Law enforcers rescued 62 Rohingyas including women and children from Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua upazila and St Martin’s Island when they were being trafficked to Malaysia.

Visiting Gambian Foreign Minister Dr Mamadou Tangara says they are committed to taking the Rohingya issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

With uncertainty shrouding the Rohingya repatriation, crimes -- from petty thefts to drug peddling, abduction to murder -- have become a commonplace at the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Many of the Rohingyas, sheltered in Bangladesh, are now living in a state of panic. They blame unemployment in the camp and rivalry

Twitter has suspended the account of Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Myanmar, over allegations of propagating hate speech against the Rohingya community. Although the general had not been active on the platform for about a year now, the suspension is being deemed as a “massive victory”

Bangladesh seeks China's strong support so that Myanmar moves in the right direction for resolving the Rohingya crisis.

The Norwegian government signs an agreement with UNDP for the period 2019-2021, aimed at fostering harmony in Rohingya camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar.

An activist network for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh lauds calls for cutting off financial and other support of Myanmar’s military for their involvement in persecuting Rohingyas.

A Malaysian teenager who posted an Instagram poll asking if she should live or die took her own life after a majority of respondents

Scores of junta loyalists were endorsed as members of Thailand’s 250-strong senate yesterday, packing the upper house with allies likely

The world must cut off financial and other support for Myanmar’s armed forces, a UN fact-finding mission said yesterday, repeating a call for top generals to be prosecuted for abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

Bangladeshi police have prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities have said.

The world must cut off financial and other support for Myanmar's armed forces, a UN fact-finding mission said today, repeating a call for top generals to be prosecuted for abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Filipinos headed to the polls yesterday in a vote that is expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte’s grip on power, opening the

Eleven small Thai parties that each gained a parliamentary seat after a disputed electoral rule change will back the main pro-army party, leaders said yesterday, giving the ruling junta chief who launched a 2014 coup enough votes to stay in power.

Police rescue 22 Rohingyas from human traffickers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar.

More than 100 inmates escaped from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island yesterday, police said, in the latest breakout to hit the

After relentless diplomatic pressure and global outrage, fallen democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi finally decided that a pardon for two Myanmar journalists jailed for reporting on a Rohingya massacre was the only way to resolve an issue that has dogged her government for nearly 18 months.

North Korea welcomed a US envoy’s visit to Seoul by firing at least one projectile for the second time in a week yesterday, the South’s military said, as Pyongyang seeks to up the ante in deadlocked nuclear negotiations with Washington.

Malaysia’s government yesterday faced criticism for failing to repeal repressive laws and backtracking on promises to improve human