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POPE AVOIDS ROHINGYA TERM IN SPEECH
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›
POPE MEETING SUU KYI ON MYANMAR REFUGEE CRISIS AMID OUTCRY
Suu Kyi studied at Oxford before returning to Myanmar and being placed under detention for 15 years during the country's long military dictatorship... READ MORE›
MYANMAR'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI STRIPPED OF BRITISH HONOR AHEAD OF MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi cancelled her trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS TO MEET AUNG SAN SUU KYI ON FIRST FULL DAY IN MYANMAR
Pontiff to meet country's civilian leader a day after meeting military general in charge of crackdown on Rohingya minority... READ MORE›
POPE SET FOR KEY MYANMAR SPEECH
Pope set for key Myanmar speech and meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN MYANMAR
Pope Francis Arrives in a Myanmar Tarnished by Rohingya Crackdown... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | THE WORD THE BURMESE LEADERSHIP DOES NOT WANT THE POPE TO SAY DURING HIS VISIT
Pope Francis waves to well-wishers as he is driven past the Shwedagon Pagoda after his arrival Monday in Rangoon, Burma... READ MORE›
POPE HEADS TO MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH, AND INTO ROHINGYA CRISIS
Francis is also due to meet the country's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and army chief Min Aung Hlaing... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN MYANMAR AMID ROHINGYA CRISIS
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›
POPE FACES TIGHTROPE ACT IN MYANMAR AMID ROHINGYA CRISIS
Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar as the country grapples with the Rohingya crisis... READ MORE›
FRANCIS SETS OFF FOR TRICKY TRIP
He is scheduled to meet Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and the head of the country's military... READ MORE›
BURMA HAS COMMITTED 'ETHNIC CLEANSING,' U.S. SAYS. WHERE DOES AUNG SAN SUU KYI GO FROM HERE?
Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma, on Nov. 20... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH INKS DEAL WITH MYANMAR TO REPATRIATE ROHINGYA MUSLIM REFUGEES
The agreement was inked following a meeting between Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Naypyitaw, Myanmar's capital... READ MORE›
US CALLS MYANMAR ACTION 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Myanmar's military action against the minority Muslim Rohingya population constitutes ethnic cleansing... READ MORE›
U.S. DECLARES ATTACKS ON BURMESE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS AS 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'
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›
ROHINGYA ACTIVIST: SUU KYI IS DENYING OUR EXISTENCE
-- Lotte Leicht LotteLeicht1 November 19, 2017 Aung San Suu Kyi, in her first public statement, had backed the military for their handling of the Rohingya crisis... READ MORE›
AMID ROHINGYA EXODUS, SUU KYI BLAMES WORLD CONFLICTS PARTLY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
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›
AUNG SAN SUU KYI BLAMES WORLD CONFLICTS ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi cancelled her trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE›
CHINA DRAWS THREE-STAGE PATH FOR MYANMAR, BANGLADESH TO RESOLVE ROHINGYA CRISIS
More than 600,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August driven out by a military clearance operation in Buddhist majority Myanmar's Rakhine State... READ MORE›
CHINA PROPOSES BUILDING CHINA-MYANMAR ECONOMIC CORRIDOR TO BOOST COOPERATION
China has proposed building an economic corridor with Myanmar to further enhance bilateral pragmatic cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Sunday... READ MORE›
CHINA, MYANMAR VOW TO FURTHER PROMOTE TIES, COOPERATION
Suu Kyi said Myanmar values the understanding for the country China has expressed on the Rakhine state issue and agrees to the China-proposed three-phase solution... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH SAYS IT'S IN TALKS WITH MYANMAR ON ROHINGYA REPATRIATION DEAL
More than 600,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since late August, driven out by a military clearance operation in Buddhist majority Myanmar's Rakhine State... READ MORE›
AUNG SAN SUU KYI HONOURS REVOKED AMID ROHINGYA BACKLASH
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›
WATCHDOGS ALLEGE MYANMAR WAGING WIDESPREAD GENOCIDE AGAINST ROHINGYA IN RAKHINE
Myanmar security forces slit the throats of Muslim Rohingya and burned victims alive, watchdogs said in a report on Wednesday that cited mounting evidence... READ MORE›
'I HAVE NOT BEEN SILENT': SUU KYI HITS BACK AT TILLERSON OVER ROHINGYA CRISIS
But Washington has been careful to draw a distinction between Suu Kyi's fledgling civilian administration and the military, who controls all security policy... READ MORE›
REX TILLERSON TELLS MYANMAR LEADERS TO INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON ROHINGYA
Meanwhile, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi's various Rohingya commissions are continuing their work... READ MORE›
'WE ARE GOING TO KILL YOU'
'We are going to kill you' Villagers in Burma recount violence by Rohingya Muslim militants... READ MORE›
UN CHIEF ASKS AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO ALLOW RETURN OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES
Over 6,00,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh from predominantly Buddhist Myanmar's Rakhine state since late August after large-scale violence... READ MORE›
BOB GELDOF RETURNS AWARD IN PROTEST AGAINST SUU KYI
Aung San Suu Kyi was extravagantly welcomed to this city, and I was a participant to that ..... READ MORE›
MALCOLM TURNBULL, DONALD TRUMP PRIVATE DINNER SCRAPPED
Publicly, while in Manila, Mr Turnbull has been railing against the North Korea crisis... READ MORE›
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OXFORD COLLEGE REMOVES PAINTING OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI FROM DISPLAY
So far Oxford University has decided not to reconsider Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary degree... READ MORE›
SUU KYI DOES NOT FEAR GLOBAL 'SCRUTINY'
It was her first national address on the violence in northern Rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims cross into Bangladesh... READ MORE›
BJP 'TARGETED' BOLLYWOOD STAR KHAN FOR CRITICAL REMARKS
However, Manohar Parrikar, India's defence minister and a senior BJP leader, suggested at a public function later that Khan was taught a lesson... READ MORE›
17 INDIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN ATTACK ON KASHMIR BASE
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned what he called the cowardly terror attack ... READ MORE›
'THEY DROWNED BEFORE OUR EYES' - DOZENS DIE AS ROHINGYA REFUGEE BOAT CAPSIZES
Those onboard were escaping weeks of bloodshed in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and seeking the safety of neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE›
UN LOOKS TO GULF STATES TO SAVE ROHINGYA REFUGEES
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›
A MONTH OF MISERY IN MYANMAR'S RAKHINE
The influx adds to about 300,000 Rohingya, already located in camps around the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar... READ MORE›
CITY OF LONDON TO DEBATE STRIPPING AUNG SAN SUU KYI OF FREEDOM AWARD
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›
WORLD FAILING MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA MUSLIMS, TOP RED CROSS OFFICIAL SAYS
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›
MYANMAR GENERAL BLAMES CRISIS ON ROHINGYA
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Gen Min Aung Hlaing urged people and the media in Myanmar to unite over the issue of the Rohingya... READ MORE›
ARE SUU KYI'S ROHINGYA CLAIMS CORRECT?
Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been speaking about the violence and refugee crisis in Rakhine State... READ MORE›
ATTACKS ON INDIA'S MINORITY MUSLIMS BY HINDU VIGILANTES MOUNT
India is experiencing an uptick of self-styled Hindu groups attacking Muslims, especially with the rise of Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party... READ MORE›
INDIAN ARMY SUFFERS WORST LOSS IN YEARS TO MILITANTS, AS 17 SOLDIERS DIE IN KASHMIR
It was the largest number of casualties suffered by the Indian army in a single Kashmir attack in more than two decades... READ MORE›
AUNG SAN SUU KYI UNVEILS RELIEF PLANS FOR ROHINGYA MUSLIMS
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›
PM MODI'S PARTY TAKES FIRM LEAD IN STATE ELECTIONS
Victory for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh would boost his chances of winning the 2019 general election... READ MORE›
DELHI VOTES IN FIRST REAL TEST FOR MODI
Related Stories Voting is under way in Delhi in state elections billed as the first real test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity... READ MORE›
INDIA BLOCKS 857 PORNOGRAPHY WEBSITES DEFYING SUPREME COURT DECISION
Adding to the confusion, the government acted just weeks after India's Supreme Court declined a request to block access to online pornography... READ MORE›
BAFFLED BY ROHINGYA STANCE UN OFFICIAL SCOLDS AUNG SAN SUU KYI
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›
UNDER SIEGE IN THEIR VILLAGES, ROHINGYA STILL IN BURMA SAY THEY'RE TRAPPED
Rather, he said, it has realized that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are exposing atrocities in Rakhine and tarnishing Burma's image... READ MORE›
INTERNET SHUTDOWNS RAISE FREE SPEECH CONCERNS IN INDIA
An increase in internet shutdowns since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014 has raised questions about online rights under his Bharatiya Janata Party BJP ... READ MORE›
HINDU MOB KILLS MUSLIM MAN AFTER RUMOURS HE WAS EATING BEEF
A group of about 60 beat Mohammad Akhlaq with sticks and bricks and left son with severe injuries in Bisara, India... READ MORE›
INDIA TO CHANGE ITS DECADES-OLD RELIANCE ON FEMALE STERILIZATION
And it is Mr. Modi's socially conservative Bharatiya Janata Party that has broken with decades of resistance to injectables... READ MORE›
NARENDRA MODI: FROM INTERNATIONAL PARIAH TO THE G20'S POLITICAL ROCK STAR
Photograph Dan Peled AAP For a decade, Narendra Modi was an international political pariah... READ MORE›
INDIA AND PAKISTAN WARN EACH OTHER OVER ATTACKS
Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said his country would respond befittingly to Indian aggression but it did not want confrontation... READ MORE›
MOB KILLING OF INDIAN MUSLIM OVER BEEF RUMOR SPARKS ONLINE BACKLASH
Last week's killing of a Muslim farmer by a Hindu mob over rumors of eating beef has polarized Indians... READ MORE›
INDIAN PM MODI SAYS PAKISTAN 'A SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS'
India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents and pushing them into the Indian portion of Kashmir to attack government forces and other targets... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP THREATENS TO 'TOTALLY DESTROY NORTH KOREA'
President Donald Trump has said the United States will be forced to totally destroy North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge... READ MORE›
AID BOAT 'BLOCKED BY MYANMAR MOB'
The mostly Muslim Rohingya are a minority in Buddhist-majority Rakhine state... READ MORE›
TWO TRAINS DERAIL IN INDIA KILLING DOZENS
Manoj Sinha, a government railway official, said more than 400 yards of track had been damaged by the flooding... READ MORE›
AUNG SAN SUU KYI MAKES FIRST VISIT TO ROHINGYA CONFLICT ZONE IN MYANMAR
One of the places Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi visited during her day trip to northern Rakhine was Taung Pyo, on the border with Bangladesh... READ MORE›