Myanmar
Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked
World
February 20, 2019
Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked
Mobs of stick-wielding church-goers in Myanmar’s northeast used to descend on dealers and addicts in a desperate effort to save…
Myanmar court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder
World
February 16, 2019
Myanmar court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder
Two people were sentenced to death by a Myanmar court Friday for the murder of a Muslim lawyer and Aung…
Rohingya plight ‘shames us all’: Angelina Jolie
World
February 6, 2019
Rohingya plight ‘shames us all’: Angelina Jolie
COX’S BAZAR (Reuters) – UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya…
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study
Environment
February 5, 2019
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this…
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Society
December 28, 2018
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
JINAN, China (AP) — Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his Hui people’s oppression under China’s…
UN Security Council mulls Myanmar action; Russia, China boycott talks
World
December 18, 2018
UN Security Council mulls Myanmar action; Russia, China boycott talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN Security Council is considering action to push Myanmar to work with the United…
“Thumbs up” pics for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail
World
December 12, 2018
“Thumbs up” pics for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail
Messages of solidarity poured in Wednesday from around the world on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of two…
Mekong women pressed into marriage in China
World
December 11, 2018
Mekong women pressed into marriage in China
Everyone did well from Nary’s marriage to a Chinese man, except the young Cambodian bride herself, who returned home from…
Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness
World
November 18, 2018
Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police shot and injured four Rohingya Muslims on Sunday, after detaining two men accused of smuggling…
Bangladesh scraps Rohingya return, says no one wants to go
World
November 16, 2018
Bangladesh scraps Rohingya return, says no one wants to go
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s plans to begin repatriating Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped because…