Tag: Myanmar
War crimes prosecutor seeks jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations
AMSTERDAM: The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked it to rule on whether it has jurisdiction over the deportations of Rohingya...
2 killed, 3 injured in landslide in central Myanmar
YANGON: Two women have been killed and three others injured in a landslide at a stone cave in Myanmar's central Mandalay region, the Home Affairs...
Positive progress achieved regarding Myanmar’s Rakhine state: advisory board
SINGAPORE: Positive developments have been achieved in implementing the recommendations on Myanmar's Rakhine state, an advisory board to the implementation committee said here Tuesday.
The...
UNSC to visit Iraq, Myanmar, Bangladesh in April
The 15-panel UN Security Council will visit Iraq, Myanmar and Bangladesh in two separate trips later this month, the rotating president of the council...
Myanmar military training jet crashes, pilot killed
YANGON: A pilot was killed at a Myanmar military training jet F-7 crash in Taungoo, Bago region on Tuesday morning, according to a release from...
Myanmar lures Bangladesh Buddhists to take over Rohingya land
RAKHINE: Myanmar authorities have lured dozens of mainly Buddhist Bangladeshi tribal families to cross the border and resettle on land abandoned by fleeing Muslim Rohingya,...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi urges nation to stay united amid ‘challenges’
YANGON: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for her people to remain united, saying the Southeast Asian country faces...
Suu Kyi to meet Australian PM, human rights concerns to be...
SYDNEY: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Canberra on Monday to be met by a military honor guard and Australian Prime Minister...
With Rohingya gone, Myanmar’s ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free ‘buffer zone’
NAYPYIDAW: Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north...
Myanmar events ‘bear hallmarks of genocide’, says UN expert
NEW YORK: A top UN rights expert warned Monday that the crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority bears "the hallmarks of genocide" and insisted the...
Myanmar builds military bases where Rohingya once lived, says Amnesty International
YANGON: After driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, Myanmar’s military is building bases where some of their homes and mosques once...
Ultra-nationalist Myanmar monk walks free from prison
NAYPYIDAW: An ultra-nationalist Myanmar monk was released from prison on Friday after serving time for inciting unrest in an anti-Rohingya protest in 2016, a...
‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya continues, says UN official
YANGON: Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims was continuing, a senior UN human rights official said on Tuesday, more than six months after insurgent...
Fellow Nobel laureates blame Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s military for Rohingya crisis
DHAKA: Three peace prize laureates accused fellow Nobel recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s military of committing genocide in the deadly violence that...
Anti-Rohingya Myanmar monk’s page removed, Facebook says
MYANMAR: Facebook has removed the page of a Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his incendiary posts about Muslims, the company...
Three bombs hit capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Three bombs exploded in different locations around Rakhine's state capital Sittwe early Saturday morning, including at the home of a high ranking official, Myanmar...
Crackdown on journalists continues in Myanmar under Suu Kyi
When five Myanmar journalists were sentenced to decade-long prison terms for reporting the alleged existence of a military-run chemical weapons factory in Myanmar a...
