Rohingya Rebels Declare Truce as Desperation Hits Camps
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Rohingya insurgents, whose attack on Myanmar security forces last month triggered savage military reprisals, declared a monthlong truce Sunday as...
UN: An ‘Alarming’ 270,000 Rohingya Flee Myanmar
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — The U.N. said that an "alarming number" of 270,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar by crossing into Bangladesh...
New Fires in Empty Rohingya Village Challenge Myanmar Claims
BANGKOK — Journalists saw new fires burning Thursday in a Myanmar village that had been abandoned by Rohingya Muslims, and pages ripped from Islamic texts that were left on the ground. That intensifies doubts about government claims that members of the persecuted minority have been destroying their own homes.
Seeking Home’s Comforts, Rohingya Couple Make Deadly Choice
BANDARBAN, Bangladesh — The young Rohingya couple fleeing violence in Myanmar had escaped with their family to nearby Bangladesh, where they spent days living in a hastily built shelter on a muddy hill. For the sake of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, they decided to return home briefly, for a quick bath and clean clothes.
Vietnam Seizes Over 1 Ton of Ivory Smuggled in From Africa
HANOI — Authorities have seized more than a ton of smuggled ivory at a Vietnamese port where some 6 tons were seized last year.
As Rakhine Bleeds, Muslims Persecuted Across Myanmar: Report
BANGKOK — A new report says persecution of Muslims has spread across Myanmar beyond the Rohingya homeland of Rakhine, where a paroxysm of violence has claimed hundreds of lives since it erupted last month.
Myanmar’s Rohingya Beat a Perilous Path in Search of Safety
TEKNAF, Bangladesh — As far as the eye can see, they trudge through treacherously deep mud, across rice paddy fields and past rain-swollen creeks into Bangladesh.
Cambodia Formally Charges Opposition Leader With Treason
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's opposition leader was formally charged Tuesday with treason for allegedly conspiring with the United States to topple the government, and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
Citing Govt Threats, Cambodia Daily Prints Last Ever Issue
PHNOM PENH — When Cambodia's main opposition leader was arrested over the weekend in a surprise police raid, one of the country's last independent media outlets rushed reporters out in the middle of night to cover the story, just as it has done for nearly a quarter century.
Dozens of Rohingya Refugees With Bullet Wounds in Bangladesh
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — A hospital near Bangladesh's southeastern border has become overcrowded with dozens of Rohingya refugees who arrived with bullet wounds and broken bones after fleeing violence in western Myanmar.
