Showing 91 - 100 of 169
Find facts in temple death
News, Editorial, Published on 03/03/2017
» The death of a 48-year-old female disciple of Wat Phra Dhammakaya who succumbed to an asthma attack inside an apartment at the sealed-off temple complex must be subject to a thorough and factual investigation to establish the facts.
Myanmar: Army ends Rakhine operation
Associated Press, Published on 16/02/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar's government said Thursday the military has ended its four-month counterinsurgency operation in troubled Rakhine state, where it had been accused of rape, torture and other abuses against Muslim Rohingya minority residents.
Myanmar says military operation in troubled Rakhine has ended
Reuters, Published on 16/02/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar's military has ended a clearance operation in the country's troubled Rakhine State, government officials said, ending a four-month sweep that the United Nations said may amount to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing.
UN: Crimes against humanity possibly committed
Kyodo News, Published on 03/02/2017
» GENEVA - A report released Friday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said crimes against humanity have potentially been committed against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's conflict-riddled Rakhine State.
OIC will push Myanmar to halt Rohingya crisis
Published on 18/01/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's foreign minister said Wednesday that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is expected to call for a halt to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority and for the safe return of refugees.
Video shows Myanmar police beating Rohingya
AFP, Published on 03/01/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar on Monday said it has detained several police and vowed to take action against officers shown beating villagers in a video that has circulated on the internet.
Myanmar to investigate police abuse of Rohingya
AFP, Published on 02/01/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar's government on Monday pledged to investigate a video apparently showing police beating and kicking Rohingya civilians, a rare admission that authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority.
Eight killed after Taliban storm Afghan MP's house
AFP, Published on 22/12/2016
» KABUL - Eight people were killed when Taliban suicide bombers stormed the residence of an Afghan lawmaker in the capital Kabul, officials said after the attackers were gunned down early Thursday following a nearly 10-hour siege.
Upsurge in anti-Rohingya violence kills 8
AFP, Published on 13/11/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar's military said its troops killed six people and lost two soldiers in clashes with attackers in Rakhine state on Saturday, in the latest flare-up of violence in the crisis-hit region.
Fast track to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» India has made significant strides under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to position itself as more friendly to foreign investment, but the actual process of getting a new business off the ground is still not as smooth as investors or authorities want it to be.