Tag: Myanmar
US mulling sanctions over Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya
WASHINGTON: The United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted...
Myanmar must take back Rohingya Muslims, says India
India's foreign minister told Bangladesh's government that Myanmar must take back Rohingya Muslims to resolve one of Asia's largest refugee crises in decades, the government...
UN yet to determine if Rohingya crisis is genocide
GENEVA: The United Nations has yet to determine whether violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar meets the legal definition of genocide, Jyoti Sanghera —...
Ten drown as Rohingya boat sinks off Bangladesh
At least 10 people drowned and dozens more are missing after a boat packed with Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh sank on Monday, the latest...
Pope Francis to visit Myanmar as anti-Rohingya hatred seethes
Pope Francis will talk peace on his to visit Myanmar, a Catholic church representative said Thursday, a potentially highly charged trip during a refugee...
Rohingya Muslims not native, refugee numbers exaggerated: Myanmar army chief
YANGON: Rohingya Muslims are not native to Myanmar, the army chief told the U.S. ambassador in a meeting in which he apparently did not...
UK Prince Charles’s tour of southeast Asia leaves out Myanmar
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles will tour Southeast Asia and India later this month, but the heir to the throne will not visit Myanmar, after a spate of...
Aid groups seek $434 million for Rohingya crisis for next six...
COX‘S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Humanitarian organizations helping Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh said on Wednesday they need $434 million over the next six months to...
Rohingya refugees doubt Myanmar’s assurances on going home
COX‘S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were sceptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government...
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to draw up plan for refugee repatriation: minister
DHAKA: Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to set up a “working group” to plan the repatriation of more than half a million Rohingya...
Countries should suspend providing weapons to Myanmar, says US
UNITED NATIONS: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday called on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against...
Myanmar cancels UN visit to Rakhine
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations (UN) on Thursday said that a planned visit to Myanmar's Rakhine state to investigate the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims...
Government will take over burned Myanmar land: minister
YANGON: Myanmar’s government will manage the redevelopment of villages torched during violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims...
HRW says Myanmar forces laying landmines along border to stop Rohingya
Human Rights Watch on Saturday confirmed the Bangladeshi officials' allegations that security forces of Myanmar were laying landmines alongside the border to hinder and...
Saudi Arabia condemns Myanmar government’s ‘policy of repression’
UNITED NATIONS: Saudi Arabia on Saturday condemned the government of Myanmar’s “policy of repression” against minority Rohingya Muslims.
“My country is gravely concerned and condemns...
Aung San Suu Kyi and the generals
With Burmese business and military leaders under trade sanctions and an arms embargo by the United States and the European Union, the junta generals...
Bangladesh frees Myanmar photographers
COX'S BAZAR: Bangladesh authorities Friday released two Myanmar photographers covering the Rohingya crisis for a German magazine after they were granted bail by a court,...
