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Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
Right to reside is only for Indian citizens, not for Rohingyas, rules Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court declined to halt the deportation of illegal Rohingya Muslim migrants from Delhi, emphasizing that the right to reside in ...
Pope Francis calls for Gaza 'genocide' investigationThe Argentine pontiff has frequently deplored the number of victims of Israel's operations in Gaza, with the territory's Hamas-run health m...
Myanmar's Rohingyas: Five years of crisisMyanmar's military launched a ferocious crackdown against the country's Rohingya Muslim population in 2017, driving more than 740,000 refug...
Myanmar genocide: UN court to decide if case can proceedMyanmar says the court should dismiss the case on legal grounds while it is still in its preliminary stages, and before it starts dealing w...
Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in adsFacebook and its parent company Meta flopped once again in a test of how well they could detect obviously violent hate speech in advertisem...
US declares Myanmar military oppression of Rohingya 'genocide'"I have determined that members of the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya," Blinken said.
America to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a 'genocide'The designation does not in and of itself portend drastic new measures against Myanmar's military-led government, which has already been hi...
Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN courtA shadow administration known as the National Unity Government made up of representatives including elected lawmakers who were prevented fr...
Facebook ordered to release records on closed Myanmar accountsIn his ruling on Wednesday, Washington DC district court Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui criticised the social media giant for refusing to pro...
United States cites China, Myanmar, Ethiopia in genocide reportThe report said the US continues to believe that China's actions against the Uyghurs constitutes a “genocide.” That finding was first annou...
Myanmar's journey back to military ruleHere is a timeline of a nation that emerged from a military dictatorship, only to plunge into a trouble-filled -- and perhaps short-lived -...
Suu Kyi's party claims victory in Myanmar as its vote tally shows leadParty spokesman Myo Nyunt told Reuters internal reports showed the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, had won th...
As Aung San Suu Kyi denies genocide, opponents up anti-Rohingya rhetoricThere was global revulsion at military-backed operations in 2017 that saw hundreds of thousands of people flee burning villages into the sq...
View: Why India needs to closely monitor the situation in MyanmarMyanmar could easily fall into greater Chinese influence. India ought to be vigilant.
Myanmar army should be removed from politics: UN probeA brutal military crackdown last year forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee over the border to Bangladesh.
Myanmar spokesman rejects UN genocide report against RohingyasHis comments came a day after the UN report, which marked the first time the organisation has explicitly called for Myanmar officials to fa...
No identity cards for Rohingyas: GovernmentResponding to pleas that education and health facilities be extended to all Rohingya refugees who are in camps in India, the government sai...
US Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar's Suu KyiSuu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her long campaign against the country's military dictatorship, was awarded the Holocaust...
Worried about political implications of Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh ministerWithin weeks, the Awami League government started feeling the pressure. General elections in the country are set to be held later this year.