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China Bus Collision Kills 10, Injures 38

Ten people were killed and another 38 injured when a passenger bus collided with a cement truck in southwestern China,...

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UN Envoy Calls For Highest Level Myanmar Probe

The United Nations rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar called Thursday for the creation of a Commission of Inquiry...

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Myanmar Swats Away ‘biased’ UN Abuse Claims

A close aide to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday dismissed mounting international pressure over alleged abuses...

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Bangladesh Starts Head Count For Rohingya Relocation

Bangladesh authorities have began a census of Rohingya refugees living in the country's southeast as part of a...

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At Least 160 Killed In Clashes On Myanmar-China Border

At least 160 people have died in around three months of clashes between the military and ethnic armed groups in...

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UN Envoy Decries Violence Against Rohingya In Myanmar

Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats...

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With Trump At Helm, US Takes Seat At UN Rights Council

The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald...

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Breaks Silence On Killing of Top Lawyer

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has broken a month long silence on the daylight assassination of her...

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Senior Myanmar Police Jailed Over Rakhine Border Raids

Three senior Myanmar police officers have been jailed for failing to block deadly raids on border posts in October that...

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Mental Conflict Endures For Former Child Soldiers

Haunted by indelibly painful memories, deprived of schooling and strangers to their own families -- for former child...

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Myanmar Security Forces Probe Rohingya Prison Deaths

Myanmar's security forces are investigating the deaths of eight Rohingya in custody who were among hundreds arrested...

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Myanmar Makes Record Seizures of Illegal Timber

Myanmar seized a record amount of illegal timber this financial year as part of a government clampdown to protect the...

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Flagstaff House Cop Brutality Video

A military officer who was detained at a guardroom at Burma Camp for allegedly leaking a CCTV tape which captured...

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N. Korea More Isolated Than Ever After Malaysia Killing

North Korea had few friends even before the assassination of the leader's half-brother at a Kuala Lumpur airport last...

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UN Envoy Visits Rohingya Camps In Bangladesh

UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee was Tuesday visiting Rohingya refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where...

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Myanmar Probes Murder of Four In Rakhine

Myanmar police are investigating the murder of four people in northern Rakhine state, the government said Tuesday, days...

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Punishing Soldiers Needless – Amoako Baah

It is unnecessary to penalise security officials at the Flagstaff House for allegedly leaking a tape showing an assault...

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Soldier Detained For Leaking Flagstaff House Cop Brutality Video

A military officer has been detained at a guardroom at Burma Camp for allegedly leaking a CCTV tape which captured...

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Hundreds of Rohingya ‘return Home’ From Bangladesh

Hundreds of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar have returned home, community leaders said...