World News in Brief: Myanmar violence intensifies, praise for Brazil refugee response, Baháí detainees in Yemen

The UN is continuing to closely follow the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state where intercommunal tensions are being stoked by the military.

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World News in Brief: Myanmar violence intensifies, praise for Brazil refugee response, Baháí detainees in Yemen
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