Recent News Headlines : Burma

UN 'CANNOT RULE OUT ROHINGYA GENOCIDE'


The United Nations human rights chief has said an act of genocide against Rohingya Muslims by state forces in Myanmar cannot be ruled out... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 607

POSSIBLE 'ELEMENTS OF GENOCIDE' IN MYANMAR


The UN rights chief called Tuesday for a fresh international investigation into Myanmar's abuses against its Rohingya Muslim minority, warning of possible elements of genocide ... READ MORE

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POSSIBLE 'ELEMENTS OF GENOCIDE' IN MYANMAR


Possible 'elements of genocide' in Myanmar UN rights chief... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 0

POSSIBLE 'ELEMENTS OF GENOCIDE' IN MYANMAR


The UN rights chief called Tuesday for a fresh international investigation into Myanmar's abuses against its Rohingya Muslim minority, warning of possible elements of genocide ... READ MORE

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POPE FRANCIS ENDS ASIA TOUR AFTER MEETING ROHINGYA


More than 620,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since a militant attack on police posts in late August sparked a deadly crackdown by the Myanmar military... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 0

POPE FRANCIS ENDS ASIA TOUR AFTER MEETING ROHINGYA


More than 620,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since a militant attack on police posts in late August sparked a deadly crackdown by the Myanmar military... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 0

POPE ENDS SENSITIVE TRIP TO ASIA AFTER SEEKING ROHINGYA FORGIVENESS


Dear friends in Myanmar and Bangladesh, thank you for your welcome! Francis said on Twitter as his flight took off... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 107

I ASK FORGIVENESS POPE FRANCIS TELLS ROHINGYA MUSLIMS IN BANGLADESH


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

2nd December, 2017 3975

IN BANGLADESH, POPE FRANCIS USES THE ONE WORD HE WOULD NOT SAY IN BURMA


In Bangladesh, Pope Francis uses the one word he would not say in Burma Rohingya... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 312

POPE FRANCIS BLESSES ROHINGYA MUSLIM REFUGEES


Pope Francis had refrained from using the term while in Myanmar earlier in the week... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 80

U.N. PANEL SEEKS RARE REPORT FROM MYANMAR REGIME ON RAPES AND SLAYINGS OF ROHINGYA WOMEN


A United Nations women's rights panel called on Myanmar on Tuesday to report within six months on rapes and sexual violence against Rohingya women and girl... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 42

POPE CALLS FOR UNITY IN MYANMAR WITHOUT SAYING 'ROHINGYA'


Rohingya refugees line up to get food aid from a local NGO after arriving from Myanmar at the Balukali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 39

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

28th November, 2017 2787

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

28th November, 2017 89

ROHINGYA RETURN TO MYANMAR 'PUTS THEM IN TIGER'S GRASP'


Bangladesh's main opposition party criticised the government for selling itself to the Myanmar government in order to get an agreement to remove the Rohingya... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 379

UN PANEL SEEKS REPORT FROM MYANMAR ON RAPES, DEATHS OF ROHINGYA WOMEN


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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

28th November, 2017 3485

POPE SET FOR KEY MYANMAR SPEECH


Pope set for key Myanmar speech and meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 256

AUNG SAN SUU KYI LOSES FREEDOM OF OXFORD OVER ROHINGYA CRISIS


Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 7213

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN MYANMAR


Pope Francis Arrives in a Myanmar Tarnished by Rohingya Crackdown... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 1054

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

27th November, 2017 518

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

27th November, 2017 0

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

27th November, 2017 3055

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

27th November, 2017 73

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

27th November, 2017 646

ROHINGYA TO STAY IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS AFTER MYANMAR RETURN


Rohingya refugees who return to Myanmar following a Bangladesh-Myanmar repatriation agreement will initially have to live in temporary shelters or camps, Dhaka said Saturday... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 101

DEAL ON ROHINGYA REPATRIATION INCHES FORWARD, BUT HURDLES REMAIN


In late October, officials in Myanmar ordered the harvesting of fields that had been deserted in the Rohingya exodus... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 570

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

24th November, 2017 2077

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

23rd November, 2017 28

DEAL SIGNED TO RETURN MYANMAR ROHINGYA


Bangladesh has signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a recent army crackdown... READ MORE

23rd November, 2017 2670

Trending News Headlines : Burma

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

19th September, 2017 17657

'I AM ROHINGYA' FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF A YOUNG WOMAN FROM HER HOME IN MYANMAR TO A REFUGEE CAMP IN BANGLADESH.


