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More than 200 Rohingya Muslims have now drowned fleeing Mynamar

A small fishing boat carrying up to 45 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday (31 October), leaving at least four dead.

Paul Wright Oct 31, 2017

Myanmar arrests 2 foreign journalists for flying drone near parliament building

Lau Hon Meng from Singapore and Mok Choy Lin from Malaysia were detained for importing drone and flying above government buildings without necessary permission.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 30, 2017

Pictures of the week 21 to 27 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

The week's best news and sports photos, from autumn and Halloween to the King of Thailand's funeral and the end of the sieges of Raqqa and Marawi.

David Sim Oct 27, 2017

Rohingya Muslim Buddhist Myanmar Bangladesh

I sat down with Buddhists and Rohingya in Myanmar - here's what they said about the bloody crisis

Ethnic tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims have existed in Myanmar for decades. Almost one million Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh as violence erupted.

James Lavender Oct 25, 2017

University of Edinburgh Vets Helps Save Bear With 'Monstrously Enlarged' Tongue

Bear with tongue so swollen that it dragged on the ground gets an amputation

Asiatic black bear Nyan htoo had been suffering from a mystery illness from the time he was a cub and had been rescued by monks in Myanmar.

Karen Noronha Oct 24, 2017

US weighing sanctions against Myanmar for Rohingya exodus

The US State Department says that "it is imperative that any individuals or entities responsible for atrocities" in Myanmar should be held accountable.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 24, 2017

Rohingya villages Maungdaw Rakhine Myanmar

Myanmar police seize 3 million meth pills in Rakhine during operation against Rohingya militants

Meth tablets recovered as army continues crackdown against militants in an operaiton that the UN said may amount to ethnic cleaning against Rohingya Muslims.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 22, 2017

Pictures of the week 14 to 20 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

The week's best photojournalism, from the battles for Raqqa and Kirkuk, to forest fires in Portugal and Spain and Storm Ophelia's yellow skies over Britain.

David Sim Oct 20, 2017

'Hell on Earth' for Rohingya children in refugee camps without enough food and clean water

One in five Rohingya children in Bangladesh's refugee camps are "acutely malnourished" and require medical attention, says Unicef report, Outcast and Desperate.

David Sim Oct 20, 2017

Photos: Fire destroys landmark teakwood Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar

One person died in the fire which ripped through the traditional Burmese-style teak Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Yangon before dawn.

David Sim Oct 19, 2017

Haunting black and white photos of Rohingya refugees that the whole world needs to see

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer spent two weeks in Bangladesh documenting the lives of some of the more than half a million Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar since late August.

David Sim Oct 13, 2017

Pictures of the week 7 to 13 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

The week's best news and sport photos, from California wildfires and Vietnam floods, to the battle for Raqqa, Kenya election protests and Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis.

David Sim Oct 13, 2017

Endless tide of humanity: Photos show the overwhelming scale of the Rohingya refugee crisis

By day and by night they come, an endless tide of humanity streaming out of Myanmar into Bangladesh. Rohingya Muslim men, women and children hoping to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country.

David Sim Oct 10, 2017

Photos: Sudden surge of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence and starvation in Myanmar

More Rohingya refugees have chosen to trek for days in monsoon weather to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country. Yet the Myanmar government denies ethnic cleansing and says "clearance operations" have ended.

David Sim Oct 09, 2017

Aung San Suu Kyi Breaks Silence On Rohingya Crisis

Rohingya children die as boat capsizes off Bangladesh coast

The Rohingya routinely flee to Bangladesh to escape alleged persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they live in segregated conditions and are regarded as stateless people.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 09, 2017

Oxford University college takes down portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi from display

Painting of Myanmar's de facto leader removed from St Hugh in wake of Rohingya ethnic cleansing claims

Ewan Palmer Sep 30, 2017

First look at burnt Rohingya Muslim villages in Rakhine state, Myanmar

Reporters have finally been allowed to venture into Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, formerly home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled into Bangladesh.

David Sim Sep 28, 2017

Buddhist monks force Rohingya refugees to flee their Sri Lanka safe house

Protesters chanted "do not allow terrorists into this country" as they stormed the UN shelter.

Isabelle Gerretsen Sep 27, 2017

Another Rwanda: Nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar in four weeks

The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh since 25 August has been estimated at 480,000 – 60% of them children.

David Sim Sep 26, 2017

Rohingya Muslim children's drawings depict horrific acts of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar military

Young Rohingya refugees' drawings are filled with traumatic scenes such as people being shot or burned alive by the military.

David Sim Sep 25, 2017

Groom 'thought he was rescuing' 14-year-old girl by marrying her, Melbourne court hears

The man came to Australia by a boat as an asylum seeker from Myanmar.

Karen Noronha Sep 20, 2017

These heartbreaking photos show the living hell faced by Rohingya women and child refugees

A family with a tiny baby living in a concrete pipe, and another family burying a 70-year-old woman who died just days after they'd carried her all the way from Myanmar.

David Sim Sep 19, 2017

Facebook accused of 'censoring' reports of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

Facebook has faced criticism over its moderation policies as it strives to strike a balance between freedom of speech and censorship.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Sep 19, 2017

Harrowing photos of Rohingya refugees fleeing 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

Award-winning British photojournalist Dan Kitwood has spent several days in Bangladesh covering the Rohingya refugee crisis. His photos show the scale of the exodus as wave after wave of desperate people arrive by land, river and sea.

David Sim Sep 14, 2017