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Rohingya fighters attack army truck
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2018
» YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents ambushed a military vehicle in Rakhine state, wounding five members of the security forces, state media and officials said, and the rebels claimed responsibility for the rare attack.
Police discover 5 million meth pills in Suphan Buri raid
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/01/2018
» Police have seized nearly 5 million methamphetamine pills, worth about 1 billion baht, from two men believed to be working for a man known as Joe Donsa, son of Joe Danchang, a major drug trader who was killed in 1996.
Syria's death toll in Idlib car bomb rises to at least 25
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» BEIRUT: A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics in the northwestern city of Idlib say the death toll from a massive car bombing there the previous evening has risen to at least 25. Also, nearly 100 people were wounded.
Myanmar military admits mass murder of Rohingya
Reuters and Online reporters, Published on 11/01/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's military admitted on Wednesday its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September.
Myanmar military admits soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's military admitted its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave they had dug.
US to cut funds for UN's Palestinian relief
Associated Press, Published on 15/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year's first contribution by more than half or perhaps entirely, and making additional donations contingent on major changes to the organisation, according to US officials.
Myanmar says 1st camp for Rohingya will be ready next week
Associated Press, Published on 15/01/2018
» Myanmar officials say a camp to house Rohingya Muslim and Hindu refugees returning from Bangladesh will be ready by its promised deadline next week.
'Safe house' to pave way for safety zones
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/01/2018
» Authorities plan to open a "safe house" in the restive South to pave the way for safety zones and help oversee long-term solutions to the long-running insurgency in the Muslim-dominated region.
Social media firms 'accelerate' hate-speech removals
Reuters, Published on 19/01/2018
» BRUSSELS: Social media companies Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube have greatly accelerated their removals of online hate speech, reviewing over two-thirds of complaints within 24 hours, new EU figures show.
Scepticism greets Rohingya repatriation plan
Reuters, Published on 20/01/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar is making final preparations to take back the first group of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, despite growing doubts about the plan.