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    Top UN court hears Rohingya genocide allegations

    10 Dec 2019

    The UN’s highest court on Tuesday begins a hearing into allegations of genocide in Myanmar over the military campaign against the Rohingya minority, with leader Aung San Suu Kyi set to defend those who once held her under house arrest.

    95 arrested in Myanmar scam operation raids

    28 Oct 2023

    The country has been in chaos since a military coup in February 2021, with criminal syndicates taking advantage of the lawlessness to run scam centres, particularly in border regions.

    Rohingya refugees agree move to Bangladesh’s Bhashan Char island

    20 Oct 2019

    Dhaka has long wanted to move 100,000 refugees to the muddy silt islet, saying it would take pressure off the overcrowded border camps where almost a million Rohingya live.

    Myanmar ambassador to China died on Sunday

    08 Aug 2022

    The obituary for Ambassador U Myo Thant Pe by Myanmar's foreign ministry in a state newspaper on Monday did not specify his cause of death. Diplomats in Beijing and a Chinese language Myanmar media report said the cause was likely to be a heart attack.

    Earthquake recorded off Myanmar's coast, shakes buildings in Thailand

    19 Jun 2023

    The 5.1 magnitude quake was recorded about 152 kilometers (95 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, at 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the surface at 8:10 a.m., according to Myanmar’s meteorology department.

    'Now they can chase their dreams:' Bangladesh allows Rohingya children to study

    29 Jan 2020

    Human rights groups have long campaigned for the nearly half a million effectively stateless Rohingya children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps to be allowed access to quality education, warning of the costs of a "lost generation."

    World court orders Myanmar to take steps to protect Rohingya from atrocities

    23 Jan 2020

    Mostly Muslim Gambia launched a lawsuit in November at the United Nations' highest body for disputes between states, accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya in violation of a 1948 convention.

    Two Rohingya women killed as Myanmar army shells village

    25 Jan 2020

    Maung Kyaw Zan, a national member of parliament for Buthidaung township in northern Rakhine state, said shells fired from a nearby battalion hit Kin Taung village in the middle of the night. Government troops have been battling ethnic rebels in the state for more than a year.

    Only peace can stop the rise in refugees’ number

    17 Jun 2021

    It is really unfortunate that the number of refugees is growing daily across the world. There seems to be no end to it. The latest country to add to that unmanageable and sad growth is Myanmar. The United Nations said recently an estimated 100,000 people

    Action needed to end Rohingya suffering

    11 Nov 2019

    The filing of a case by Gambia at the United Nations’ highest court accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against its Rohingya Muslim minority is a step in the right direction

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