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Bangkok, Apr 1 (EFE).- The special representative of Myanmar’s deposed civilian government called Thursday for a foreign military intervention in Myanmar to stop the violence of the military junta, which has killed more than 530 civilians, including children, since the Feb. 1 coup.In an interview with EFE, Htin Linn Aung said foreign military intervention is the only way to stop the killings of civilians while advocating the creation of a federal army with ethnic minorities and avoiding considering the persecuted Rohingya as citizens. (Camera: GASPAR RUIZ-CANELA).SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH HTIN LINN AUNG, A SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MYANMAR’S DEPOSED CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT (IN ENGLISH).
Gunmen launch a pre-dawn raid on a military compound in Kabul, officials say, in an assault that has caused multiple casualties and is the third major attack in the city in recent days. IMAGES
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter spoke at a press conference at Joint Base Andrews, Washington DC on Wednesday to share the progress of the anti-ISIL coalition talks held the same day. He reiterated that the anti-IS campaign's primary focus was the downfall of Mosul and Raqqa but stressed that the rebuilding and governance of the territory was also a significant strategic priority.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said to Turkish officials that all those involved in last week's failed coup attempt "will be purged and suffer the consequences that they deserve", during a statement alongside Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, in Ankara, on Tuesday. His comments come as officials announced that over 15,000 education staff had been suspended, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government continues to purge its ranks of opponents following Friday’s failed coup.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Tuesday that "it's absurd to think that United States was somehow complicit or anyway connected" to Friday's failed coup in Turkey.