France /AFP Burundi’s brutal regime has set the small central African country on a “descent into hell”, a prominent human rights group said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of genocide. “Since April 2015, when large popular protests broke out against the decision of President Pierre Nkurunziza to seek a third term, Burundi has been in violent political crisis,” …

  Dhaka / AFP Around 200 Rohingya Muslims fleeing a surge in violence after security forces took control of Myanmar’s Rakhine state last month are stranded at the Bangladesh border, community leaders said on Tuesday. Bangladeshi border guards pushed back the Rohingya—mostly women and children—to the Myanmar side on Monday, community leaders said. “We heard they are 200 in number. …

  Democrats and progressives, you lost. You can fight President-elect Donald Trump, or you can join him. There will be time enough for fighting, but for now, I suggest that you join him — at least on some of his high priority items. As it turns out, several of them are your priorities too. 1: Infrastructure. The president-elect is a …