US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered a speech at Stanford University, California on 17/1/2018 devoted to explain US policy in Syria. The question of Syria did not come as a subject, but was the only subject in Tillerson's speech.

14th November there began mass searches in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, in the houses of Muslims in one way or another connected with the political party Hizb ut Tahrir. The searches were held for several days, as a result more than 80 Muslims were detained. After the long interrogations, 7 Muslims were arrested. During the interrogations they asked about the involvement in Hizb ut Tahrir.

On Sunday 17th September, the aid agency Save the Children warned that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could die due to lack of food, shelter, and basic hygiene supplies. Over 410,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 25th due to the genocide campaign being waged by the Burmese army.

Regarding what concerns us in this clarification and response to the Xiamen Declaration made by the member states of BRICS in the issued as a final draft on Monday, 4 September 2017, which mentions that the member states, "express deep concern over the ongoing tension and prolonged nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, and emphasize that it should only be settled through peaceful means and direct dialogue of all the…