented a massacre of Rohingya Muslims and were accused of violating state secrets laws.

EUROPE

•  Pope Francis declined to comment on claims he knew about sexual abuse allegations against the former Vatican ambassador to the United States.

•  A Turkish court allowed a German journalist on trial for terrorist propaganda charges to return to Germany.

•  At least 16 people were killed and 18 injured after tourist bus crashed in Bulgaria.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Iran said it would continue backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as Syria prepares for an assault on the last major rebel stronghold.

•  Israel announced it would reopen its border crossing with Gaza following an ebb in violence at the border.

•  Iran’s parliament voted to remove the economy minister while the country struggles with a laggard economy.

- By Robbie Gramer

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