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Thailand train accident kills 28 at China-backed project
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Rohingya woman names her newborn baby girl after Sheikh Hasina
A Rohingya refugee woman, who has taken shelter in a refugee camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar, has delivered a baby girl and named her after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
21 September 2017, 14:31 PM
Thousands rally in Philippines to warn of Duterte 'dictatorship'
Left-wing activists and political opponents of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has held rallies to warn against what they see as the emergence of a dictatorship under the no-nonsense but hugely popular leader.
21 September 2017, 12:31 PM
Grenade attack kills 3 in Kashmir
Three civilians have been killed and 23 others wounded after suspected rebels Thursday lobbed a grenade at a motorcade of a local government minister in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
21 September 2017, 12:05 PM
All Rohingya refugees to be under biometric registration in 60 days
All the Rohingya refugees, who are now in Bangladesh after they fled persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, will be biometrically registered in two months, Bangladesh's disaster management and relief minister said today.
21 September 2017, 07:45 AM
Facebook bans 'dangerous' Rohingya militant group
Facebook says it has banned a Rohingya militant group from its site, designating it a 'dangerous organisation' as information on the deepening crisis is muddied by claims, counter-claims and hate speech on social media.
21 September 2017, 06:30 AM
Myanmar protesters try to block aid to Rohingyas
Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar tried to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, with a witness saying protesters threw petrol bombs before police dispersed them by firing into the air.
21 September 2017, 04:52 AM
Myanmar vice president bluffs world using Suu Kyi’s claims
Myanmar’s Vice-President Henry Van Thio has reiterated the claims of the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an effort to pull a veil of bluff over the world, yet again. He says his government is deeply concerned about the situation.
21 September 2017, 04:51 AM
Rohingyas at mercy of traffickers: UN agency
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas who have fled violence in Myanmar are "at the mercy" of human traffickers, the United Nations
20 September 2017, 20:08 PM
Unite, act now
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the OIC member states to show unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Medical facilities stretched to limit
In Kutupalong camp 1, Nasima Khatun, nearly 70 years old, is being carried using a unique device fashioned out of a bamboo stick
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Nobel laureate can learn from a taxi driver
An assassin shot him in the head at close range as he was about to leave Yangon airport in his family car. He fell to the ground, bleeding.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi denies ‘going soft’ on military
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Global community steps up relief efforts
The United Nations and the international community are ramping up relief operations for the Rohingya refugees.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
UK trade union suspends Suu Kyi's award
Amid growing criticism over Aung San Suu Kyi's inaction to the Rohingya crisis, Unison, one of Britain's largest trade unions, has
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi's cowardly speech
Suu Kyi's speech was not only “disappointing” but also cowardly. It towed the typical line of “we have to look at both sides”, completely oblivious to the power dynamics at play: the national army versus a dispossessed population.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
We never lose friends, we simply learn who the real ones are
The reactions of some of our "very close" friends since the outbreak of the most recent Rohingya crisis have compelled me to ask myself as to where all our good friends have gone.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Trump urges 'strong and swift' UN action to end Rohingya crisis: Mike Pence
US President Donald Trump is urging the United Nations Security Council to take "strong and swift action" to bring Myanmar's Rohingya crisis to an end, US Vice President Mike Pence says.
20 September 2017, 16:56 PM
Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar violence at 'mercy of traffickers', warns UN
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar are "at the mercy" of human traffickers, the United Nations migration agency warns, saying well-managed refugee camps were needed to reduce the risk.
20 September 2017, 15:38 PM
Malaysian tribunal reveals horrific details of atrocities against Rohingyas
A woman from Laung Don village flees her house when Myanmar soldiers came into the village, leaving behind her sister who had just given birth and her newborn baby.
20 September 2017, 15:15 PM
AL-led 14 party allies reject Suu Kyi’s speech
The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance have rejected Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s first address to the nation after military crackdown in Rakhine state since August 25 that forced the thousands of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.
20 September 2017, 14:19 PM