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Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi gestures after casting his vote during presidential elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran June 18, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Middle East

Rights groups call for probe into Iran's Raisi for crimes against humanity

Iran has never acknowledged the mass executions and Raisi has never publicly addressed allegations about his role

Rohingyas are entering Bangladesh territory crossing Myanmar border on October 9, 2017. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash/TBS
Rohingya Crisis

Govt urges global organisations to ensure fundamental rights for Rohingyas

Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Pelosi calls for US and world leaders to boycott China's 2022 Olympics

Smoke and flames rise in Gaza during Israeli air attacks amid a flare-up in violence. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

India calls for end to violence in Israel, Gaza

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the opening ceremony of an EU summit at the Alfandega do Porto Congress Center in Porto, Portugal May 7, 2021. Luis Vieira/Pool via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

EU calls on US and others to export their vaccines

REUTERS/Carlos Barria
World+Biz

Biden calls for funding to probe white supremacist beliefs at US immigration agencies

FILE PHOTO: A rioter reacts as the police uses a water cannon on the Springfield Road as protests continue in Belfast, Northern Ireland April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
World+Biz

Northern Irish loyalists join calls for end to street violence

FILE PHOTO: A migrant disembarks a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, in the south part of the island of Gran Canaria, Spain March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
World+Biz

Europe's south calls for more solidarity in new EU migration pact

File photo: Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Rabab Fatima spoke at the UN General Assembly in New York, Geneva and Vienna on Friday (January 22). Photo/Courtesy
Bangladesh

Rabab Fatima calls for international solidarity against terrorism

FILE PHOTO: U.S. State Department Spokesman Ned Price speaks to reporters during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/Pool
World+Biz

US calls for release of AP journalist, five others charged in Myanmar

A pro-democracy protester is detained by riot police officers during a rally against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

Myanmar violence: UN calls for immediate end to use of force

A man holds up a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi as he takes part in a protest against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

UN rights envoy and US urge sanctions for Myanmar

Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

General Aziz calls to increase Bangladeshi peacekeepers number in UN peacekeeping operations