'I am Rohingya' follows the journey of a young woman from her home in Myanmar to a refugee camp in Bangladesh... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 14174

'LAST CHANCE' FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI


Rohingya crisis 'Last chance' for Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE

17th September, 2017 9773

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

19th November, 2017 8310

ROHINGYA REFUGEES ACCUSE MYANMAR ARMY OF RAPE


Rohingya refugees who have escaped a military crackdown in Myanmar are accusing the army of raping women and girls... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 7938

AT RISK IN ROHINGYA EXODUS 230000 CHILDREN HUNDREDS ALL ALONE


More than half of the 400,000 refugees who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since late August are children, and hundreds came without parents, Unicef said... READ MORE

16th September, 2017 6968

'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

29th September, 2017 6428

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

20th November, 2017 5854

ARSA GROUP DENIES LINKS WITH AL-QAEDA, ISIL AND OTHERS


Rakhine-based Rohingya fighters, who emerged in October last year, say they have no ties to any 'terrorist group'... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 5812

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

6th October, 2017 5693

'BLOOD FLOWED IN THE STREETS': REFUGEES FROM ONE ROHINGYA VILLAGE RECOUNT DAYS OF HORROR


Annie Gowen The Washington Post Washington begins to sour on Aung San Suu Kyi amid mounting ethnic violence Rohingya militants in Burma Terrorists or freedom fighters?... READ MORE

16th September, 2017 4625

BANGLADESH TO BUILD ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMPS FOR 800,000 ROHINGYA


Bangladesh authorities plan to expand a refugee camp at Kutupalong near the border town of Cox's Bazar to accommodate the Rohingya... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 4108

HURRICANE MARIA TURNS DOMINICA INTO 'GIANT DEBRIS FIELD'


Once a bustling island full of life music and culture, the country of Dominica has been reduced to being one giant debris field... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 3983

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

25th September, 2017 3969

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

8th October, 2017 3881

MORE THAN 200,000 ROHINGYA CHILD REFUGEES IN URGENT NEED OF HELP, UNICEF WARNS


An unprecedented 200,000 child refugees have fled Burma and are now in urgent need of help, Unicef has warned, as the Rohingya crisis reaches new proportions... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 3807

TWO ROHINGYA CHILDREN, WOMAN KILLED IN AID STAMPEDE


Several Rohingya refugees have told Al Jazeera that after arriving in Bangladesh, they have not received food, shelter or enough clean water... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 3633

'MASS HINDU GRAVE' FOUND IN MYANMAR


Myanmar authorities accuse Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindus in restive Rakhine state... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 3223

'HEAVILY TRAUMATIZED ' ROHINGYA CHILDREN GO FROM TERROR IN MYANMAR TO REFUGEE CAMP CHAOS


Now they've traded the fear and terror of Myanmar's northern Rakhine state for the chaos of refugee camps in Bangladesh... READ MORE

23rd September, 2017 3201

NEW EVIDENCE OF ROHINGYA VILLAGE BURNING


Myanmar's envoy to the UN has blamed the Rohingya insurgents for the violence in Rakhine state and said that his country would never tolerate such atrocities... READ MORE

15th September, 2017 3077

'WE ARE GOING TO KILL YOU'


'We are going to kill you' Villagers in Burma recount violence by Rohingya Muslim militants... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 2930

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

26th October, 2017 2926

MASSIVE FIRE GUTS ICONIC MYANMAR HOTEL


Guests have been moved to other hotels in Yangon... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 2511

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

17th September, 2017 2492

BANGLADESH TO OFFER STERILISATION TO ROHINGYA IN REFUGEE CAMPS


In Rakhine they did not go to family planning clinics, fearing the Myanmar authorities would give medicine that harms them or their children, Sultana said... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 2317

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

22nd November, 2017 2291

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

19th September, 2017 2182

UN'S ANTONIO GUTERRES WARNS AGAINST NORTH KOREA WAR


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned world leaders against war with North Korea, calling on them to take the threat of nuclear peril seriously... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 2163

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

13th October, 2017 1909

MEET THE AMERICAN FAMILY RISKING DEATH TO SAVE LIVES IN IRAQ


Photo The Free Burma Rangers attempt to save a woman who was shot by an Islamic State sniper... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 1810


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