Rohingya refugees are living in dire conditions in Bangladesh

Bangladesh kills 86, arrests 7,000 in anti-drugs campaign

Bangladesh has said an influx last year of Rohingya fleeing Buddhist-majority Myanmar is partly to blame for soaring methamphetamine use. But many Rohingya say their young people are being pushed into crime because they cannot legally work or, in many cases, get access to aid. May 29, 2018
Sergio Mattarella Italy President

Italy's President asks former IMF economist to form government

Two of the big winners from the vote -- populist Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League party -- attempted to join forces but abandoned efforts after their nomination for Finance Minister, 81-year-old Paolo Savona, was shot down by Mattarella. May 28, 2018
Donald Trump, Trump, US President Trump

Asian shares shaky after Trump ditches summit with North Korea

In addition to North Korea, the possibility of US tariffs on foreign auto imports are stoking worries about trade war, although investors also see this threat from Washington as a tactic to get better bilateral deals from major auto exporter nations. May 25, 2018