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Refugees reject Suu Kyi claim that some Rohingya safe

Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar are rejecting leader Aung San Suu Kyi's claims that many members of their minority group are safe.
19 September 2017, 06:36 AM

Trudeau calls on Suu Kyi to condemn atrocities on Rohingyas

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls on Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to publicly condemn the atrocities being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state
19 September 2017, 06:09 AM

Highlights: Suu Kyi addresses nation on Rohingya crisis

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in her first address to the nation since the recent Rohingya crisis, condemned all human rights violations and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law. Here are the highlights of her televised address to the nation as reported by the Indian news portal.
19 September 2017, 04:59 AM

Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns rights abuse, decries suffering in Rakhine

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemns any human rights violations in troubled Rakhine State and says anyone responsible would face the law, and that she feels deeply for the suffering of everyone caught up in the conflict there.
19 September 2017, 04:09 AM

Expect no help from Trump on Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar: Bangladesh PM Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an exclusive interview with Reuters, says she spoke to US President Donald Trump about Rohingya Muslims flooding into her country from Myanmar, but she expects no help from him as he has made clear how he feels about refugees.
19 September 2017, 03:13 AM

All eyes on Suu Kyi as Myanmar leader breaks silence on Rohingya crisis

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to break her near-silence on communal violence scorching through Rakhine state, in a televised speech on a Rohingya refugee crisis that has shocked the world and prompted the UN to accuse the country's army of ethnic cleansing.
19 September 2017, 02:28 AM

Exodus exposes 'abject failure' of world leaders

Human Rights Watch has called upon world leaders to impose targeted sanctions and a comprehensive arms embargo on the Myanmar military to stop ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Orphaned, in extreme shock

The two sisters can remember quite distinctly how it happened.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Some Rohingyas have links to IS, Pakistan's ISI

The Indian government yesterday told the Supreme Court that it has intelligence inputs of links between some Rohingya Muslims and Pakistan's ISI and the terror group Islamic State, making them "a serious security threat to the country".
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Philippine troops retake IS-stronghold in Marawi

Philippine troops rescued a catholic priest held hostage for almost four months by Islamic State-linked rebels after an offensive that
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Humanitarian aid must be planned better

“I am at Balukhali camp in Ukhia, the situation is far, far worse than what I have seen on the media, I just talked to a woman who is 9 months pregnant, no idea where her husband is, had not one thing to eat today."
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingya crisis: South Korea urges international community to help Bangladesh

South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ahn Seong-doo calls upon the international community to help Bangladesh in addressing the Rohingya crisis.
18 September 2017, 14:58 PM

Dhaka to deal with Rohingya issue diplomatically: Inu

Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu says Bangladesh will deal with Myanmar through diplomatic channels to put a peaceful end to the Rohingya crisis.
18 September 2017, 10:22 AM

Modi inaugurates controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the country's biggest dam, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelihoods.
18 September 2017, 09:35 AM

Rohingyas are security threat, India govt tells SC

Indian government tells the Supreme Court that it has intelligence of links between some Rohingya Muslims and Pakistan’s ISI and terror group Islamic State, making them “a serious security threat to the country”.
18 September 2017, 08:40 AM

Militants can’t penetrate into Rohingyas: IGP

Bangladesh Police rules out any possibility of militant groups penetrating among the vulnerable population of Rohingya refugees sheltered.
18 September 2017, 08:27 AM

Rohingya crisis: Buddhists curb Prabarana Purnima as protest

As protest against the atrocities on Rohingyas in Myanmar, Bangladesh’s Buddhist community will refrain from flying paper lanterns in Prabarana Purnima this year.
18 September 2017, 06:35 AM

Rohingya crisis: Rights group seeks targeted sanctions, arms embargo on Myanmar

A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has sent over 400,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh to escape what the United Nations has branded ethnic cleansing.
18 September 2017, 05:48 AM

‘Leave, or we will kill you all’

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.
18 September 2017, 04:23 AM

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Two years ago, Bangladesh felt a “strengthened bond” with India that “would benefit people of the two countries as well as of the
17 September 2017, 18:00 PM