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Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government organized media tour, to a no-man's land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Taungpyolatyar village, Maung Daw, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar
Justice
Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court
People wait outside a shop where face masks and vitamins are being given away in Mandalay, Myanmar
Food
6.2 million Burmese could go hungry by October. It’s the worst situation in ‘living memory,’ UN official says.
A man sits down with flags in the background
Foreign policy
Bill Richardson says Aung San Suu Kyi ‘doesn’t deserve credit’ for releasing two jailed journalists
An elderly Rohingya man in the Kutapalong camp in Bangladesh.
July’s monsoon will exacerbate a public health crisis in Rohingya refugee camps
Seven Dead After Prison Riots in South Carolina
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Hasina Khatun, 35, whose husband Dil Mohammed was among 10 Rohingya men killed by Myanmar security forces and Buddhist villagers
Conflict
Conditions in crowded camps worsening for Rohingya ahead of heavy rains
This Alabama Sheriff’s New Beachfront Property, Paid for by the Public
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Ashes to Ashes? Trump Administration Rethinks Nuclear Strategy
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Mohammed Shoaib, 7, who was shot on his chest before crossing the border from Myanmar in August, shows his injury
Conflict
Bangladesh and Myanmar sign deal to start repatriating Rohingya refugees
A Rohingya refugee helps children cross the mud after crossing the Naf River at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
Conflict
In Myanmar, fake news spread on Facebook stokes ethnic violence
A Rohingya man walks with a basket at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Oct. 13, 2017.
Conflict
Wild elephants kill four Rohingya refugees taking shelter in Bangladesh
A close-up photograph of Lalu Miya who is crying over the bodies of his wife and children.
Conflict
A boat carrying Rohingya refugees has capsized, leaving more than 60 presumed dead
A Rohingya refugee girl at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Conflict
Myanmar’s critics call Rohingya-only enclaves ’21st-century concentration camps’
Rohingya refugees arrive under the cover of darkness by wooden boats from Myanmar to the shore of Shah Porir Dwip, in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, Sept. 27, 2017.
Conflict
More than half of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are kids. Many are fleeing Myanmar alone.
A group of people heading to a demonstration are going up a stairway in downtown Chicago.
Conflict
Rohingya in Chicago make an emotional plea to the US: ‘Help our people’
A placard with the picture of Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing her of crimes against humanity, is seen at a rally near the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta.
Conflict
Aung San Suu Kyi’s silence on Rohingya ethnic cleansing could be political pragmatism
Rohingya refugees walk through water after crossing from Myanmar by boat through the Naf River in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Sept. 7, 2017.
Conflict
Myanmar’s gruesome purge of Rohingya Muslims appears unstoppable
Inani Beach, an 11-mile beach on the Bay of Bengal, makes up part of Cox's Bazar 75-mile sea beach — one of the longest beaches in the world.
Business
You’re welcome to visit the longest beach in the world — unless you’re a refugee