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Myanmar tells ICJ Rohingya genocide claims ‘unsubstantiated’
Judges are hearing three weeks of evidence before deciding whether Myanmar was in breach of the Genocide Convention with its…
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Landmark Myanmar Rohingya genocide case opens at UN’s top court
THE HAGUE: A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya opened at the United Nations’ top…
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Malaysia scrambles to find anyone ‘still alive’ after migrant shipwreck
LANGKAWI: The death toll from a migrant boat sinking off the Thai-Malaysian coast rose past 30 on Wednesday (Nov 12),…
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Rohingya survivor recalls deadly boat sinking, more bodies found
LANGKAWI, Malaysia: The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority climbed…
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Boat with Rohingya migrants sinks off Malaysia, hundreds missing
Members of the mainly Muslim Rohingya minority periodically flee majority-Buddhist Myanmar, where they are seen as foreign interlopers from South…
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Eleven found dead in Thai-Malaysia search after Rohingya migrant boat sinksÂ
At a press conference on the island of Langkawi, close to the search area, Malaysia’s maritime agency said air assets…
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Migrant vessel sinks off Malaysia-Thailand border, hundreds missing
KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds were missing on Sunday (Nov 9) after a boat sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border, as 10 survivors…
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Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering
A Rohingya refugee who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending seven years in Bangladesh,…
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Bangladesh exhausts resources for Rohingya refugees, chief adviser Yunus warns
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh:Â Bangladesh has no scope to allocate more resources for its 1.3 million Rohingya refugees, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus…
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US to give US$73 million to aid Rohingya refugees, State Department says
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration said on Thursday (Mar 27) it will provide US$73 million in new financial aid to Rohingya…
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