Congress Russian probe chief steps aside
Head of key US congressional investigation into alleged Russian hacking steps down due to ethics inquiry into him
Aung San Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
Myanmar leader's remarks come despite UN and rights groups saying army crackdown may amount to crimes against humanity.
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied security forces carried out ethnic cleansing of the country's Rohingya Muslims, despite the UN and human rights groups saying a crackdown by the army may amount to crimes against humanity.
Tens of thousands of people have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state since the military began a security operation last October in response to what it says was an attack by Rohingya armed men on border posts, in which nine police officers were killed.
A UN report in February said the army's campaign targeting the Rohingya involved mass killings, gang rapes and the burning down of villages, likely amounting to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.Postmortems confirm Syria chemical attack, Turkey says
Further evidence emerges of use of chemical weapons following attack that killed 72 and injured 300 in Idlib
Postmortem results have confirmed that chemical weapons were used in an attack which killed at least 72 people in Idlib province in Syria, after Donald Trump warned that the strike had changed his view of the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad.
Three Syrians who were injured in Tuesday’s attack on Khan Sheikhun died in Turkey after being brought to the southern province of Adana for treatment. “The results of the autopsy confirm that chemical weapons were used,” the justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ , told the state-run Anadolu news agency.
“This scientific investigation also confirms that Assad used chemical weapons,” Bozdag added, without giving further details.
Rodrigo Duterte tells Philippine school children 'I will kill people' day before Liam Fox's 'shared values' speech
Dr Fox has been criticised for his 'frankly shocking' speech
A day before Liam Fox said the UK has "shared values" with the Philippines, the country's president Rodrigo Duterte told an audience of young children he was "angry" and would "kill people if they destroy our youth."
Mr Duterte's war on drugs has left thousands of people dead since his election last year, and he has previously said he "doesn't give a s*** about human rights."
"I am really strict," Mr Duterte told children aged between four and 10 at an ceremony for Boys Scouts at the presidential palace, local news site Rappler reported.
Bangladesh closes one of world's most polluted places
DHAKA (AFP) -
A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut Thursday as police enforced a court ruling to protect a vital waterway.
Conservationists have been fighting for years to close the century-old tannery district in the capital Dhaka, which pumps thousands of litres of toxic waste directly into the city's most important river on a daily basis.
The Supreme Court ordered last month that tanneries in Hazaribagh, a neighbourhood dating to the Mughal era, had until April 6 to close before police started cutting power to the businesses.
Some tannneries had asked for more time before closing the historic district, which the industry claims employs around 30,000 leatherworkers.
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