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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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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
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Rohingyas now facing more dangers for impending monsoon: IOM
Despite escaping violence in their homeland, the impending cyclone and monsoon season mean the Rohingya refugees now face more life-threatening dangers from the weather and environmental conditions in Bangladesh, says the UN Migration Agency.
12 February 2018, 08:05 AM
Sword-attacker shot after wounding four
A sword-wielding attacker wounded four churchgoers in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta yesterday before being shot and wounded by
11 February 2018, 18:00 PM
UK's Johnson meets Suu Kyi, urges independent probe
Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson stopped off in Myanmar yesterday to press Aung San Suu Kyi on the need for an independent
11 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar says soldiers, police facing action over village killings
Action will be taken against 16 persons, including 10 members of Myanmar's security forces, in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a government spokesman says.
11 February 2018, 13:50 PM
UK's Johnson meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson meets with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's capital to press for action on the Rohingya crisis, as the country faces mounting pressure to punish troops accused of atrocities against the Muslim minority.
11 February 2018, 10:40 AM
UN says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre ‘alarming’
The United Nations describe the details of a Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as “alarming” and says it showed the need for a thorough probe into the violence in the country’s Rakhine state.
10 February 2018, 04:37 AM
How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed Rohingyas in a remote village
The killings in the coastal village of Inn Din marks another bloody episode in the ethnic violence sweeping northern Rakhine state, on Myanmar’s western fringe.
9 February 2018, 05:08 AM
ICC in Hague opens initial probe against Duterte
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the Philippines that it has begun a preliminary examination of a complaint accusing
8 February 2018, 18:10 PM
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket soars in debut test launch from Florida
The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, roars into space through clear blue skies in its debut test flight from a Florida launch site where moon missions once began.
7 February 2018, 04:58 AM
Switzerland calls for full implementation of Kofi Annan report
Swiss President Alain Berset says Switzerland calls for the full implementation of the report of the Advisory Commission chaired by Kofi Annan to protect Rohingyas and ensure their safe return to Myanmar.
6 February 2018, 09:50 AM
UN says Rohingya crisis could endanger regional security
The UN's human rights chief warns that Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority has the potential to spark regional conflict.
5 February 2018, 08:30 AM
NASA turns selfies by Mars rover into stunning self-portrait
NASA has transformed selfies taken by its Mars rover Curiosity into a stunning self-portrait.
3 February 2018, 12:14 PM
World failed to protect Rohingya women: UN Women
The world has failed to protect the Rohingya women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says.
“I think their [Myanmar] government to begin with. Their country has failed them in a massive way,” she said.
3 February 2018, 07:09 AM
Myanmar government denies AP report of Rohingya mass graves
Myanmar’s government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbors, saying that only “terrorists” were killed and they were “carefully buried.”
3 February 2018, 04:43 AM
UNHCR concerned over ‘rain risk’ of Rohingyas
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners are ramping up efforts to mitigate some of the expected impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in Bangladesh.
2 February 2018, 11:31 AM
Myanmar tells UN Security Council: Time not right for visit
Myanmar tells the United Nations Security Council not to visit during February this year because it was "not the right time," Kuwait's UN Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi says, adding that the country did not completely reject the proposed trip.
2 February 2018, 06:11 AM
Myanmar court denies bail to Reuters journos
A Myanmar court yesterday denied bail to two Reuters journalists charged under a secrecy act that could see them face up to 14 years
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Put pressure on Myanmar to implement Kofi Annan Commission report: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community including the United Nations (UN) to keep up pressure on the Myanmar government to implement Kofi Annan Commission report on the Rohingya Issue.
1 February 2018, 15:57 PM
Decision of repatriating Rohingyas premature: UN envoy
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee says the decision of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees anytime soon was premature.
1 February 2018, 15:53 PM
AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves
More than five mass graves, all previously unreported, have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos.
1 February 2018, 05:42 AM