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Southeast Asia
Najib's trial: Interim gag order against the media granted
The Malaysian High Court has granted an interim gag order against the media from discussing merits of the case of Najib Razak.
4 July 2018, 06:49 AM
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib charged with corruption
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged in court Wednesday with criminal breach of trust and corruption, two months after a multibillion-dollar graft scandal at a state investment fund led to his shock election defeat.
4 July 2018, 04:31 AM
Will Guterres' visit move the Wall?
Now that the chief of the UN himself has come and heard the “heartbreaking accounts from Rohingya refugees”, will the Wall hear the same? We mean the UN Security Council and the Myanmar government. Will they act to end the untold miseries of the world's most persecuted people of our time?
3 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested over graft
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has been arrested.
3 July 2018, 09:18 AM
Red Cross doubts Rohingya repatriation process
Red Cross President Peter Maurer said he has serious doubts over the conducive conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state for large repatriation of the Rohingya from Bangladesh.
3 July 2018, 06:14 AM
Thai boys still stuck in cave as divers draw up rescue plans
Rescuers battle intensifying rain to furiously pump water from a cave in Thailand, as officials thrash out plans to extract a young soccer team located by divers after being trapped and incommunicado for 10 days.
3 July 2018, 04:32 AM
Call for justice, safe return
As he walked through the alleys of the makeshift camps in rains and met Rohingya boys and girls, he remembered his granddaughters and tried to imagine what it would be like to see them in such conditions.
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM
We are all Rohingya: WB chief
Moved by the horrific stories of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says, “…we are all Rohingya”.
2 July 2018, 12:46 PM
UN chief calls to step up support for Rohingyas
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says his heart is broken after he visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
2 July 2018, 03:23 AM
Red Cross chief says Myanmar not ready for Rohingyas return
Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state are not ready yet for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas who have fled a military crackdown, says Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of Red Cross, after visit to the region.
2 July 2018, 02:15 AM
Generous humane country like Bangladesh shouldn’t be punished: WB
Appreciating Bangladesh's generous support, visiting World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim says they are insisting that generous humane countries that support refugees should not be punished.
1 July 2018, 12:26 PM
UK calls for more int'l support for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field and UK Special Envoy for Gender Equality Joanna Roper calls for greater humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas, particularly to help support the provision of education for refugees and host communities.
1 July 2018, 07:20 AM
UN to put more pressure on Myanmar: Guterres
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says they will put more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on the Rohingya issue.
1 July 2018, 02:51 AM
Secret UN-Myanmar deal on Rohingya offers no guarantees on citizenship
Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar is to have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret agreement between the government and the United Nations seen by Reuters.
30 June 2018, 10:06 AM
Rohingyas’ statelessness increases vulnerability to trafficking: Report
The Rohingya community's stateless status and inability to work legally in Bangladesh "increases their vulnerability" to human trafficking, says a global report.
30 June 2018, 09:15 AM
Myanmar transit camps sit empty as Rohingya fear return
The transit camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day.
30 June 2018, 07:28 AM
Rohingya crisis: UN special rapporteur in Dhaka
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, arrives in Dhaka on a 10-day visit to meet Rohingya refugees at Cox’s Bazar.
29 June 2018, 13:54 PM
China assures help in Rohingya repatriation
China will assist in the repatriation of Rohingya mass who have been living as refugees in Bangladesh, fleeing from persecution in Myanmar.
29 June 2018, 10:17 AM
Bali reopens airport after volcano eruption strands thousands of tourists
Bali reopens its international airport today after a volcanic eruption temporarily grounded flights, stranding thousands of tourists on the Indonesian holiday island.
29 June 2018, 10:11 AM
Unable to find lost boys, Thai police drop survival packages into cave
As a search in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing inside a flooded cave entered a sixth day on Friday, police begins dropping survival packages through a shaft drilled in the mountainside not knowing if anyone is there.
29 June 2018, 08:33 AM