Julie Bishop says Myanmar landmines in Rohingya path would breach international law
UN says 370,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar for Bangladesh
Hundreds take to the streets, demand justice for Rohingyas
Myanmar crisis: Bangladesh PM in Rohingya plea
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have crossed the border to Bangladesh
Bangladesh's prime minister has urged Myanmar to take back hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Rakhine state.Speaking as she visited a refugee camp, Sheikh Hasina urged Myanmar to view the situation with humanity, saying innocent people were suffering.
The Guardian view on the slaughter in Myanmar: a crime against humanity
The Rohingya are a Muslim people living in the north-west of predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, which borders mainly Muslim Bangladesh. In Myanmar they are seen as Muslims, and in Bangladesh as foreigners. Neither country claims or even wants them.
Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar?
Described as the world’s most persecuted people, 1.1 million Rohingya people live in Myanmar. They live predominately in Rakhine state, where they have co-existed uneasily alongside Buddhists for decades.
5 children drown as Rohingya boats sink off Bangladesh
At least five children drowned when boats carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar sank early on Wednesday, Bangladesh border guards told AFP.
First aid convoy crosses into Syria after UN authorization
The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution allowing aid to cross the border without the Syrian regime's consent.
Reyhanli - Rehab/Hospital
Although better known by locals as a “Rehab” centre / hospital, however, for a better descriptive name, it is an observation or recovery hospital.
Syria: ‘Humanitarian needs outpacing response’
Four months after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding unimpeded access to people in need of assistance in Syria, relief agencies continue to face obstacles to aid delivery while the needs continue to grow and are now outpacing response efforts, the United Nations humanitarian chief reported today.