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Thailand detains wife, children of Rakhine insurgent group leader
BANGKOK: The Thai authorities have detained the wife and children of a top commander of Arakan Army, an insurgent group who are fighting for greater autonomy in neighbouring Myanmar's Rakhine State, Thai officials said on Friday (Dec 6).
Human Rights Watch says Rohingya child refugees being denied education
YANGON (Reuters) - Bangladesh is blocking hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children from accessing meaningful education, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, urging authorities to lift restrictions on schooling in refugee camps.
War crimes court OKs probe into deportation of Myanmar's Rohingya
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it had approved a prosecution request to investigate crimes against humanity against Myanmar's Rohingya minority who were systematically driven across the border to Bangladesh.
Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court - justice minister
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Gambia said on Monday it had filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, drawing praise from human rights groups and Rohingya activists.
The hunt for Asia's El Chapo
The Asia-Pacific region is awash in crystal meth. A multinational task force is on the trail of a China-born Canadian national who, police tell Reuters, is the suspected kingpin of a vast drug network that is raking in up to US$17bil a year.
Exclusive: Police chase suspected kingpin of vast Asian meth syndicate
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The largest ever task force assembled to fight organised crime in Asia has identified a long-time drug trafficker, a China-born Canadian national, as the suspected kingpin of a crime syndicate that police say dominates the $70 billion-a-year Asia-Pacific drug trade.
Setting the record straight
NEW YORK: Malaysia, Turkey and Pakistan have agreed on certain measures to be taken to explain what Islam really is to the outside world in an effort to dispel misconceptions about the religion, including its alleged links to terrorism.
Dr M: End the Rohingya crisis now
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it now. Speaking at his first engagement since arriving in New York for the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), he said it was clear that the Myanmar government was unwilling to take any action to resolve the crisis
End the Rohingya crisis now, Dr M tells international community
NEW YORK (Bernama): Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it quickly.
‘Refugee repatriation needs more global focus’
TOKYO: The international community needs to focus more on repatriation of Rohingya to their place of origin in Rakhine State instead of focusing only on their food, shelter and healthcare issues, says a Japanese South Asian affairs expert.