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Myanmar Kachin Baptist leaders jailed for 'helping' rebels

Yangon - Muslimchronicle

Two Baptist leaders were sentenced to prison in Myanmar Friday on charges of supporting ethnic minority rebels in the war-torn northeast, in a trial slammed by rights groups as a cover-up for alleged military abuses. The ethnic Kachin men were detained by soldiers in December 2016 after giving journalists information about a church allegedly hit by military airstrikes in northernRead more

Secret files show US knew about Indonesia purges of 1960s

Indonesia - Muslimchronicle

The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the time describing the bloodletting as "widespread slaughter", recently declassified documents have revealed. The 39 US embassy documents cover the period from 1964-1968, at the peak of the Cold War, and uncover new details about one of theRead more

New military op in gang-plagued Rio favela

Rio de Janeiro - Muslimchronicle

Some 500 soldiers, some in armored vehicles, swept into Rio de Janeiro's Rocinha favela Tuesday to support a police raid after gun fights broke out between rival drug gangs. Officials said the operation was focused on the outskirts of Rocinha, especially in the forested area that borders the upscale Gavea neighborhood, where authorities say some of the drug traffickers areRead more

Turkish police seek 70 military officers over Gulen links

Turkey - Muslimchronicle

Turkish police launched an operation on Tuesday to arrest 70 soldiers accused of links to the US-based Islamic preacher alleged to have orchestrated last year’s attempted coup, the private Dogan news agency reported. Operations targeting supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen are continuing on a daily basis some 15 months after the failed putsch. Gulen has denied involvement. In the lastRead more

Four South Sudanese soldiers killed in fighting with rebels

Juba - Muslimchronicle

Rebels in South Sudan killed four soldiers when they attacked a strategic northeastern town to try to push the government out ahead of a resumption of peace talks, a government spokesman said on Monday. The soldiers came under heavy fire on Sunday in Waat town and 14 were also wounded, said Dickson Gatluak Jock, spokesman for Vice President Taban DengRead more

Lebanese cleric sentenced to death for clashes with army

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

A Lebanese military tribunal has sentenced a radical Sunni cleric to death for his role in 2013 clashes that killed 18 soldiers, following a trial that lasted for two years. The firebrand cleric, Ahmed Al-Assir, had gained support in southern Lebanon for his vocal criticism of Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria’s civil war. What started as clashes between Al-Assir’s supporters andRead more

Early French Vote Turnout Slightly Higher than 2012

Paris - Arab Today

Turnout figures for the first round of the French presidential election showed a 28.54 percentage participation rate by midday local time, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. The 28.54 percent compared to 28.29 percent in 2012 at the same hour, and compared to midday turnout rates of 31.21 percent in 2007 and 21.40 percent in 2002. French voters headed toRead more

S. Korean, U.S. Troops to Hold Logistics Drill Next Month

Seoul - Arab Today

South Korea and the United States plan to stage a large-scale logistics exercise next month on the southeastern coast of the peninsula, their combined command announced Friday. The drill, named "Operation Pacific Reach (OCR)," will be held at the Pohang Dogu Beach from April 10-21, according to South Korea's (Yonhap) News Agency. "This exercise is a training event focused onRead more

Palestinian Woman Shot Killed in Bethlehem

Bethlehem - Arab Today

A Palestinian woman was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces at an intersection in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem on Wednesday afternoon after allegedly attempting to carry out a vehicular attack. An Israeli occupation army spokesperson told Ma'an that a Palestinian attempted to run into Israeli soldiers at a junction near the illegal Israeli settlement blocRead more

Five Pakistan soldiers and 10 militants dead in border raid

Islamabad - Arab Today

Five soldiers and 10 militants were killed in a coordinated overnight raid at several border posts on the frontier with Afghanistan, the Pakistani military said Monday. The fighting took place in Mohmand, one of Pakistan’s so-called tribal districts that form a buffer zone between the two countries, where the military has been battling militants for over a decade. Pakistan’s militaryRead more