Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar’s Rohingya insurgency has links to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan: report
A group of Rohingya Muslims that attacked Myanmar border guards in October is headed by people with links to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the...
Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi’s panel on Rohingya Muslims
Hundreds in Myanmar rallied on Tuesday against an advisory commission led by former UN chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between...
Suu Kyi’s former driver nominated for Myanmar president
Aung San Suu Kyi's party Thursday nominated her former driver and close aide to be Myanmar's next president, as the Nobel laureate looks to...
Obama congratulates Myanmar on polls, as army vows smooth power shift
Myanmar said Thursday President Barack Obama had congratulated the nation on holding "free and fair" election, as the government and army chief promised a...
Myanmar Opp alleges poll panel delaying results deliberately
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, which appears headed for a massive election victory, accused the government election panel Tuesday of intentionally...
Suu Kyi heads for landslide victory in Myanmar polls
Myanmar’s ruling party conceded defeat in a general election on Monday as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on...
UN investigator urges Myanmar to allow Muslims to vote
A United Nations investigator accused Myanmar of discrimination and urged the government to take immediate action to allow minorities and migrants to vote in...
Indian air chief gives hollow threats of carrying out Myanmar style...
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Rahahas said that his force had the requisite "capability" to take out the terror camps across the border...
Sharif forms cabinet committee on relief efforts for Rohingya
Nisar laments int’l community's inaction and ‘criminal silence’ on the atrocities in Myanmar
More than 400 child soldiers freed from Myanmar army in 2014:...
Myanmar's military freed more than 400 child soldiers last year, the United Nations has confirmed, a record number since the "tatmadaw" army signed a...
Myanmar says plight of Rohingya minority a media fabrication
President Thein Sein says there are more people who wanted to live in Myanmar ‘because it is spacious, (with) many places to live in...
Obama leaves for China, Myanmar, Australia tour
US President Barack Obama headed for China Sunday on a trip that will focus on Washington's often tense relations with the country, and will...
UN resolution urges Myanmar to drop identity plan
A new UN draft resolution takes aim at Myanmar's aggressive campaign to have its Rohingya Muslims identify as a term they reject, urging “access...
Saudi men banned from marrying women from Pakistan, Bangladesh
Saudi men wishing to marry foreigners now face tougher regulations.
According to a Saudi Gazzette report, Makkah daily quoted Makkah Police Director Maj. Gen. Assaf...
Dalai Lama calls for end to violence against Muslims
The Dalai Lama on Sunday reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to halt violence against Muslims, in a speech to...
China fetes India, Myanmar, says Beijing poses no threat
Chinese President Xi Jinping feted neighbours India and Myanmar on Saturday, dusting off the 60th anniversary of a now rather obscure agreement signed in...
Myanmar mulls religious marriage curbs
Marriage law is one of four bills suggested by an extremist faction within the Buddhist clergy and put to the fledgling parliament by the...
