Repatriation is becoming a matter of urgency, Aung San Suu Kyi's allies concede, due to the imminent monsoon season... READ MORE›
When it comes to Komodo, Unesco says recent concerns are being taken seriously... READ MORE›
Facing brutal Western criticism, Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Htin Kyaw must have been under tremendous pressure... READ MORE›
The National League for Democracy's landslide election victory in late 2015 gave it large majorities in both houses... READ MORE›
Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw resigned suddenly on Wednesday leaving the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi without a close confidant and political... READ MORE›
Rights lawyers accuse the de facto Myanmar leader of 'crimes against humanity' over Rohingya treatment... READ MORE›
US museum sends letter to Suu Kyi, criticising leader for failing to condemn and stop persecution of Rohingya Muslims... READ MORE›
Nobel peace laureates to Suu Kyi 'End Rohingya genocide or face..... READ MORE›
In October, students at St Hugh's College at the University Oxford dropped Aung San Suu Kyi's name from its common room... READ MORE›
Last week, Islamic State militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh... READ MORE›
News agency investigation finds rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been systematic and widespread... READ MORE›
Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression... READ MORE›
Myanmar has been widely criticized for the military crackdown that has driven more than 620,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE›
The plan targets 1.2 million people, including all Rohingya refugees, and 300,000 Bangladeshi host communities over the next six months, he said... READ MORE›
Unesco's Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage is different from its register of places, known as World Heritage Sites... READ MORE›
Mohammed Ayub, 32, said the Myanmar military killed his three-year-old son when they attacked his village in August. The pope should say Rohingya... READ MORE›
The agency said that screenshots of the Defense Department system had been posted online, apparently to prove that the cyberattack had been successful... READ MORE›
The decision to remove the award comes after the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied recently removed her portrait from public display... READ MORE›
Pontiff to meet country's civilian leader a day after meeting military general in charge of crackdown on Rohingya minority... READ MORE›
KAWKABAN, Yemen -- The majestic fortress nestled atop a mountain here in northwestern Yemen survived the armies of the Islamic warrior Saladin in the 12th century... READ MORE›
Rocker Bob Geldof is furious about how Sinn Fein dealt with his decision to hand back the honour of the Freedom of Dublin... READ MORE›
His trip comes as the Myanmar government is accused of ethnically cleansing its Rohingya Muslim minority, more than 600,000 of whom have taken shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE›
For George Town and its clan jetties, the Unesco imprimatur seemingly provided a second wind... READ MORE›
'We are going to kill you' Villagers in Burma recount violence by Rohingya Muslim militants... READ MORE›
A top Red Cross official has described the humanitarian crisis affecting Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as unprecedented and said the world was failing in its response... READ MORE›
Pope Francis has delivered a keynote speech in Myanmar, demanding respect for each ethnic group but without referring specifically to its Muslim Rohingya community... READ MORE›
The new decision builds on that assessment, clarifying the responsibility of countries with custodianship over world-heritage listed coral reefs... READ MORE›
Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE›
Matthew Smith, co-founder of Fortify Rights, a human rights organization working in Burma, said Tillerson's statement was nevertheless a significant step toward holding Burmese officials accountable... READ MORE›
Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma, on Nov. 20... READ MORE›
In a speech carried by state TV late on Thursday, Aung San Suu Kyi said There has been a lot of criticisms against our country... READ MORE›
The temples, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, were damaged in a 2016 earthquake... READ MORE›
Mr Richardson, a former adviser to the Clinton administration, said the main reason I am resigning is that this advisory board is a whitewash ... READ MORE›
Ms. Lee spoke a day after she delivered a sharp critique of Myanmar's human rights situation to the United Nations General Assembly... READ MORE›
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Myanmar's military action against the minority Muslim Rohingya population constitutes ethnic cleansing... READ MORE›
The mining town's new neighbours who are half a world away... READ MORE›
A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›
Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›
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