Cambodia Retaliates for Visa Ban, Suspends US MIA Searches
PHNOM PENH — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday he will retaliate against a U.S. halt on the issuing of most visas to senior foreign ministry officials and their families by suspending missions by U.S. military-led teams searching for the remains of Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War.
Tillerson Says Myanmar Violence Must Stop, Supports Suu Kyi
LONDON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has delivered the toughest condemnation yet from a Trump administration official of the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, likening the violence against them to ethnic cleansing and demanding it stop.
Fire at School in Malaysia Kills 24, Mostly Teens
KUALA LUMPUR — A fire killed 24 people, mostly teenagers, trapped behind barred windows and a blocked exit in an Islamic school dormitory on the outskirts of Malaysia's capital early Thursday, officials said.
Duterte Refuses Call to Open His Bank Accounts to Scrutiny
MANILA — The Philippine president refused a demand by his most vocal critic to publicly release details of his bank accounts to disprove allegations that he had large sums of undeclared money.
As Rohingya Flee Violence, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Skips UN Meet
BANGKOK — With Myanmar drawing condemnation for violence that has driven at least 370,000 Rohingya to flee the country, the government said Wednesday its leader Aung San Suu Kyi would skip this week's U.N. General Assembly.
US Limits Visas for Cambodia, African Nations Over Deportations
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The United States will stop issuing certain visas to Eritrean nationals and officials of Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as of Wednesday because they have refused to take back deported citizens, the State Department said Tuesday.
Rights Groups Say UN Council Ignores Rohingya ‘Cleansing’
UNITED NATIONS — Two human rights groups accused the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday of ignoring large-scale "ethnic cleansing" of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing across the border to Bangladesh.
‘Proof’ of Rohingya-Set Fires in Myanmar Fails Inspection
BANGKOK — Pointing to the ashes of a destroyed village that was once home to dozens of Rohingya Muslim families, the abbot of a nearby Buddhist monastery insisted he knew who had set it ablaze. It was the Rohingya themselves, he said, and there was photographic evidence to prove it.
Hun Sen Threatens Opposition Over Arrested Chief
PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened Monday to dissolve the main opposition party if it gets involved in legal proceedings against its chief, who was charged with treason last week.
Myanmar Accused of Laying Mines, Causing Rohingya Injuries
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Myanmar's military has been accused of planting land mines in the path of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in its western Rakhine state, with Amnesty International reporting two people wounded Sunday.
