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Seoul/Jeju, South Korea – Ko Minja has yet to meet one of the 550-plus Yemeni asylum seekers who arrived on South Korea’s Jeju island earlier this year, or visit any of the areas they are living. Still, the 59-year-old restaurant owner has no second thoughts about not wanting them on the island. “The Yemenis are scary. They will rape our women, take our jobs and take over the country. I’m scared o
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Sri Lanka: UN condemns anti-Muslim violence
Communal violence in central Kandy region has led to the deaths of at least two people with dozens injured. Sri Lankan authorities declared a state of emergency after a string of violent anti-Muslim incidents left at least two people dead [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters] The United Nations on Sunday condemned a string of anti-Muslim attacks in Sri Lanka including the burning of mosques and businesses.
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A day before anti-Muslim mobs swept through a peaceful hill town in central Sri Lanka, the leader of a Sinhalese nationalist group took a stroll through the town’s centre. “We have been distributing leaflets and have now reached Digana,” Amith Weerasinghe said into the camera of his phone. “But the problem is we haven’t come across even 20 shops that are owned by Sinhalese.” In a measured tone, he
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Tensions have risen dramatically in the Korean Peninsula after North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile last month. Since the 1960s, North Korea has been trying to develop nuclear capabilities, much to the dismay of South Korea, a close ally of the United States. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has steadily increased the number of ballistic missile tests since he came to power aft
Philippine army and armed groups join forces in Marawi
The Philippines military has teamed up with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters as it prepares for a final assault against the Maute armed group in the southern city of Marawi. Soldiers were seen mingling freely with several hundred MILF fighters who have joined forces for an assault on fighters on the southern island of Mindanao. The joint operation is the latest tactic by the Philippin
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Reactions pour in over cover showing a van running over people with the caption: ‘Islam: religion of peace…eternal’. Charlie Hebdo's cover depicting events in Barcelona has been condemned as being unfair to the victims and Muslims [Charlie Hebdo] Critics have taken to the internet to condemn the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, over a front-page cartoon linking Islam to a recent deadly at
Iran ‘needs just 5 days’ to resume uranium enrichment
Iran’s atomic chief has warned that Tehran needs only five days to ramp up its uranium enrichment to 20 percent, a level at which the material could be used for a nuclear weapon. The comments by Ali Akbar Salehi to Iranian state television on Tuesday followed repeated threats by US President Donald Trump to renegotiate or walk away from a historic 2015 nuclear deal. “If there is a plan for a react
Jerusalem cameras ‘more dangerous than metal detectors’
Palestinians vow to continue protests against the installation of surveillance cameras at al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israel's new measures of control at al-Aqsa compound have been described as collective punishment for Palestinians [Reuters] Palestinians have vowed to continue protests and confrontations with Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, in rejection of new surveillan
Lost your phone in Japan? You’ll probably get it back
Osaka, Japan – When Maithilee Jadeja reported her lost phone to police in February 2017, she had both a precise and vague location. It was in a shallow crevice, somewhere near the summit of Mount Aso, Japan’s largest active volcano. She had dropped it while taking photos. Two months later, back in Kyoto, where Jadeja, 20, is a student, she got a letter from the police in Kumamoto Prefecture, more
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