From the inauguration of US President Donald Trump to the exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar, here are 12 events that marked 2017.
- A year of Trump -
On January 20 Republican billionaire Donald Trump, 70, is inaugurated as US president, vowing: "America first."
Suspicions of collusion between his election campaign and Russia dog the start of his term.
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Hindus once sold food to Rohingyas, spoke the same language and even cut the hair of their Muslim neighbours. But co-existence among the collage of ethnicities in Myanmar's Rakhine state has been ruptured -- perhaps irreversibly -- by the bloodshed of the last month.
Violence has periodically cut through the western state, where communal rivalries have been sharpened by BritishRead more
UN chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday on Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingyas in Rakhine state, acknowledging that the Muslim minority was facing ethnic cleansing.
"I call on the Myanmar authorities to suspend military activities and violence and uphold the rule of law," he said in a press conference.
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Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar's minority Rohingyas, saying they have been tortured and killed "simply because they want to live their culture and their Muslim faith."
The pope issued a strong defense of the Rohingyas in unprepared remarks at his weekly audience following last week's UN report that said security forces in theRead more