Bangladesh
Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh, 12 dead: police
World
October 9, 2017
Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh, 12 dead: police
A boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh capsized and at least 12 people, most of them children, drowned, police…
UN braces for more Rohingya to flee, seeks access to Rakhine, Myanmar
World
October 6, 2017
UN braces for more Rohingya to flee, seeks access to Rakhine, Myanmar
Muslim Rohingyas continue to flee Myanmar to Bangladesh and the United Nations is bracing for possible “further exodus”, the UN…
Rohingya join exodus from inland villages in Rakhine state to Bangladesh
Middle East
October 1, 2017
Rohingya join exodus from inland villages in Rakhine state to Bangladesh
The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported more than 2,000 Rohingya had gathered along Myanmar’s coast after walking from their…
Bangladesh coastal town a place of Rohingya hope and tragedy
World
September 24, 2017
Bangladesh coastal town a place of Rohingya hope and tragedy
From a distance you can see elegantly carved wooden boats bob gently in the waters that surround this coastal town…
For Rohingya Muslim child refugees, too many losses to count
World
September 22, 2017
For Rohingya Muslim child refugees, too many losses to count
Abdul Hamid has the wide-open smile of a child and the eyes of an adult. By age 12, the Rohingya…
Satellite images show sprawling Rohingya refugee camps
World
September 21, 2017
Satellite images show sprawling Rohingya refugee camps
Massive, makeshift refugee camps are sprawling over farms and open land in southern Bangladesh as more than 420,000 Rohingya Muslims…
Rights group urges new Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya crisis
World
September 18, 2017
Rights group urges new Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya crisis
A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an…
Myanmar says US official barred from Rohingya conflict zone
World
September 15, 2017
Myanmar says US official barred from Rohingya conflict zone
Myanmar said on Friday a visiting US official would not be allowed to go to a region where violence has…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to skip U.N. assembly to deal with Rohingya crisis
World
September 13, 2017
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to skip U.N. assembly to deal with Rohingya crisis
Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over violence that has forced about 400,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee…
Bangladesh slams Myanmar for ‘atrocities’ against Rohingya
World
September 12, 2017
Bangladesh slams Myanmar for ‘atrocities’ against Rohingya
The Bangladeshi prime minister was traveling Tuesday to struggling refugee camps that have absorbed hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing…