News Of Asia

More Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh as violence spreads in Myanmar

25 Nov, 2016 31 views

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh More Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighboring Bangladesh this week, with some feared to have drowned after a boat sank during a bid to flee violence that has killed at …

Burma’s Million-Strong Rohingya Population Faces ‘Final Stages of Genocide

24 Nov, 2016 40 views

The long-persecuted ethnicity is on the verge of “mass annihilation,” say experts, with new evidence indicating government complicity Despite the U.S.-led rolling back of economic sanctions and internationally backed national elections taking place early …

Myanmar government legitimising genocide

24 Nov, 2016 62 views

Aung Suu Kyi’s government is legitimising genocide in Myanmar and it has abetted the persecution of the Rohingya minority, a London think tank has accused. Citing results from months of fieldwork in Myanmar’s Rakhine …

Malaysia debates pulling out of soccer cup over Myanmar’s Rohingya crackdown

24 Nov, 2016 22 views

By Joseph Sipalan | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is considering pulling out of a soccer tournament co-hosted by Myanmar in protest at its crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a senior Malaysian official said on Wednesday, …

Rohingya villages ‘destroyed’ in Myanmar, images show

23 Nov, 2016 46 views

More than 1,200 homes have been razed in villages inhabited by Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority in the past six weeks, Human Rights Watch says. The group has released a batch of new satellite images …

Indonesian president moves to stop ‘growth of radicalism’

22 Nov, 2016 36 views

By Hidayat Setiaji and Kanupriya Kapoor | JAKARTA Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday he was determined to “prevent the growth of radicalism”, apparently responding to rumors that Islamist extremists were planning protests …

Meeting Putin, Philippines’ Duterte rails at Western ‘hypocrisy’

21 Nov, 2016 30 views

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at Western “bullying” and “hypocrisy” during his first meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and said when it came to alliances, the United States could not be trusted. …

21 Nov, 2016 18 views

China’s President Xi Jinping, in separate meetings with the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the South China Sea should be resolved bilaterally, state media reported on Sunday. The comments underscore …

Malaysian protesters march against Prime Minister Najib

21 Nov, 2016 24 views

Tens of thousands of protesters, undeterred by the arrests of opposition leaders, marched in Malaysia’s capital on Saturday demanding that Prime Minister Najib Razak step down, Reuters reported. Protesters clad in yellow shirts marched …