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Welcome no more: Rohingya face backlash in Bangladesh

Much has changed in the time since he and 750,000 other members of the stateless Muslim minority escaped neighboring Myanmar

Rebel group claims responsibility for blasts at Myanmar’s Insein Prison

The blasts were the latest attack by groups seeking to remove the junta from power following the February 2021 coup

Thousands throng Myanmar’s Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights

The three-day festival marks Buddha's descent from heaven and is normally marked by riotous fireworks displays

Myanmar junta leader not invited to ASEAN summit

There is growing dissatisfaction within ASEAN — sometimes criticized as a toothless talking shop — at the Myanmar generals' stonewalling

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi and Australian economist sentenced to 3 years

Both have been detained since a coup in February last year when the military ousted Suu Kyi's government

ASEAN, EU parliamentarians urge UN, US to take sides in Myanmar

The group called for increased and coordinated pressure on the military junta in Myanmar

Pope Francis decries bombing of school in Myanmar

“This week I heard the cry of grief at the death of children in a bombed school,” said the pope in his message during Angelus

Eleven schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF

UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the strike that killed at least 13 people, including the 11 students

Places of worship in Myanmar under siege; Catholic priest says it’s...

“There were pools of blood in the school …. The parents of two children came to look for their children, but all that was left were clothes”

Malaysian foreign minister calls for stronger action on Myanmar

Rights groups also called on the global community to scale up humanitarian aid to the country

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