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Thai boys still stuck in cave as divers draw up rescue plans

Rescuers battle intensifying rain to furiously pump water from a cave in Thailand, as officials thrash out plans to extract a young soccer team located by divers after being trapped and incommunicado for 10 days.
3 July 2018, 04:32 AM

Call for justice, safe return

As he walked through the alleys of the makeshift camps in rains and met Rohingya boys and girls, he remembered his granddaughters and tried to imagine what it would be like to see them in such conditions.
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM

We are all Rohingya: WB chief

Moved by the horrific stories of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says, “…we are all Rohingya”.
2 July 2018, 12:46 PM

UN chief calls to step up support for Rohingyas

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says his heart is broken after he visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
2 July 2018, 03:23 AM

Red Cross chief says Myanmar not ready for Rohingyas return

Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state are not ready yet for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas who have fled a military crackdown, says Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of Red Cross, after visit to the region.
2 July 2018, 02:15 AM

Generous humane country like Bangladesh shouldn’t be punished: WB

Appreciating Bangladesh's generous support, visiting World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim says they are insisting that generous humane countries that support refugees should not be punished.
1 July 2018, 12:26 PM

UK calls for more int'l support for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field and UK Special Envoy for Gender Equality Joanna Roper calls for greater humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas, particularly to help support the provision of education for refugees and host communities.
1 July 2018, 07:20 AM

UN to put more pressure on Myanmar: Guterres

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says they will put more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on the Rohingya issue.
1 July 2018, 02:51 AM

Secret UN-Myanmar deal on Rohingya offers no guarantees on citizenship

Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar is to have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret agreement between the government and the United Nations seen by Reuters.
30 June 2018, 10:06 AM

Rohingyas’ statelessness increases vulnerability to trafficking: Report

The Rohingya community's stateless status and inability to work legally in Bangladesh "increases their vulnerability" to human trafficking, says a global report.
30 June 2018, 09:15 AM

Myanmar transit camps sit empty as Rohingya fear return

The transit camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day.
30 June 2018, 07:28 AM

Rohingya crisis: UN special rapporteur in Dhaka

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, arrives in Dhaka on a 10-day visit to meet Rohingya refugees at Cox’s Bazar.
29 June 2018, 13:54 PM

China assures help in Rohingya repatriation

China will assist in the repatriation of Rohingya mass who have been living as refugees in Bangladesh, fleeing from persecution in Myanmar.
29 June 2018, 10:17 AM

Bali reopens airport after volcano eruption strands thousands of tourists

Bali reopens its international airport today after a volcanic eruption temporarily grounded flights, stranding thousands of tourists on the Indonesian holiday island.
29 June 2018, 10:11 AM

Unable to find lost boys, Thai police drop survival packages into cave

As a search in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing inside a flooded cave entered a sixth day on Friday, police begins dropping survival packages through a shaft drilled in the mountainside not knowing if anyone is there.
29 June 2018, 08:33 AM

Rohingya crisis: WB to provide $480m grant-based support

The World Bank announces to provide $480 million in grant-based support to help Bangladesh address the needs of Rohingya refugees in areas such as health, education, water and sanitation, disaster risk management, and social protection.
29 June 2018, 06:10 AM

Rohingya Crisis: UK to mount pressure on Myanmar for justice

The United Kingdom along with its international partners will continue to put 'maximum pressure' on Myanmar to ensure justice for Rohingyas, says British Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Field.
29 June 2018, 05:23 AM

UN chief's visit to highlight need for more global support for Rohingyas

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank (WB) Group President Dr Jim Yong Kim will visit Bangladesh on July 1-2 to see the severity of Rohingya situation and UN agencies' engagement in the camps.
29 June 2018, 04:21 AM

UN rights expert Lee begins Bangladesh visit tomorrow

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee arrives here on a 10-day visit to meet Rohingyas in various locations of Cox's Bazar.
28 June 2018, 14:10 PM

Myanmar BGP shoots Rohingya child on Bandarban border

A Rohingya child is shot and wounded in firing by Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar in no man's land along the Naikhyangchhari border of Bandarban.
28 June 2018, 12:13 PM