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Fil-Aussie kickboxing champ to see action in the world’s biggest bare-knuckle tilt

Filipino-Australian multiple-time kickboxing champion Michael Badato could make history as the first-ever World Lethwei Champion on Nov. 4 when he competes in the biggest...

Hunger traps Rohingya trying to flee Myanmar

MAUNGDAW, Myanmar"•Ahead is a river they can’t afford to cross, behind is hunger and hostility. So hundreds of Rohingya encamped on a black sand...

Within sight of land

More than a dozen people, mostly children, drowned in the latest incident of a capsized boat off Bangladesh Thursday. Many are missing. These are Rohingya,...

UN draws up plan to feed up to 700,000 Rohingya

COX’S BAZAR"•The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after some 480,000 fled to...

Rohingya refugee camps on the brink of ‘health disaster’

COX’S BAZAR"•Bangladesh’s refugee camps are on the brink of a “public health disaster,” Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned, saying filthy water and feces...

Rohingya crisis sparks fear among Bangladeshi Buddhists

RAMU, Bangladesh—As thousands of Rohingya flee ethnic violence in Myanmar, Bangladesh’s small Buddhist community fears the crisis could spark a violent backlash from their...

PM: Myanmar must take back Rohingya

DHAKA—Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back the some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence...

Suu Kyi rebuffs criticism

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar"•Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday she does not fear global scrutiny over the Rohingya crisis, pledging to hold rights violators to account...

PH to provide assistance to Myanmar

The Philippines is ready to provide humanitarian assistance directed towards the Northern Rakhine state if the Government of Myanmar requests such assistance, Foreign Affairs...

‘Sanction Myanmar’s army’

MYANMAR"•Pressure grew on Myanmar Monday as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on its military, which is accused of driving out...

Over 10,000 Bangladeshis rally for Rohingya

DHAKA"•Bangladesh police braced Monday as more than 10,000 Islamist hardliners marched on the Myanmar embassy to protest against the violence driving the Rohingya Muslim...

Suu Kyi set to address crisis

BANGKOK"•As Rakhine state burns and Rohingya flee, Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to address Myanmar on the crisis for the first time"•a high...

600,000 Rohingya kids may flee to Bangladesh

COX’S BAZAR—Some 600,000 Rohingya children could flee to Bangladesh by the end of the year, a relief group said Sunday, highlighting the scale of...

Rohingya kids fleeing to Bangladesh alone

UKHIA, Bangladesh"•The lost Rohingya boy made the journey from Myanmar alone, following strangers from other villages across rivers and jungle until they reached Bangladesh,...
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