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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 37
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 13
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Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
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91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official
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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
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Argentina court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
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China urges Myanmar to start Rohingya repatriation soon
China, as part of its three-phase steps, urge Myanmar to start repatriation of Rohingyas as soon as possible saying it attaches great importance to Rohingya crisis.
8 July 2018, 10:19 AM
Najib's children's accounts frozen
A day after Malaysia's ex-PM Najib Razak's daughter complained about having her personal bank account frozen, three other children of Malaysia's former prime minister are also said to have suffered a similar fate.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
'Don't worry dad and mum'
The coach of the youth football team that has been trapped in a cave in Thailand for the past two weeks has sent his "apologies" to the parents of the boys in a scrawled note handed to divers.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Verification process to help find solutions for Rohingyas: UN
The United Nations says the verification process of Rohingyas in Bangladesh will help to find solutions for the roughly 900,000 Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh.
7 July 2018, 08:15 AM
Bank accounts of Najib’s children frozen
A day after Najib Razak’s daughter complained about having her personal bank account frozen, three other children of the former prime minister are also said to have suffered a similar fate.
7 July 2018, 05:50 AM
ADB approves $100m grants for Rohingyas in Bangladesh camps
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors approves grant assistance of $100 million -- the first of an envisaged package totaling $200 million to help Bangladesh develop basic infrastructure and services for displaced persons (Rohingyas).
6 July 2018, 06:48 AM
THE OPTIONS
Rescuers who reached a group of children trapped in a flooded Thai cave say finding them was the easy part; getting the youngsters
5 July 2018, 18:14 PM
Rohingya camps turned breeding ground for radicalisation: Norway envoy
Norwegian Ambassador in Dhaka Sidsel Bleken observes that the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar have turned into a breeding ground of radicalisation due to absence of education and employment opportunities for the displaced people.
5 July 2018, 14:38 PM
Mother Teresa charity home 'sold babies' in India
Indian authorities says today they have sealed a home run by Mother Teresa's religious order and charged a nun and one other person with baby trafficking.
5 July 2018, 13:22 PM
Silent pain: Rohingya rape survivors’ babies quietly emerge
More than 10 months have passed since Myanmar’s security forces launched a sweeping campaign of rape and other brutalities against the Rohingya, and the babies conceived during those assaults have been born.
5 July 2018, 08:07 AM
More cops deployed to fight killing fear in Rohingya camps
Bangladesh is deploying thousands of extra police to Rohingya refugee camps in the south, officials said, after a series of mostly unexplained killings that have sown fear among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from neighbouring Myanmar.
5 July 2018, 05:15 AM
Int'l community must work for peaceful Rohingya return: Swiss envoy
Switzerland Ambassador Rene Holenstein says the international community must work closely with Bangladesh and Myanmar so that the issues of safety and protection of the Rohingyas and the work toward a voluntary and peaceful repatriation in safety and dignity are addressed in an effective and comprehensive manner.
4 July 2018, 10:58 AM
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested over graft
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has been arrested.
3 July 2018, 09:18 AM
Red Cross doubts Rohingya repatriation process
Red Cross President Peter Maurer said he has serious doubts over the conducive conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state for large repatriation of the Rohingya from Bangladesh.
3 July 2018, 06:14 AM
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