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Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi over failure to condemn,...
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya...
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UN blames Facebook for spreading hate speech in possible Myanmar genocide of...
UN investigators have accused Facebook of spreading hate speech in the potential genocide in Myanmar.More than 650 Rohingya Muslims have fled the country, and have described executions and rapes by...
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Facebook official who oversees the news feed says his team loses sleep over...
Workers at Facebook reportedly "lose sleep" over the use of their platform to spread hate speech.The Facebook executive who oversees the newsfeed algorithm said addressing such content was one of his...
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Mark Zuckerberg just laid out Facebook's role in reported 'ethnic cleansing'...
Mark Zuckerberg laid out Facebook's role in the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Rohingya in an interview published on Monday with Vox.Zuckerberg said that both Buddhists and the Rohingya were being...
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Myanmar groups attack Mark Zuckerberg over hate speech on Facebook amid...
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have been criticised by Myanmar organisations amid a suspected genocide in the country.The Facebook CEO has been accused of not doing enough to crack down on hate speech...
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These are the 15 global militaries with the most troops ready to fight today
Head-to-head comparisons of militaries are hard to make. Each force brings different capabilities to the table and excels in different environments.Global Firepower's 2017 Military Strength Ranking...
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Malaysia makes record-setting bust of 1.2 tons of crystal meth, smuggled in...
NILAI, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from...
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I visited the Rohingya camps in Myanmar — here's what I saw
Myanmar is still not safe for the estimated 700,000 Rohingya Muslims refugees who fled to Bangladesh in 2017.Many Rohingya people live in camps in Myanmar and have suffered violence, displacement, and...
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Facebook will start pulling down fake news that could incite violence, as...
Facebook is going to delete fake news that could lead to violence.It will work with external organisations to determine whether posts contain inaccurate information that may lead to social unrest. If...
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Myanmar military finally admits it killed some captured Rohingya civilians
The Myanmar admitted that it killed 10 Rohingya civilians in September on Wednesday. The US ambassador to Mynamar said it was an important step that will hopefully bring more transparency to what the...
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Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to resettle 650,000 displaced Rohingya...
Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to complete the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a crackdown from Myanmar's army into Bangladesh last year.The UN has called Myanmar's...
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Why China sees Myanmar's Rohingya crisis as an opportunity
Myanmar's government has been embroiled in battle of rhetoric over its alleged ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, but unlike the west, China sees an opportunity amid the affair.For China, Myanmar's...
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Philippines Duterte tells Myanmar's leader human rights activists are 'just a...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed human rights activists as "just a noisey bunch" in a conversation with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose country is going through a crisis with...
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UN says Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims has the 'hallmarks of genocide'
The U.N. special envoy on human rights in Myanmar said Thursday that the Myanmar military's violent operations against Rohingya Muslims bear "the hallmarks of a genocide."Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have...
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Confidential UN report says North Korea earned $200 million from banned...
A confidential report reveals that North Korea violated UN sanctions and earned almost $200 million fom banned commodity exports.North Korea is also believed to have supplied weapons to Syria and...
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The US is going to participate in military drills with Myanmar after accusing...
Lawmakers are demanding Myanmar's exclusion from US-led military exercises in neighboring Thailand next week amid pressure for more American sanctions in response to atrocities against Rohingya...
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Myanmar bulldozes Rohingya villages in possible attempt to hide evidence of...
First, their villages were burned to the ground. Now, Myanmar's government is using bulldozers to literally erase the Rohingya Muslims from the earth.Rights groups say Myanmar is destroying crucial...
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UN says Myanmar likely carried out 'acts of genocide' against Rohingya Muslims
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday that he strongly suspected that "acts of genocide" may have taken place against Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar's northern Rakhine...
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US Holocaust museum revoked top humanitarian award to Aung San Suu Kyi over...
The US Holocaust museum in Washington revoked a top humanitarian award to Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi.The museum said the decision was based on Suu Kyi's failure to condemn and stop military...
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Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi over failure to condemn,...
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya...
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