Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the inhospitable surface of Mars have been successful and a full-power run is scheduled for March, officials say.

The Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh is growing at a rapid pace and there is an urgent need to support the host communities to cope with the influx and to help the refugees, the World Bank says.

Five Asian countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand – are set to hold national elections this year.

Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp draw up a list of demands they want Myanmar to meet before authorities begin sending back hundreds of thousands in a repatriation process expected to begin next week and last for two years.

Public satisfaction with the performance of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's government rose in December to the highest level on

Myanmar police yesterday arrested a prominent Rakhine Buddhist MP for allegedly provoking ethnic violence, state media and his party

Rohingya organisations from across the globe demands that the Rohingya refugees need guarantee ensuring their life and property security and peaceful coexistence with rest of the population in Myanmar before they are repatriated.

Cuts in food rations for 1.5 million refugees in east Africa, due to funding shortages, could increase school dropouts, crime and malnutrition, a United Nations official says. With humanitarian needs soaring around the world, donors are prioritising crises in Syria, Yemen and Bangladesh.

Myanmar police shoot dead seven demonstrators, while 12 are injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan kingdom turns violent.

Myanmar sends a list containing names of more than 1,300 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) members to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed on a two-year timeline for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya amid international community's concern over the repatriation climate and the safety of the returnees.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he "did not give a shit" as his government moved to shut down a news website that

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday took a swipe at ex-leader Mohamad Mahathir, his opponent in upcoming elections,

The UK parliament members express grave concern over the plan of repatriating Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar “without any clear understanding of their legal status and destination”.

Bangladesh says it would complete the process of returning within two years many of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who had fled a conflict in Myanmar, following a meeting of the neighbors.

Thousands fled from their homes as lava oozed out of a rumbling Philippine volcano yesterday in what volcanologists described as a

Myanmar is building a camp to temporarily house 30,000 Rohingya Muslims targeted for repatriation after fleeing violence in Rakhine State, state media reports, as Myanmar and Bangladesh meet to discuss how to implement a repatriation deal.

Rohingyas who fled from the persecution of Myanmar security forces want to see a positive development including citizenship, security, and scope for enjoying their basic rights before they return to their country from Bangladesh, the UNHCR says.

Rohingya Muslim insurgents say that ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state last month were "innocent civilians", and not members of their group.

Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi says it is “positive” that the country's military is taking responsibility for the actions of troops, after the army said soldiers are involved in killing 10 captured Rohingya Muslims.