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Bangladesh ships Rohingya refugees to remote island despite outcry
Bangladesh says it is only moving refugees who are willing to go to Bhasan Char
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EU Parliament Cuts Suu Kyi From Rights Prize Honorees
She has been accused of turning a blind eye to, or even condoning, abuses against the Rohingya
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi pulls out of first election trip over coronavirus
As the Southeast Asian nation reports 100 new coronavirus cases raising the total to 1,464
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'Deep reforms must to end vicious Myanmar violence'
Myanmar leaders promoting dangerous notions of ethnic identity that divide rather than unify, warns Int'l Crisis Group
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Myanmar shuts schools after biggest daily climb in coronavirus cases
An increase in Covid-19 cases by nearly 35% in just over a week is causing some concern
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Rohingya Muslims in Pakistan decry global silence
On eve of 3rd anniversary of Myanmar military crackdown, Rohingya still looking for missing family members
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'Facebook had role in 2017 Myanmar violence'
It is Facebook's responsibility to help us get justice, say Rohingya rights groups
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Sanctions will force Myanmar to settle Rohingya issue: Experts
Experts call for stepping up diplomatic efforts, imposition of sanctions to ensure repatriation of Rohingya
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Canadian pastor jailed in Myanmar for defying Covid-19 ban
'If people hold the Bible and Jesus in their hearts, the disease will not come in,' he had said before positive test
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Jade mine landslide kills 50 in northern Myanmar
Miners were collecting jade stones in Hpakantarea of Kachin state when muddy landslide buried them, officials say
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Rohingya say they were forced to drink urine to stay alive on four-month sea journey
Survivors described a high-seas horror that saw them reduced to throwing the dead overboard
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Rohingya refugees tell Malaysia how dozens perished during four-month voyage
Some died at sea, they were thrown overboard
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ICJ urged to make Rohingya genocide report public
Rights groups say keeping reports confidential 'will undermine their effectiveness, allow Myanmar to skirt obligation'
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Bangladesh says coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp
Aid workers warned of potential humanitarian disaster if there is significant outbreak in refugee camps
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'Stranded' Rohingyas land on Bangladesh coast
Bangladesh had refused to let two trawlers carrying about 500 people land on its territory despite UN calls
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UN concerned over 'grave immediate risk' to Rohingya refugees on boats
Several fishing trawlers carrying hundreds of Rohingya are bound for Bangladesh, after being turned back from Malaysia
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Myanmar to release 25,000 prisoners amid virus fears
So far Myanmar has officially confirmed 85 cases of COVID-19, including four deaths
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Coronavirus pushes reluctant Aung San Suu Kyi to Facebook
The Myanmar leader has spent 15 years under house arrest and missed the emergence of laptops and smartphones
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Amal Clooney to fight for Rohingya at UN court
International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to implement emergency measures
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Modi preparing Myanmar-style genocide in India: PM
Bangladesh is already worried because in Assam they deregistered almost 2 million people, says premier
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Two Rohingya women killed as Myanmar army shells village: MP
More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims were forced to flee northern Rakhine state in 2017 after a military crackdown
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Facebook sorry for vulgar translation of Chinese president’s name
Post announced ‘Mr Shithole, President of China arrives at 4 PM’
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Three times genocide was argued at the UN's top court
Aung San Suu Kyi's referrs to a number of previous international cases where genocide could not be proven
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies 'genocidal intent' in Rohingya case
She argued that the army was responding to an attack by hundreds of Rohingya militants in 2017
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Myanmar says holding court martial after Rohingya grave probe
At least five mass graves of Rohingya in Rakhine's Gu Dar Pyin village identified
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Armed with smartphones, Myanmar e-sports players battle power outages
ESports star Myint was on the cusp of victory when the screens went dark
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Myanmar clashes between army and rebels force thousands from home
Local civil society organisations in Myanmar's Shan state say more than 2,000 people have been displaced by conflict
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200,000 Rohingya rally to mark 'Genocide Day' in Bangladesh camps
740,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine state escaped in August 2017 during the brutal offensive
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'We are hostages': Two years on, Rohingya still in Myanmar trapped by new war
Caught in the middle of govt troops battling the Arakan Army two years after being driven out by a military campaign
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Rohingya in Karachi: Striving for success
Young Rohingya, especially girls, increasingly pursue education in recent years, even from poor families
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'People were hiding': Bangladesh bid to repatriate Rohingya stalls as refugees refuse
Almost a year after a similar effort failed amid protests
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No Rohingya turn up for repatriation to Myanmar
Rohingya refugees said they did not want to return unless their safety was ensured and they were granted citizenship
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Ambulance driver killed in Myanmar as army battles rebels
The army claims the attacks were retaliation for massive drug seizures in July
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Myanmar landslide kills 22, many more feared missing
Search and rescue teams worked through the night trying to find survivors and recover bodies from the deep sludge
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Myanmar floods force tens of thousands from homes
Emergency services set up to bring people to dry ground, many seek shelter in local monasteries
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At least 13 killed in Myanmar jade mine landslide
The accident happened early in the morning in Hpakant township.
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Thousands protest amid outcry over Myanmar child-rape case
Protesters marched demanding speedy and transparent justice in a child-rape case
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Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh 'war crimes' in Rakhine
Rakhine was also the scene of the military's bloody crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim community in 2017
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Myanmar pilot safely lands plane on its nose after landing gear failure
No one hurt; incident being investigated
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Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed from prison after more than 500 days
Before their arrest, pair had been investigation killing of Rohingya Muslim men and boys by security forces in Myanmar
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Frenchman arrested for flying drone appears in Myanmar court
Faces charges under an export-import law
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Frenchman arrested for flying drone over Myanmar parliament: embassy
French embassy staff try to secure his release
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Facebook targets 'dangerous' armed groups in latest Myanmar bans
The US-based social media giant says it has removed hundreds of accounts
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Hundreds of Rohingya families flee India after deportations
Hindu nationalist government regards the Rohingya as illegal aliens and a security risk
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Myanmar Reuters journalists lose appeal against 7-year sentence
Prosecutors say the two had classified information regarding security operations in Rakhine state
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UN, Amnesty slam India for deporting Rohingya family to Myanmar
India is not a signatory to the UN Refugee Convention
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Rebels breach Myanmar ceasefire in army attack: military
After the army announced halting a simmering decades-long civil war
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Myanmar Reuters journalists to appeal seven-year sentence
After spending more than a year behind bars despite global outcry over their convictions
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How a young Muslim woman who fled terror in Myanmar made it to college
Heroic stories of Malala and Helen kept 19 year old Formin Akter's dreams of university alive
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Fixing corruption in five years
Pakistan’s score improved by merely five points in the last five years