Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees’ return to Myanmar
DHAKA: Bangladesh opened talks with neighboring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the… Read More
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Rohingya Muslims
US envoy to UN demands Myanmar prosecutions, weapons curbs, over Rohingya
UNITED NATIONS/YANGON: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday called on countries… Read More
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UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya
COX’S BAZAR: The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000… Read More
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Foreign minister calls for addressing root causes of plight of Rohingya Muslims
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday emphasized on the need to eliminate the root… Read More
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U.N. medics see evidence of rape in Myanmar army ‘cleansing’ campaign
COX‘S BAZAR: Doctors treating some of the 429,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh… Read More
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Western powers urge Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to push for end to violence
NEW YORK: Britain, France and Australia urged Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday… Read More
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns all rights violations in Rakhine State
NAYPYITAW: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and… Read More
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Rights group urges new Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya crisis
YANGON: A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the… Read More
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Aid group warns of death among Rohingya in Bangladesh
COX‘S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could die due to a lack of food,… Read More
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India calls Rohingya refugees ‘threat to national security’
NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees were… Read More
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Senate urges govt to dispatch relief, financial support to Rohingya Muslims
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the atrocities being committed on… Read More
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Dalai Lama says Buddha would have helped Myanmar’s Muslims
NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama has spoken out for the first time about the Rohingya… Read More
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Myanmar’s ambassador summoned over violence against Rohingya
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office here on Saturday summoned Ambassador of Myanmar and lodged Pakistan’s strong protest… Read More
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Pakistan, Turkey resolve to raise Rohingya Muslims issue at every forum
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday discussed the… Read More
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Myanmar ‘to provide aid’ to displaced Rohingya inside country
YANGON: Camps will be set up to provide aid for displaced Muslims inside Rakhine state,… Read More
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Security beefed up in Islamabad amid Rohingya protest
ISLAMABAD: A demonstration is being held in Aabpara area of the federal capital today to… Read More
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Pictures show plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims
About 146,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from violence in Myanmar bringing the total number of refugees… Read More
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus
DHAKA/SHAMLAPUR: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of… Read More
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Myanmar laying landmines near border ‘to stop Rohingya Muslims returning home’
DHAKA: Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh, said… Read More
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Shahbaz urges world to put pressure on Myanmar to halt genocide of Rohingya Muslims
LAHORE: Condemning the atrocities being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz… Read More
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