Myanmar’s Armed Rohingya Militants Deny Terrorist Links
BANGKOK — An armed militant group fighting Myanmar's government on behalf of the country's Muslim Rohingya minority has issued a statement asserting its right to self-defense and denying links to any terrorist group.
Opium Production On the Rise Despite SE Asia's War on Drugs
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Myanmar Ruling Party Lawyer Shot Dead at Airport
YANGON — A gunman killed a legal adviser for Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy on Sunday, shooting the lawyer in the head at close range as he walked out of the Yangon airport, the government said.
China-Laos Railway transports over 10 mln passengers
KUNMING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- As of Tuesday, the China-Laos Railway had operated 20,000 passenger trains and handled 10.3 million passenger trips since its...
Buddhists Protest to Urge Myanmar Not to Repatriate Rohingya
SITTWE, Myanmar — Hundreds of hard-line Buddhists protested Sunday to urge Myanmar's government not to repatriate the nearly 600,000 minority Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh since late August to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
UN Chief Raises Alarm Over Rohingya in Speech Before Suu Kyi
MANILA — The United Nations chief has expressed alarm over the tragic plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in remarks before that country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Malaysian Death Sentences Commuted for 3 Mexican Brothers
KUALA LUMPUR — The deaths sentences against three Mexican brothers convicted of drug trafficking in Malaysia have been commuted to prison terms, a lawyer...
Activists, Politicians, Prachatai Journalist Summoned by Junta
(Prachatai English)
Nowhere to Run: Rohingya Hunker Down as Monsoon Arrives
UKHIYA, Bangladesh — A violent military campaign sent scores of Myanmar's minority Rohingya Muslims running for their lives. Now the monsoon season is bringing fresh dangers to the 900,000 Rohingya who had hoped to find safety in Bangladesh's refugee camps.
Images of 2018: Photographers Capture a World in Motion
A human tide of would-be Americans, rolling toward the border. American rockets streaking across the darkness over Damascus. Students fleeing a gunman at a...
