United Nations:UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday criticized Myanmar's army chief after he declared that the Muslim Rohingya had nothing in common with the country's other ethnic groups. Guterres said he was "shocked" at reports of General U Min Aung Hlaing's remarks at a military ...

In Myanmar, hundreds of people have marched through Yangon to oppose changes to a protest law limiting free speech. Nearly 190 Myanmar civil society groups have signed a petition against the amendment. Amendments to the 2011 Law will bring three-year prison terms for supporting a demonstration that ...

Naypyidaw:Two armed ethnic groups signed a ceasefire in Myanmar on Tuesday in a move which the government hopes will revive a flagging peace process. The New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) inked the National Ceasefire Agreement in the capital Naypyidaw, joining eight ...

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday called the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population “ethnic cleansing” and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what it called “horrendous atrocities.”“The situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ...

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Myanmar to press the country leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the powerful army chief to end violence against Rohingya Muslims.A US State Department official said the secretary of State will urge the need for investigating human rights abuses in Rakhine ...

Manila: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced rising global pressure Tuesday to solve the crisis for her nation's displaced Rohingya Muslim minority, meeting the UN chief and America's top diplomat in the Philippines.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Nobel laureate that hundreds of ...

WASHINGTON: The United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law, the State Department said.“We express our gravest concern with recent events in ...

Vatican City: Pope Francis on Monday mourned the plight of 200,000 Rohingya children stuck in refugee camps a month before he heads to Myanmar and Bangladesh, the countries at the heart of an intensifying humanitarian crisis."Two hundred thousand Rohingya children (are) in refugee camps. They have ...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed a special envoy to Myanmar on Monday tasked with pressing its leadership to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis.Trudeau also announced in a statement that Canada would be doubling its contribution this year of humanitarian aid for the ...

LONDON: An honour granting Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi the 'Freedom of Oxford' may be withdrawn by Oxford City's Council, amid criticism of her response to the Rohingya crisis.According to details, The de facto leader of Myanmar was granted the honour in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy". ...