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Almost 90,000 Rohingya Muslims arrive in Bangladesh amid crackdown
Sep 04, 2017 11:16Nearly 90,000 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Bangladesh since the Myanmar military unleashed another bloody crackdown on the persecuted Muslim community in troubled Rakhine State late last month.
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Petrol bomb thrown at Myanmar embassy in Indonesia
Sep 03, 2017 16:57A petrol bomb was thrown at Myanmar's embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta early Sunday, police said, as anger grew across the mainly Muslim archipelago about violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar.
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Rohingya beheaded, burned alive in Myanmar: Witnesses
Sep 03, 2017 07:38Government forces in Myanmar have beheaded and burned alive Rohingya Muslim civilians, including children, witnesses say, as calls grow to stop the “genocide” against the minority Muslims living in the Buddhist-majority country.
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Over 2,600 homes burned in Rohingya-majority Rakhine: Myanmar
Sep 02, 2017 11:30The Myanmar government says over 2,600 houses have been burned down over the past week in the Rohingya-majority areas of the country’s northwest, which have been the scene of one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence against the persecuted Muslim community in decades.
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About 400 people die as Myanmar cracks down on Rohingya
Sep 01, 2017 13:12Almost 400 people have died in Myanmar since the country’s army stepped up a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last week.
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Zarif calls for global action to end Rohingya sufferings
Aug 30, 2017 18:20Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized the global community for remaining silent on the persisting violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims, calling for "crucial" action to end the acts of aggression against the minority group.
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Rohingyas flee crackdown in Myanmar in thousands
Aug 30, 2017 10:46A government crackdown in Myanmar has forced nearly 19,000 members of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslim community to flee to neighboring Bangladesh in less than a week.
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Iran voices extreme worries over Rohingyas' plight in Myanmar
Aug 29, 2017 06:38Iran has voiced its deepest worries over Myanmar’s continued military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims.
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Death toll reaches nearly 100 in Myanmar violence
Aug 27, 2017 18:53The death toll from ongoing clashes between Myanmar's troops and the so-called advocates of the persecuted Rohingya Muslims has reached nearly 100, as thousands of desperate Muslims recently entered the neighboring Bangladesh, fleeing from intensified crackdown on the minority by Buddhist mobs and security forces over recent attacks on police outposts.
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Bangladesh sends back 70 Rohingyas to Myanmar despite violence
Aug 27, 2017 12:29Security forces in Bangladesh have detained and sent back to Myanmar dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees who had made it across the border despite coming under fire by Myanmarese troops.