Internal conflict in Myanmar

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Cornered By Poverty, Stalked By Violence

Hemmed in by Myanmar security forces and menaced by abductions and killings, Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred...

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Three Killed In Rakhine Explosion

Three people, including two teenage boys, were killed by an explosion in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on Saturday, a...

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US Pressures Myanmar To Accept UN Rights Probe

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday ramped up pressure on the Myanmar government to accept a UN fact-finding mission...

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Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack

A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine...

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Myanmar Forces Kill 3 In Raid On ‘terrorist Training Camps’

Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim...

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Suu Kyi, Trudeau Talk Federalism For Myanmar

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday to learn about...

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UN Rights Council Names Team To Probe Myanmar Rohingya Abuses

The UN rights council on Tuesday named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya...

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Secession Fears Cloud Myanmar Peace Talks

Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned Sunday, blaming ethnic...

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Myanmar Must Investigate ‘army Beating’ Video

Myanmar authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees...

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends Slow-Moving Peace Process

Peace talks got underway in Myanmar on Wednesday, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi defending her government's...

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Myanmar Seeks To Kick Start Stalled Peace Process

Hundreds of representatives from Myanmar's ethnic insurgent groups gathered in the capital on Wednesday for talks aimed...

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EU Pushes Myanmar For Aid Access In Northern Rakhine

A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where...

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Myanmar Army Chief Compares Rohingya Crackdown To Northern Ireland

Myanmar's army chief defended his military's violent crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by comparing it to Britain's...

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Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle

Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left...

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Myanmar Police Fire Shots To Break Up Nationalist, Muslim Scuffles

Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar's...

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Sayeegu, Sambiluk Deserted For Fear of Reprisal Attacks

Two communities, Sayeegu and Sambiluk in the Northern Region engaged in a long-standing long dispute have been deserted...

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Suu Kyi Rejects UN Myanmar Probe

Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by...

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15-Day-Old Baby Among the 30 Rohingya Refugees Rescued By Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's coastguard have detained an Indian boat which illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued...

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UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children

The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a...