The president of sanctions-hit Iran called Thursday for Muslim countries to cooperate in fighting US "economic terrorism" at the opening of a summit aimed at tackling the Islamic world's woes.

Iran urges to fight against US 'economic terrorism' at Muslim summit

A Myanmar court will hear the appeal later this month of two Reuters journalists jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, a lawyer said Saturday. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were found guilty under a state secrets act in September after exposing the extrajudicial killing of 10 Rohingya men during a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar's western Rakhine state last year.

Myanmar court to hear jailed reporters appeal this month

The European Union has also announced that it will donate Euros 688 million to Myanmar in development aid

EU urges Myanmar to take meaningful action on Rohingya issue