bashar al assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack that killed at least eighty people back in april a report coauthored by the u.n. says the government used deadly sarin nerve gas against the rebel held town of khan shai cohen syria denies using chemical weapons. the world food program says myanmar s government has given it the go ahead for it to resume operations to roll hinge of muslims in northern iraq and state u.n. agency suspended its work in august after myanmar security forces began targeting a muslim minority group hundreds of thousands have since fled into neighboring bangladesh. ballot counting continues in kenya from the country s presidential election the cost of the divisive vote is becoming more apparent one person was killed in clashes between protesters and police today