Jailed ex-premier Imran Khan barred from Pakistan politics for five years
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, who has been convicted and jailed on graft charges, was barred from politics for five years on Tuesday, an official order said. The order by the Election Commission of Pakistan, seen by Reuters and confirmed by a senior officer, said Khan was disqualified in line with his […]
Myanmar Rohingya, five years on, desperate to leave Bangladesh camps and go home
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes. More than a million Rohingya are living in squalid camps in southern Bangladesh comprising the world’s largest refugee settlement, […]