Myanmar army massacred dozens of Rohingya, survivors say For six hours he hid in an upstairs room, listening to the crackle of gunfire and the screams of people being slaughtered outside his Myanmar home. With every footstep that drew near, every cry that pierced the air, 52-year-old Bodru Duza braced […]
Southeast Asia
Rohingya fleeing Myanmar recount horror of capsized boat Across the ferocious waves and the churning black water, Alam Jafar could see his frantic 7-year-old son gasping for breath, his arms flailing just above the ocean’s surface. It was raining, and a fierce monsoon storm had transformed the sky and the […]
Myanmar says no ‘ethnic cleansing,’ genocide against Muslims Myanmar says no ‘ethnic cleansing,’ genocide against Muslims:- Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador insisted Monday that there is no “ethnic cleansing” or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected “in the strongest terms” to countries that used those words to describe the situation in […]
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya sink in Bangladesh, 26 dead Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya sink in Bangladesh, 26 dead:- Three boats carrying ethnic Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in Bangladesh and 26 bodies of women and children have been recovered, officials said Thursday. Bangladesh border guard commander Lt. Col. S.M. […]
Malaysia Airlines jet diverted in Australia over bomb scare A Malaysia Airlines plane returned to Australia after a mentally ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb and attempted to enter the cockpit before he was tackled and tied up by passengers, police said Thursday. The 25-year-old Sri Lankan man had […]
Philippines vows to save hostages as fight corners militants Philippine authorities have reached out to parties who may be able to talk with Muslim militants in a bid to secure the freedom of hostages in a southern city where a week of fighting has killed 129 people, officials said Wednesday. […]
Lawsuit suggests electrical failures led to Flight 370 crash Lawsuit suggests electrical failures led to Flight 370 crash:- A series of catastrophic electrical and other failures may have led to the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 over the Indian Ocean, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. on […]
Vietnamese ship attacked; 1 dead, 6 abducted Vietnamese ship attacked; 1 dead, 6 abducted:- Gunmen attacked a Vietnamese cargo ship off the Philippines’ southern tip, killing a Vietnamese crewman and abducting six others including the vessel’s captain, the Philippine coast guard and the ship’s owner said Monday. Coast guard spokesman […]
