Myanmar to charge journos on assignment for Turkish state TV: Officials

Myanmar police says they are preparing to charge journalists working for Turkey's state broadcaster TRT, their local interpreter and driver for bringing a drone into the country without permission.
29 October 2017

31 killed in central Nepal bus accident

At least 31 people, including 11 children, died when an overcrowded bus swerved off the road and plunged into a river in central
28 October 2017

Myanmar detains 2 reporters on assignment for Turkish state TV

Myanmar police detains two journalists working for Turkey's state broadcaster TRT and their interpreter and driver for flying a drone near the parliament compound, amid tension between the two countries over the Rohingya crisis.
28 October 2017

Myanmar gives green light to resume UN food aid to Rakhine

Myanmar authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume food distributions in northern Rakhine state, suspended for nearly two months, World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Bettina Luescher says.
27 October 2017

Rohingya crisis: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calls Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urges Myanmar's army chief to help end the violence in Rakhine state that has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee.
27 October 2017

Pak court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Sharif

A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant for ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he failed to appear before the court over anti-
26 October 2017

Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Sharif

A Pakistani court issues an arrest warrant for ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he failed to appear before the court over anti-corruption allegations, local media say, but he can avoid arrest by paying bail.
26 October 2017

We must pursue accountability for atrocities in Rakhine: US official

The United States says it wants accountability for atrocities in Rakhine State of Myanmar and their efforts seek to end the violence, support the displaced and their return home.
25 October 2017

Indian man sets family ablaze

Indian police arrested a loan shark yesterday after an impoverished labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set them alight, killing his wife and two daughters.
24 October 2017

US exploring scope for Myanmar sanctions

Urging Myanmar government to facilitate the safe and voluntary return of all Rohingyas from Bangladesh, the US has said that it is exploring scopes to impose sanctions against the country.
24 October 2017

UN urges Lanka to start probing war crimes

A United Nations expert warned yesterday that Sri Lanka must speed up its own long-stalled investigation into war crimes by troops or
23 October 2017

Bangladesh gets priority among all neighbours: Sushma

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says Bangladesh gets priority among all its neighbours as per India’s neighbourhood policy.
23 October 2017

Condition of Rohingya refugees grim: Malaysian team

Conditions at the Rohingya refugee camp at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border continue to be grim, says the Malaysian team helping out there.
23 October 2017

Rohingya crisis: EU co-hosts ‘pledging conference’ in Geneva tomorrow

The European Union will co-host a "Pledging Conference" on the Rohingya refugee crisis, with Kuwait, in Geneva.
22 October 2017

Sushma Swaraj arrives in Dhaka

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrives in Dhaka for a 24-hour visit to join the meeting of India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) and meet high government and political leaders to discuss bilateral issues.
22 October 2017

Aung San Suu Kyi should resign: Muhammad Yunus

If the Myanmar military is rendering the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi powerless, then she should step down, Nobel Peace laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus says in an interview with Aljazeera.
22 October 2017

Rohingya crisis: ‘Foreign interference doesn’t work’

Experience shows that foreign interference in crises does not work and China supports the Myanmar government's efforts to protect stability, a senior Chinese official says, amid ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
21 October 2017

Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh in dire state: Unicef

Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack enough food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) says.
20 October 2017

Pak court indicts ex-PM, daughter in graft case

A Pakistani anti-corruption court yesterday indicted ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter over allegations linked to
19 October 2017

Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted PM Sharif and daughter

A Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter over allegations linked to ownership of London properties, opening a trial that could see the former leader jailed.
19 October 2017