Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
10 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
28 July 2026
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Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
13 July 2026
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Accidents & Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
5 July 2026
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Crime & Justice
Myanmar president arrives in India to strengthen ties
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
24 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Gunshots at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out
13 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
New refugee camps to be moved into ‘restricted zone’
Bangladesh authorities will be moving the newly-built refugee camps into the zone allotted for Rohingyas, where access of outsiders will be restricted.
20 September 2017
Suu Kyi’s award suspended by UK union over Myanmar crisis
One of Britain’s largest trade unions has suspended an award given to Aung San Suu Kyi when she was a political prisoner, as international criticism mounts over Myanmar refugee crisis, according to a report of The Guardian.
20 September 2017
Rohingya crisis: Civil society urges int’l intervention
Civil society leaders have called upon the international community to intervene immediately and stop the persecution on Rohingyas in Myanmar.
20 September 2017
Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies going 'soft' on military
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejects a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reconciliation.
20 September 2017
Tillerson talks to Suu Kyi on Myanmar refugee crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke by phone with Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday about the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis as international condemnation intensified over the plight of the minority group.
20 September 2017
OIC urges Myanmar for probe into Rohingya issue
Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) contact group on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has urged Burma to accept UN Human Rights Council’s fact finding mission for an independent mission into the Rohingya crisis.
20 September 2017
Saudi King orders $15m to help Rohingya refugees
King Salman of Saudi Arabia orders the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
20 September 2017
'Resolve Rohingya crisis before it’s too late'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the OIC member states to show a unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late and placed some proposals before the OIC, including full implementation of the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission.
20 September 2017
Stop military ops against Rohingyas
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours
19 September 2017
Rains heap further woes on refugees
Nur Begum, 55, came to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Maungdaw with her young son and daughter in tow. She witnessed her husband
19 September 2017
India 'deeply concerned over violence in Rakhine'
India's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Rajiv K Chander, yesterday said New Delhi was deeply concerned about the
19 September 2017
Guarding against a communal narrative
The background to the ethno-religious violence against the Rohingyas and the combined effort of all communities in helping the refugees should be an antidote to the hate Myanmar preaches. We must remember that what we are doing to help the Rohingyas and speak up for them stems from a shared humanity, it rises above the communal politics of Myanmar.
19 September 2017
Rohingyas and the cost of kindness
It is certain that the present Rohingya sensation will soon die down, and be replaced in public memory by something far more banal.
19 September 2017
She breaks silence yet remains silent
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally broke her silence on the Rohingya refugee crisis yesterday, insisting that her country was not "afraid of international scrutiny."
But her speech in Naypyidaw drew widespread criticism: she did not denounce atrocities against Rohingyas and claimed the government needed more time to investigate the exodus of the minority group.
19 September 2017
PM expects no help from Trump
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she spoke to US President Donald Trump yesterday about Rohingyas flooding into Bangladesh from
19 September 2017
UN wants unfettered, full access to Rakhine
UN human rights investigators yesterday demanded "full and unfettered" access to Myanmar to probe the situation in its conflict-affected Rakhine State amid an aid group's fear of "very real risk" of deaths of Rohingyas there.
19 September 2017
Rohingya refugee crisis: Britain suspends Myanmar military training
Britain suspended its training programme for military in Myanmar due to the violence in Rakhine state, a British government spokesman says.
19 September 2017
UN chief urges Myanmar to halt military campaign against Rohingyas
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated address.
19 September 2017
Refugees International urges Trump for sanctions on Myanmar
Refugee International urges US President Donald Trump to impose financial sanctions and arms embargo on Myanmar who is accused of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
19 September 2017
India deeply concerned at recent spate of violence in Myanmar
India’s permanent representative to UN in Geneva, Rajiv K. Chander says India is deeply concerned about the recent spate of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state that has forced to flee a large number of Rohingyas to neighbouring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017