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Could've been handled better
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said that, with hindsight, her government could have better handled the situation in Rakhine state that led to the forced displacement of more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims.
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM
ICC's Rohingya decision offers 'real hope'
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said the decision by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) offers real hope for accountability for the crimes committed against Rohingyas in Myanmar.
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar must release Reuters journalists: MEPs
Conservative Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) backs overwhelming calls in the European Parliament for the immediate release of journalists arrested in Myanmar while investigating the Rohingya crisis.
13 September 2018, 12:13 PM
UN report details silencing of independent journalism in Myanmar
A host of ill-defined laws is used in Myanmar to exert control over independent journalism across the country, including in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states, a UN human rights report on freedom of expression in the country finds.
13 September 2018, 11:32 AM
Artificial Intelligence could mean 28 million jobs lost
New technology could mean 28 million jobs being lost in the ASEAN region.
13 September 2018, 07:00 AM
Reprieve for foreign workers in Malaysia
Foreign workers holding the Visit Pass -- Temporary Employment (PLKS) for the past 10 years will be given a reprieve to continue working in Malaysia, says the country's Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran.
13 September 2018, 05:05 AM
Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters journalists
Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi says two jailed Reuters journalists can appeal their seven-year sentence, and that their jailing had nothing to do with freedom of expression.
13 September 2018, 04:27 AM
UN gets access to Rakhine
The UN began work inside Myanmar's violence-torn northern Rakhine state yesterday, the first time its agencies have been granted permission to operate there since more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled the area last year.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM
No plan to take in Rohingyas permanently
Bangladesh has no plans to take in hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees permanently, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said yesterday, adding that they "belong" to Myanmar from where they fled.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM
US senators urge Pompeo to press for Reuters journos release in Myanmar
Eleven Republican and Democratic US senators urge President Donald Trump's administration to "use all tools at your disposal," including imposing more economic sanctions, to ensure "the immediate, unconditional" release of two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar.
12 September 2018, 04:40 AM
Pakistan to allow jailed ex-PM Nawaz Sharif to attend wife's funeral
The cancer-stricken wife of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif dies in London while her husband and daughter were in prison, officials say.
12 September 2018, 04:24 AM
Rohingya Refugees: Women face risk of abuse, health issues
Rohingya women living in Bangladesh are developing health problems, missing out on aid and are at the greater risk of abuse due to unsafe and unsuitable facilities in many parts of the refugee camps, Oxfam has warned.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Collect evidence of Myanmar's crimes
The new UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, yesterday called for an international mechanism to collect evidence of crimes committed by the Myanmar army against the Rohingya Muslims in order to pursue prosecutions.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM
S'pore to return $11m of 1MDB to Malaysia
A Singapore court has ordered the return of millions of dollars misappropriated from Malaysian state fund 1MDB in a cross-border
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Atrocities Against Rohingyas: Start probe now
UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng has urged International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to consider ICC's recommendation of opening an investigation into the atrocities against Rohingyas without delay.
9 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Take steps against Myanmar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the international community to come up with specific effective steps to force Myanmar to take back their over one million forcibly displaced nationals living in Bangladesh as per the agreements signed between the two countries.
9 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Rich states not doing enough
Developing countries rounded on the United States and its allies at emergency climate talks yesterday, accusing the world's richest nations of stalling a deal aimed at preventing runaway global warming.
9 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Progress in key areas a must
The United Nations says a substantial progress remains urgently needed in three key areas including addressing the root causes of the Rohingya crisis and a clear pathway to citizenship for Rohingyas who are eligible.
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Asean MPs welcome decision granting ICC jurisdiction over crimes against Rohingya
Regional lawmakers welcome the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which ruled that it could exercise jurisdiction over the alleged crime of deportation of the Rohingya population, despite Myanmar not being a party to the Rome Statute.
7 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar govt to refuse media phone calls after ICC ruling
Myanmar's government spokesman will no longer answer phone calls from media, he said yesterday, one day after the International Criminal Court ruled it had jurisdiction to investigate crimes against the country's Rohingya Muslim community.
7 September 2018, 18:00 PM