UK's Johnson meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis

Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson meets with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's capital to press for action on the Rohingya crisis, as the country faces mounting pressure to punish troops accused of atrocities against the Muslim minority.
11 February 2018

Dr Mahathir Mohamad admitted to hospital for chest infection

Pakatan Harapan Chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Malaysia for a chest infection.
11 February 2018

UN says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre ‘alarming’

The United Nations describe the details of a Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as “alarming” and says it showed the need for a thorough probe into the violence in the country’s Rakhine state.
10 February 2018

How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed Rohingyas in a remote village

The killings in the coastal village of Inn Din marks another bloody episode in the ethnic violence sweeping northern Rakhine state, on Myanmar’s western fringe.
9 February 2018

ICC in Hague opens initial probe against Duterte

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the Philippines that it has begun a preliminary examination of a complaint accusing
8 February 2018

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket soars in debut test launch from Florida

The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, roars into space through clear blue skies in its debut test flight from a Florida launch site where moon missions once began.
7 February 2018

Switzerland calls for full implementation of Kofi Annan report

Swiss President Alain Berset says Switzerland calls for the full implementation of the report of the Advisory Commission chaired by Kofi Annan to protect Rohingyas and ensure their safe return to Myanmar.
6 February 2018

UN says Rohingya crisis could endanger regional security

The UN's human rights chief warns that Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority has the potential to spark regional conflict.
5 February 2018

NASA turns selfies by Mars rover into stunning self-portrait

NASA has transformed selfies taken by its Mars rover Curiosity into a stunning self-portrait.
3 February 2018

World failed to protect Rohingya women: UN Women

The world has failed to protect the Rohingya women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says. “I think their [Myanmar] government to begin with. Their country has failed them in a massive way,” she said.
3 February 2018

Myanmar government denies AP report of Rohingya mass graves

Myanmar’s government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbors, saying that only “terrorists” were killed and they were “carefully buried.”
3 February 2018

UNHCR concerned over ‘rain risk’ of Rohingyas

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners are ramping up efforts to mitigate some of the expected impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in Bangladesh.
2 February 2018

Myanmar tells UN Security Council: Time not right for visit

Myanmar tells the United Nations Security Council not to visit during February this year because it was "not the right time," Kuwait's UN Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi says, adding that the country did not completely reject the proposed trip.
2 February 2018

Myanmar court denies bail to Reuters journos

A Myanmar court yesterday denied bail to two Reuters journalists charged under a secrecy act that could see them face up to 14 years
1 February 2018

Put pressure on Myanmar to implement Kofi Annan Commission report: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community including the United Nations (UN) to keep up pressure on the Myanmar government to implement Kofi Annan Commission report on the Rohingya Issue.
1 February 2018

Decision of repatriating Rohingyas premature: UN envoy

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee says the decision of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees anytime soon was premature.
1 February 2018

AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves

More than five mass graves, all previously unreported, have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos.
1 February 2018

Boosting patient well-being with pet-assisted therapy

The therapist who started the project is among 3,500 who won health quality service awards.
31 January 2018

Indonesia police force 'manly makeover' on transgender beauticians

Indonesian police forcibly cut the hair of a group of transgender women and made them wear male clothing, authorities say, amid a crackdown on the LGBT community in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation.
30 January 2018

Rohingya presence creating massive socio-economic pressure: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh is facing massive socio-economic and demographic pressure due to the presence of a huge number of Rohingyas.
29 January 2018