Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar violence
Up to 30,000 of the impoverished ethnic group have fled their homes, the United Nations says, after troops poured into the narrow strip where they live earlier this month.
Nov 24, 2016, 18:42 PM IST
Hundreds more Myanmar Rohingya flee to Bangladesh: Aid workers
An official from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said he had witnessed more than 500 people enter its camps in the hills near the border on Monday.
Nov 22, 2016, 00:19 AM IST
Myanmar government faces new crisis as ethnic armies attack military
The fighting last year pitted the army against the predominantly ethnic Chinese Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and its allies, the Ta`ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Arakan Army (AA).
Nov 21, 2016, 17:32 PM IST
Rohingya women say Myanmar soldiers raped them amid crackdown on militants
Rohingya Muslims say Myanmar soldiers raped or sexually assaulted dozens of women in a remote village in the northwest of the country during the biggest upsurge in violence against the persecuted minority in four years.
Oct 28, 2016, 10:59 AM IST
UN envoys urge Myanmar to probe killings, arrests in Muslim-majority region
UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that security forces have killed unarmed civilians, burned villages and made arbitrary arrests in a Muslim-majority region where a crackdown has followed attacks on border police.
Oct 25, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
Mob destroys mosque as religious, ethnic tension rises in Myanmar
Villagers from Thayethamin, a remote settlement a two-hours` drive northeast of Myanmar`s largest city, Yangon, destroyed the mosque on Thursday.
Jun 24, 2016, 14:10 PM IST
Myanmar Rohingya boat dead `forced` to travel by sea: Witnesses
Witnesses to a boat capsize that left some 20 people dead, including children, say the victims were from the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority and blamed the tragedy on restrictions that forced them to journey by sea.
Apr 20, 2016, 11:16 AM IST
Rohingya Muslims trafficked to Saudi Arabia to join ISIS using fake Indian passports: Report
A human trafficking racket busted in Delhi has revealed that fake Indian passports were used to traffic Rohingya Muslims.
Jan 15, 2016, 19:24 PM IST
US hails Myanmar vote as 'important step forward'
Millions of people cast their ballots for the first time in a quarter of a century.
Nov 09, 2015, 10:55 AM IST