Myanmar
7 Oct 2017
The United Nations is bracing for a possible “further exodus” of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh six weeks after the world’s fastest-developing refugee emergency began, its humanitarian aid chief says.
24 Sep 2017
More than 400,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in the past weeks. In addition to the violence in Myanmar the refugees now have to cope with monsoon rains. The growing humanitarian crisis poses a huge challenge to Bangladeshi authorities.
21 Sep 2017
For many years, activist and blogger Nay San Lwin has been documenting torture and subjugation faced by Rohingyas in Myanmar.
16 Sep 2017
Video footage taken by Muslim refugee fleeing from Myanmar shows Maungdaw villages geting burnt.
10 Sep 2017
Rohingya Muslim insurgents in Myanmar have declared a one-month unilateral ceasefire to ease the humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine state
10 Sep 2017
Turkish President Tayyip Erodgan met the leaders of Iran, Venezuela and Bangladesh in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit where the plight of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar topped the agenda.
27 Aug 2017
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar try to cross the border with Bangladesh, as fresh fighting erupts in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state.
23 Jul 2017
Rising river water levels causes Myanmar pagoda to collapse.
25 Jun 2017
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson planning to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a list denouncing the world's worst offenders in the use of child soldiers.
4 Mar 2017
Rakhine State, Myanmar - A ship from Malaysia, filled with aid for the Rohingya, has arrived in Myanmar. The ethnic minority Rohingya in Myanmar suffer frequent attacks and discrimination.
8 Feb 2017
Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya minority saying they had been tortured and killed because they wanted to live their Muslim faith.