Human Rights Watch has demanded that Myanmar authorities should immediately release 30 Rohingya Muslims detained for attempting to travel from Rakhine State to the city of Yangon.

Hong Kong police fired tear gas as a few hundred protesters gather outside Prince Edward metro station in the Mongkok district, a focal point for demonstrations, a Reuters witness said yesterday.

Malaysian authorities have imposed fines of around $100 million on 80 entities, intensifying their pursuit of people allegedly linked to

India has assured Bangladesh of making greater efforts to facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Rakhine State of Myanmar.

The UN's independent investigator on Myanmar says it's not safe for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to return because Myanmar has failed to dismantle its "system of persecution" of Rohingyas.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman yesterday defended the Philippine leader as “very hygienic” and nice-smelling after he was mocked on social media for looking dishevelled in a meeting with the Russian prime minister.

Hong Kong has loosened guidelines on the use of force by police as it struggles to stamp out anti-government protests that have rocked the Asian financial hub for nearly four months, according to documents seen by Reuters yesterday.

Terming climate change and Rohingya crisis are major threats for Bangladesh, Law Minister Anisul Huq says both the challenges pose colossal multidimensional consequences and would potentially impact its whole security architecture.

Singapore’s new law to combat “fake news” came into effect yesterday despite criticism from tech giants and activists, who labelled the tough rules a “chilling” attempt to stifle dissent. The law gives government ministers powers to order social media sites to put warnings

Law enforcers detain 45 Rohingya men from a house in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram in the wee hours.

The speaker of Nepal’s parliament stepped down yesterday after a female employee of the parliament secretariat accused him of rape.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon Myanmar to take action to ensure the Rohingyas’ safety and security and live-up to previous agreements made with Bangladesh over the return of the refugees.

A senior official of Myanmar alleges at the United Nations that "destructive movements in the camps (in Bangladesh) aimed at preventing repatriation and exploiting the plight of dispersed person (Rohingyas)."

The death toll from a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that rocked Indonesia’s remote Maluku islands has risen to 23, the disaster agency said yesterday, as more than 15,000 people were evacuated to shelters. More than 100 people were also injured. Hundreds of houses, offices,

The United States' top official for foreign aid issues a firm and emotional warning to Myanmar about the lack of progress over how it treats Rohingyas and other ethnic minority groups, reports ABC News.

Malaysia has arrested 15 people, mostly foreigners from neighbouring Indonesia, on suspicion of having links with the Islamic State militant group, police said yesterday. Malaysia has been on high alert since January 2016, when gunmen allied with Islamic State carried

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the government will install barbed wire fences around the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar soon, aiming to stop the spread of Rohingyas across the country.

Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland says a "safe and secure" situation in the Rohingya camps and surrounding areas in Cox's Bazar must be upheld so that Rohingyas and host communities can feel safe and protected.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the world must take all measures to compel Myanmar to create conditions enabling the Rohingyas’ safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation to their ancestral homes.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the international community assured Bangladesh of remaining engaged in the efforts to solve Rohingya crisis so that forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals can return to their homeland with safety, security and dignity.