Seven killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines
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Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest: residents
8 October 2025, 03:43 AM
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 37
5 October 2025, 03:39 AM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
4 October 2025, 13:51 PM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14
4 October 2025, 05:44 AM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 13
3 October 2025, 18:37 PM
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Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
3 October 2025, 16:00 PM
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91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official
1 October 2025, 04:47 AM
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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
30 September 2025, 15:15 PM
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Argentina court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
3 September 2025, 13:03 PM
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China, Myanmar ‘stand together’ despite Rohingya backlash
China and Myanmar ink dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.
18 January 2020, 05:54 AM
Asean divided on Rohingya crisis: Poll
Opinions within South-east Asia are highly divided on Myanmar's Rakhine crisis and the country's handling of its Rohingya Muslim minority.
17 January 2020, 10:17 AM
Risking lives to rescue horses in Philippine volcano 'no man's land'
The horses were still caked in grey ash as they stepped off the boat, lucky beneficiaries of a risky rescue mission to ground zero of the Philippines' Taal volcano eruption.
16 January 2020, 07:28 AM
Rights group denounces Japan envoy for 'disturbing' comments on Myanmar Rohingya
Tokyo-based human rights activists decry recent remarks by Japan's ambassador to Yangon, who told local media he did not think the Myanmar military committed genocide on the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country.
15 January 2020, 09:33 AM
Rohingya crisis: The wheels of int’l justice finally turning, says HRW
With two international courts now examining the atrocities committed against the Rohingyas in Myanmar, the wheels of international justice are finally turning, Human Rights Watch says in its World Report 2020.
15 January 2020, 07:13 AM
China's Xi visits Myanmar to drive home Belt and Road plan
China's President Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar this week to nail down multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals in a country abandoned by many in the West appalled at the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims on leader Aung San Suu Kyi's watch.
15 January 2020, 05:06 AM
'Space unites us': First Iranian-American astronaut reaches for stars
Jasmin "Jaws" Moghbeli earns her fierce nickname during her time as a decorated helicopter gunship pilot who flew more than 150 missions in Afghanistan.
12 January 2020, 05:53 AM
Bangladesh seeks Australia’s support to speed up repatriation process of Rohingyas
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has sought Australia’s support in expediting the repatriation process of Rohingyas to Myanmar.
5 January 2020, 11:46 AM
JS body to visit Cambodia to discuss on Rohingya repatriation
A delegation of a parliamentary body is going to ASEAN country Cambodia on a three-day visit for a discussion on repatriation of Rohingyas.
5 January 2020, 10:49 AM
Next move on deportation of Rohingyas in Jammu and Kashmir: Indian minister Jitendra Singh
A key Indian minister has said the government's next move would be relating the deportation of Rohingya refugees in Jammu and Kashmir as they would not be able to secure citizenship under the amended Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
4 January 2020, 07:50 AM
Rohingya man held with fake passport at Dhaka airport
A Rohingya man is detained with fake passport and other documents after he lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Malaysia.
29 December 2019, 19:01 PM
NASA's Mars 2020 rover set to hunt Martian fossils
A NASA robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of a journey next year to search for evidence of past life on Mars and lay the groundwork for the space agency's mission to send humans into deep space.
28 December 2019, 05:41 AM
UN ups 2020 budget, includes funds for war crimes probes
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar.
28 December 2019, 05:06 AM
UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya
The UN General Assembly approves a resolution strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
28 December 2019, 04:29 AM
Dhaka, Beijing discuss ways for early repatriation of Rohingyas
Bangladesh and China discusses ways for the “early repatriation” of Rohingyas, currently taking shelter in Cox’s Bazar district, to their place of origin in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
26 December 2019, 12:04 PM
Rakhine rebels say Myanmar official killed in fighting
Rebels in Myanmar's Rakhine region said a captured official from Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party has died, two weeks after being taken for organising protests against genocide accusations faced by Myanmar at the World Court.
26 December 2019, 04:43 AM
Rohingya Repatriation: Russia urged to put pressure on Myanmar
Bangladesh has urged Russia to use its influence on Myanmar and put pressure so that Naypyidaw takes back its people currently living in Cox's Bazar camps.
23 December 2019, 07:45 AM
Afghanistan and Pakistan jolted by strong 6.1 quake: USGS
A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US Geological Survey says, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad.
20 December 2019, 12:42 PM
Locals not getting benefits of development projects in Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya influx: Speakers
Local people affected by the massive influx of the Rohingyas are not getting equitable benefits of the development projects undertaken in Cox’s Bazar, say development experts, government officials and aid agencies.
19 December 2019, 17:26 PM
An Ignoble Nobel Laureate
After his death in 1896, the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prize in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace.
17 December 2019, 18:00 PM