Myanmar
Twitter shuts Iran-based network accused of fanning flames of US race protests
The network of more than 100 accounts allegedly "artificially amplified" conversations on topics including Floyd's death, Black Lives Matter and social justice...
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Scientists find world's oldest sperm in Myanmar amber
The individual sperms were described as "giants", measuring up to 4.6 times the size of the body of the male.
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China locks down city on Myanmar border over coronavirus
Seven other cases were reported around China on Tuesday - all brought in from other countries, the National Health Commission said.
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Rohingya politicians excluded from Myanmar election
His father was a civil servant. But when the country goes to the polls in November, the businessman will not be able to stand as a candidate because officials accuse him of having foreign roots.
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More bodies to be buried in mass grave after Myanmar jade mine landslide
More than 170 people, many of them migrants seeking their fortune in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state, died on Thursday after mining waste collapsed into a lake, triggering a surge of mud and water.
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Two Rohingya women killed in Myanmar shelling
Military spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told AFP said that one woman was killed on the spot by "heavy weapons" while another died after arriving at hospital in conflict-torn northern Rakhine state.
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Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
The International Court of Justice rejected arguments made by Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in The Hague in December and set out urgent steps for the majority Buddhist nation to end the violence.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi warns genocide case could reignite Rohingya crisis
In her closing arguments after a three-day hearing at the International Court of Justice, Myanmar's de facto civilian leader issued a stark warning to judges that allowing The Gambia's case against Myanmar to go ahead could 'undermine reconciliation'.
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Suu Kyi tell UN's top court charge of Rohingya genocide is 'misleading'
The Nobel Peace laureate challenged allegations in a lawsuit brought by Gambia last month accusing Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.
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Rohingya call for Myanmar's Suu Kyi to acknowledge atrocities
The case brought by the tiny west African nation of Gambia is the first international legal attempt to bring Myanmar to justice over the crisis.
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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi departs for genocide hearings amid fanfare at home
Suu Kyi was pictured smiling as she walked through the airport in the nation’s capital, Naypyitaw, a day after thousands rallied in the city to support her.
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Thousands in Myanmar rally behind Suu Kyi ahead of Hague court date
The ICJ lawsuit was brought by Gambia, a tiny, mainly Muslim West African state that alleges Myanmar breached the UN's Genocide Convention with its bloody 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya.
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Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court - minister
In its filing, Gambia asked the court to grant so-called provisional measures to make sure Myanmar immediately 'stops atrocities and genocide against its own Rohingya people'.
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Mosquito trials raise hopes of defeating dengue
But one group of scientists is rolling out trials to breed dengue-resistant bugs in a bid to tackle one of the world's leading mosquito-borne illnesses, raising hopes the untreatable disease can finally be beaten.
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Bangladesh university suspends student for being Rohingya
Some 740,000 of the Muslim minority fled to camps in southeast Bangladesh after a military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state in August 2017, joining 200,000 Rohingya already there.
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No Rohingya turn up for repatriation to Myanmar
"The Myanmar government raped us and killed us. So we need security. Without security we will never go back," Rohingya leader Nosima said, according to a statement released by the refugees.
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At least 14 dead in unprecedented rebel attack on Myanmar military town
Ethnic armed rebel groups have for decades fought against the military -- and often between themselves -- for land and resources in Myanmar's east.
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Myanmar troops help flood rescue after landslide kills 51
Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing residents and triggering landslides.
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Malaysia calls for "justice" and citizenship for Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar does not recognise the Rohingya as citizens, instead officially labelling them "Bengalis", short-hand for illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.
