Thousands of refugees from Syria have been moving to Kurdistan this past week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23745201
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon will tour Middle Eastern countries this week in order to support the peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/un-chief-tour-middle-east-week-194729161.html#KG0CTvs
Roadside in Baquba near Baghdad killed 14 people and wounded 26 as Ramadan came to an end. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for similar attacks; that group “has been boosted by the war in neighbouring Syria and discontent among Iraq's minority Sunni population,” according to a Reuters report. http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/roadside-bombs-kill-14-north-baghdad-police-202430999.html
In Japan, cabinet minsters and other lawmakers visited the Yasukuni shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, a visit which drew criticism from China and South Korean, where the shrine symbolizes Japan’s 1930s and 1940s war effort. The shrine has religious meaning but obviously also political meaning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23695131
The economy in India has drawn concern recently as the rupee drops in value against the dollar: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23722553
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