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Aung San Suu Kyi leaving the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague

Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims at top UN court

World / 11 Dec 19

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi sits with her delegation at The Hague

Case against Myanmar set out at The Hague

World / 10 Dec 19

The lawsuit requests provisional measures to prevent further harm to the Rohingya people

Myanmar genocide lawsuit filed at United Nations court

World / 11 Nov 19

Rohingya refugees commemorate the second anniversary of the 2017 crisis

Rohingya refugees mark two years since crisis

World / 26 Aug 19

The vehicles departed empty after members of the Rohingya minority earmarked for return failed to show up

No Rohingya turn up for repatriation to Myanmar

World / 22 Aug 19

Sixteen homes and a monastery were covered in the mudslides

At least 13 people killed in Myanmar landslide

World / 09 Aug 19

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December 2017 and later jailed

Reuters journalists in Myanmar lose appeal

World / 11 Jan 19

Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Instanbul

Journalists named as Time 'Person of the Year'

World / 11 Dec 18

Rohingya refugees protest against the disputed repatriation programme at a refugee camp in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees reject Bangladesh repatriation bid

World / 15 Nov 18

Aung San Suu Kyi has had other honours withdrawn, including the freedom of the city of Dublin

Amnesty strips highest award from Aung San Suu Kyi

World / 12 Nov 18

Myanmar police patrol a Rohingya camp on the border with Bangladesh

UN: 'Ongoing genocide' against Myanmar's Rohingya

World / 25 Oct 18

Aung San Suu Kyi's response to the Rohingya crisis has been widely criticised

Suu Kyi stripped of honourary Canadian citizenship

Asia / 03 Oct 18

700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh

ICC opens probe into Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya

News / 19 Sep 18

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi also defended a court decision to jail two Reuters reporters

Rohingya crisis 'could have been handled better'

Myanmar / 13 Sep 18

Journalist Wa Lone is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Myanmar

Myanmar judge jails Reuters journalists for 7 years

World / 03 Sep 18

Fishermen came across the empty vessel drifting in the Gulf of Martaban

Stranded ship earlier towed by Indonesian-manned vessel

Myanmar / 01 Sep 18

Around 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh after Myanmar launched a crackdown on insurgents last August

Myanmar rejects UN Rohingya genocide report

Myanmar / 29 Aug 18

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Myanmar at UN Headquarters in New York

Guterres: Rohingya report needs serious consideration

Myanmar / 28 Aug 18

In pictures: Myanmar's shame

Myanmar / 28 Aug 18

Around 70,000 Rohingya Muslim have fled the northern Rakhine state to Bangladesh

Myanmar army chief must be prosecuted for 'genocide'

World / 27 Aug 18

More than 129,000 Rohingya Muslims remain in camps in Myanmar's Rakhine state

'Lost generation' looms for Rohingya refugee children

Rohingya / 23 Aug 18

A child is seen behind a barbed wire fence in 'no man's land' at the border betweeen Myanmar and Bangladesh

Plight of Rohingya a 'human rights nightmare'

Asia / 02 Jul 18

Some 600 firefighters and members of security forces have been fighting the blaze since 21 April

Dozens hospitalised as Myanmar battles landfill fire

World / 28 Apr 18

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said forced displacement across an international border could potentially be classed as a crime against humanity

ICC prosecutor seeks Rohingya deportation jurisdiction

World / 10 Apr 18

700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes since last August

Myanmar's 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya continuing: UN

World / 06 Mar 18

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