Facebook announced on Monday that it was removing over 70 pages and accounts linked to Myanmar's military accused by the United Nations of grossly violating human rights in the country.

A human rights watchdog on Monday called on newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to focus on protecting economic, social and cultural rights.

A new proposal by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ease emissions standards for coal-fired power plants is a handout to special interests that will poison families while abdicating American leadership on climate change, two lawmakers said in separate press releases on Tuesday.

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday that the terrorism threat in the country's Rakhine state remained acute and "could have grave consequences" to the entire region of Southeast Asia.

Authorities in Myanmar torture and detain Rohingya refugees who come back to the country from Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said in a release on Tuesday.

Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin on Saturday accused The New York Times newspaper of justifying terrorism after the newspaper suggested the recently killed Kurdish militant had been a hero to the Yazidi community