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A forklift ferries government food aid to an Indonesian air force C-130 aircraft, bound for Bangladesh and its cargo destined for Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta on September 13, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 09:00 GMT to 17:00 GMT, September 13, 2017.

UN Rohingya warning

The United Nations has called for more emergency aid to Rohingya Muslims fleeing a government-sponsored persecution in Myanmar. The UN refugee agency says aid groups have to ramp up operations massively in response to the huge influx of refugees in Bangladesh. The Myanmar army’s violent crackdown has so far forced some 400,000 Muslims to flee their homes and go to neighboring Bangladesh. The UN has raised the alarm about the humanitarian situation, saying Bangladesh needs financial resources to help the refugees. The new wave of bloodshed has left around one thousand people dead.

Yemen deadly cholera

The World Health Organization says over 650,000 Yemenis have contracted cholera since the outbreak began in the country five months ago. The WHO added that it has registered over two-thousand deaths linked to the waterborne disease across the impoverished nation. The disease has spread in Yemen due to water supply disruptions and deteriorating hygiene and sanitation conditions. The epidemic has been blamed on the Saudi war and the embargo imposed on Yemen by Riyadh and its allies.

Syria advances

The Syrian Army has made fresh gains against Daesh terrorists in the country’s central areas. According to local media, the army has regained control over several towns in the eastern countryside of Homs province. A number of terrorists have been killed in the army operations there. Weapons and equipment belonging to the terror group were also destroyed in the offensive. The military forces further dismantled the landmines and explosive devices planted by Daesh. The Russian military says Syrian government troops have so far cleared 85 percent of the country from terror groups.

Iran arrests Daesh element

Iranian security forces have arrested a top member of a Daesh-linked terror group. A senior official of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps said the terrorist was arrested in a town near the capital Tehran. The official said the group had planned to mobilize terrorists to carry out terror operations in the country in the following weeks. Iran has arrested dozens of terrorists since the twin terror attacks in June, which killed 17 people and injured over 50 others in Tehran.

Israel’s illegal settlements

A leading rights group has criticized Israeli banks for contributing to the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to Human Rights Watch, no Israeli law requires banks to provide settlements with services such as loans and mortgages. It says banks have continued to do so regardless of their human rights obligations. The group is calling on Israeli banks to extricate themselves from the settlements or face the risk of action from shareholders. About 600,000 Israelis live in illegal settlements built since the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories. Settlements are unlawful under international humanitarian law.

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi skips UNGA

Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has canceled a trip to attend the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting amid global pressure over her handling of the Rohingya crisis. A government spokesman has announced the news without giving further details. Many Western and Muslim countries have criticized the Myanmar's beleaguered leader for failing to speak out against the military crackdown in the country. Some critics have even called for Suu Kyi to be stripped of her Nobel peace prize for failing to stop what the UN has described as ethnic cleansing. The UN Security Council is to meet today to address the issue.

Killed, blinded by buckshot in India

A prominent human rights group has called on India to immediately ban the use of shotgun pellets by government forces in suppressing anti-India protests in the disputed Kashmir region. Amnesty International says pellets fired by the weapons have blinded and killed people indiscriminately. It has also criticized Indian authorities for failing to support those injured and disabled by the weapons. Although shotguns have been in use in Kashmir since 2010, they were frequently used during months of protests in 2016. Since then, pellets fired by shotguns have killed at least 14 people and blinded hundreds. India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in its entirety and have fought three wars over the region.

EU Juncker’s Brexit prediction

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says Britain will regret its decision to leave the EU, and that the bloc will go on without London. Juncker was delivering his state of the union address before the European Parliament. The head of the EU executive said the Brexit should NOT prevent the rest of the union forging ahead with integration in an ambitious way. Juncker, however, made no policy statements on how Britain's exit should be handled or on plans for a new relationship. He called for an EU summit in the Romanian city of Sibiu on March 30, 2019, the day Britain would officially depart the bloc. Romania will then have the rotating presidency of the EU. 51 percent of the Britons voted in a referendum to leave the European Union last year.


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