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One dies as fire guts Myanmar luxury hotel

AP 2017-10-19 12:00:00

A fire has nearly destroyed a luxury hotel popular with foreigners in Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon. A body bag was carried out of the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel on Thursday morning and firefigh...

Myanmar dismisses UN 'ethnic cleansing' allegations

AP 2017-09-26 12:00:00

Myanmar's UN ambassador insisted Monday that there is no "ethnic cleansing" or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected "in the strongest terms" to countries that used those words to describ...

UN finds evidence of rape in Rohingya 'cleansing'

Reuters 2017-09-24 12:00:00

Doctors treating some of the 429,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in recent weeks have seen dozens of women with injuries consistent with violent sexual attacks, UN clinic...

Myanmar guilty of genocide: Peoples' Tribunal

-- 2017-09-22 12:00:00

Myanmar has been committed genocide against Rohingyas and its other Muslim minorities, according to the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.   The seven-strong panel of the international opinion tribun...

Myanmar Vice President downplays Rakhine crisis

BBC 2017-09-21 12:00:00

Myanmar's Vice President Henry Van Thio says his government is "deeply concerned" about the exodus of people from Rakhine state into Bangladesh, but insists that the crisis was easing.   Speaki...

Suu Kyi condemns all human rights violations

Reuters 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law, and she felt deeply for the suffer...

Myanmar ready to take back ‘verified’ refugees

-- 2017-09-19 12:00:00

Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the country is ready to welcome back ‘verified’ refugees who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh.   “We are prepared to start...

€3m EU aid for Rohingyas

-- 2017-09-13 12:00:00

EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, has announced additional aid as more and more refugees arrive in Bangladesh from Myanmar.   The European Commis...

Al Qaeda warns Myanmar of 'punishment' over Rohingya

Reuters 2017-09-13 01:58:02

Al Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar wou...

UN sees 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

Reuters 2017-09-11 12:00:00

The top UN human rights official on Monday denounced Myanmar’s “brutal security operation” against Muslim Rohingyas in Rakhine state which he said was “clearly disproportionate...

Landmine-hit Rohingyas at CMCH

-- 2017-09-11 02:07:17

Five Rohingyas, including two men wounded by landmines planted near the Myanmar border, have been admitted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).   The five were brought from the Ku...

12 more bullet-hit Rohingyas at CMCH

-- 2017-09-10 12:00:00

Twelve more Rohingyas, including a woman and two teenage girls, who have crossed border with bullet wounds, were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) between Saturday night and Sunda...

PM to visit Rohingya refugee camps

-- 2017-09-10 03:57:00

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the refugee camps in the southeastern part of the country on Tuesday amid the influx of Rohingyas since fresh violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine s...

UN chief urges Bangladesh to allow fleeing Rohingyas

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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Bangladesh to continue to allow the Rohingyas fleeing violence to seek safety in Bangladesh from Myanmar.   UN Secretary General made...