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YANGON, MYANMAR Top Myanmar officials say the repatriation of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, to which more than 700,000 fled since last year to escape deadly violence carried out by Myanmar’s security forces, will begin Thursday.Minister of…
WASHINGTON / COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH The United States says it will continue efforts to support Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority through humanitarian aid and diplomacy.A U.S. delegation on Sunday visited a camp hosting Rohingya refugees in Banglade…
The Lao dam disaster in July that resulted in heavy flooding in two provinces that left at least 40 people dead and displaced 7,000 others has drawn both regional and international attention to the potential dangers of Southeast Asia’s current dam-buil…
SYDNEY Australian investigators say a Somali-born man who stabbed bystanders in the center of Melbourne on Friday had been inspired and radicalized by the militant group calling itself Islamic State. Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was shot by police and die…
The U.N. human rights chief urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to halt plans to repatriate more than 2,200 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, saying they were too terrified to go, while Bangladeshi officials said they hoped to start the process this week.Michelle …
UNITED NATIONS Leading international human rights group Amnesty International said Monday it is stripping Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of its top honor over her failure to speak out or halt grave atrocities against her country’s Rohingya Muslim po…