A special U.N. fact-finding mission has urged that Myanmar be held responsible in international legal forums for alleged genocide against its Muslim Rohingya minority. The mission said the threat of genocide continues for an estimated 600,000 Rohingya still inside Myanmar living in "deplorable" conditions and facing persecution. The situation makes the repatriation of Rohingya refugees impossible, it said.

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:54:09 -0400

North Korea said Monday that diplomatic talks with the United States could resume in a "few weeks," but that it will not consider abandoning its nuclear weapons unless external threats are fully removed. A statement Monday attributed to a North Korean foreign ministry official said potential upcoming working-level talks would be decisive in determining the fate of the country's diplomacy with Washington. "Whether the DPRK-U.S. negotiations will be a window for chance or an occasion to precipitate crisis is entirely up to the U.S.," the statement said, referring to North Korea by its formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:53:58 -0400

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to annex "all the settlements" in the West Bank, including an enclave deep in the heart of the largest Palestinian city, in a last-ditch move that appeared aimed at shoring up nationalist support the day before a do-over election. Locked in a razor tight race and with legal woes hanging over him, Netanyahu is fighting for his political survival. "I intend to extend sovereignty on all the settlements and the (settlement) blocs," including "sites that have security importance or are important to Israel's heritage," Netanyahu said in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, part of an eleventh-hour media blitz.

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:41:04 -0400

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, meeting Monday with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Luxembourg, Johnson has warned he wants Britain to leave the EU on Oct. 31 with or without a deal. Beyrer, however, said he hopes Johnson will come up with new "viable" options for an orderly Brexit.

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:37:43 -0400

You can sell North Korean food in South Korea. Authorities say the owner of a restaurant under construction in Seoul "voluntarily" removed signs with images of North Korean leaders and the North Korean flag from the restaurant's exterior on Monday, after they were criticized on social media over the weekend. Police quoted the owner as saying the North Korea-themed decorations were intended to attract attention and make the restaurant more profitable.

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:18:49 -0400