An airstrike by Myanmar’s military destroyed a hospital in an area controlled by a leading rebel armed force, killing 34 patients and medical staff, according to a local rescue worker and independent media reports Thursday. About 80 other people were injured in the attack Wednesday night on the general hospital in Mrauk-U township, an area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in state of Rakhine. The ruling military has not announced news of any attack in the area. Austria lower House OKs headscarf ban in schools Austria’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools for girls under 14 despite uncertainty over whether the legislation will be ruled unconstitutional as a previous ban was five years ago. Rights groups have criticised the plan. Amnesty International said it would “add to the current racist climate towards Muslims”.
