Overcrowded Rohingya Boat Capsizes Amid Cyclone Threat
An overcrowded Rohingya boat capsized off Sittwe as Cyclone Mahasen nears. eight deaths are confirmed and over 50 are missing. The UN warns tens of thousands more Rohingya are at risk in Rakhine state camps facing heavy rain and potential flood surge.
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Sittwe
Myanmar
United Nations
James Munn
U.n.s Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
U.N
Rakhine
Ashok Nigam
Mahasen
Chittagong
Bangladesh
Rakhine State
Iraqi gunmen kill 11 in Baghdad liquor stores attack
A four-vehicle assault in the Zayouna district eastern Baghdad killed 11 people and wounded five as liquor stores were busy after sunset. Police blamed attackers who targeted the stores rebuilt after last year’s bombings. no group claimed responsibility. In other news, PKK fighters entered Iraq from Turkey amid a Kurdish peace process, drawing Iraqi government objections over sovereignty and regional security.
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Heror
Iraq
Baghdad
Zayouna
Turkey
Ankara
Kurdistan Workers Party
PKK
Abdullah Ocalan
Herat
Sawashka
Kawar
Eviction Tensions Rise at Haiti Camp Acra Site
In Port au Prince, attorney Reynold Georges arrived with a judge and police to order Camp Acra residents to leave their tents and shelters, threatening burning and bulldozing. Residents retaliated with rocks as authorities grapple with a broader wave of forced evictions, Amnesty International citing a spike in such actions. The standoff follows deadly clashes and a spike in displaced Haitians, with the government denying state support for forced removals.
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Haiti
Reynold Georges
Camp Acra
Elie Joseph Jean-Louis
Georges
Amnesty International
Javier Zuniga
Jean-Claude
Duvalier
Amnesty
Laurent Lamonthe
Associated Press
Michel Martelly
Darlin Lexima
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