Fresh clashes have erupted in South Asia's Myanmar. As per the UN, renewed fighting this week between Myanmar's military and an ethnic minority armed group has displaced more than 26,000 people in the country's Western Rakhine State.

UN: Clashes in Myanmar displaces 26,000 people

Indian Navy, a regional power in the Bay of Bengal and northern Indian Ocean has rushed humanitarian aid to Myanmar, parts of which have seen devastation due to Cyclone Mocha.

Cyclone Mocha: Indian Navy ships rush relief material to battered Myanmar, many feared dead

Two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a Thai holiday island will learn their fate Thursday when the verdict on their final appeal is delivered.

Myanmar pair await final appeal ruling over Brit killings in Thailand

Heavily pregnant Rohingya mother Rashida Khatun fled her home in a remote village in Myanmar's Rakhine state two years ago, bone-tired but desperate to find a safe place to give birth.

'Miracle' Rohingya baby turns two on crackdown anniversary

Bangladesh police said they had shot dead two Rohingya refugees during a gunfight in a refugee camp on Saturday after the pair were accused of killing a ruling party official.

Bangladesh police shoot dead two Rohingya in refugee camp

An attempt to begin repatriating thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in camps in Bangladesh stalled on Thursday after nearly 300 refugee families refused to go back to Myanmar, almost a year after a similar effort failed amid protests.

Bangladesh bid to repatriate Rohingya stalls as refugees refuse to return to Myanmar

Six Myanmar nationals deported from Singapore over alleged links to an ethnic minority insurgent group were remanded in custody in Yangon on Friday, a court spokesman said, as relatives of the accused said they were being held incommunicado.

Myanmar citizens deported from Singapore over alleged insurgent ties remanded in custody

The Indian government has donated 250 pre-fabricated houses to be used by displaced people in Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state, officials said during a handover ceremony on Tuesday (July 9).

India donates houses to displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Myanmar authorities ordered telecoms companies to shut down internet services in conflict-torn western Myanmar, a leading operator said on Saturday, amid heightening tensions in the region, where government troops are fighting ethnic rebels.

Myanmar orders internet shutdown in conflict-torn Rakhine state: Report

Aid groups and human rights advocates have warned the World Bank that a $100 million development project it is planning for Myanmar’s conflict-riven Rakhine State could worsen tension there.

World Bank under fire for development plan in Myanmar's divided Rakhine

A U.N. official on Tuesday (May 14) has urged Myanmar to grant aid workers "predictable, sustained access" to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced nearly 33,000 people since late last year, saying lack of aid has cost lives.

'People are dying': U.N official urges Myanmar to grant aid access to Rakhine state

Rohingya violinist Amir Ali, 75, from a wealthier family, learned to play violin as a child after developing an obsession with an instrument owned by one of his uncles and forging a makeshift copy out of bamboo. Later, he bought his own in Bangladesh.

Rohingya violinist finds solace in music

Villagers and a lawmaker in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said on Thursday that a military helicopter attacked a group of Rohingya Muslims gathering bamboo, killing five and wounding 13, but a military spokesman declined to comment.

Myanmar villagers, lawmaker say 'helicopter attack' kills five Rohingya, wounds 13

A security firm with former US military contractor Erik Prince on its board has moved into Myanmar to provide protection services for international investors, the company told AFP, as it weathers backlash to revelations over planned work in China's restive Xinjiang region.

Former Blackwater contractor Erik Prince in Myanmar security venture

A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced a prominent ethnic Rakhine leader to 20 years in jail for treason, a verdict likely to intensify anger amid fighting between the ethnic group and the army.

Myanmar court jails Arakan National Party's former chairman Aye Maung for 20 years for treason

Nine policemen have been killed in a militant attack in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, police said on Sunday, as tensions ratchet up in a state riven by ethnic and religious conflict.

Nine policemen killed in militant attack in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Bangladesh has sealed off its border with Myanmar amid fresh influx of refugees fleeing troubled Rakhine state following reported military clampdown, this time against the ethnic majority Buddhists and Hindus being the victims, Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen said Wednesday.

Bangladesh virtually seals off border with Myanmar amid fresh influx of refugees

Bangladesh has protested to Myanmar over a new influx of refugees fleeing troubled Rakhine state after clashes between security forces and an insurgent group, an official said Wednesday.

Bangladesh protests to Myanmar over new arrivals from Rakhine state

Ethnic Rakhine rebels carried out pre-dawn attacks on four police stations near the Bangladesh border in a strike confirmed Friday by both the rebel group and Myanmar's army, with the militants claiming to have killed seven and taken 14 "prisoners of war" as operations ramped up.

Myanmar's Rakhine rebels attack police posts in pre-dawn raids

India has begun its fourth tranche of relief assistance to Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh's Cox Bazar as part of "Operation Insaniyat" which began in September 2017.

India sends another tranche of relief assistance to Rohingyas in Bangladesh

A bipartisan group of US senators on Wednesday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to designate the Myanmar military's campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority a genocide.

US senators call on Pompeo to label Myanmar killings 'genocide'

Myanmar's president said Saturday it had been an "auspicious" year for Rakhine state, the violence-scarred territory and epicentre of the Rohingya crisis. More than 720,000 Rohingya have fled the western state since August 2017 after the military conducted "clearance operations," sending a stream of refugees to neighbouring Bangladesh with accounts of rape, arson and mass killings -- acts that UN investigators say amounts to "genocide" by the military generals.

Myanmar's president praises Rakhine state for 'auspicious' year on 44th anniversary

A top Myanmar official said Wednesday that his country would take back the first group of 2,000 Rohingya refugees from camps in Bangladesh in November despite widespread doubts over the proposal.

Myanmar says 2,000 Rohingya to arrive in November despite doubts

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UN: Clashes in Myanmar displaces 26,000 people

Cyclone Mocha: Indian Navy ships rush relief material to battered Myanmar, many feared dead

Myanmar pair await final appeal ruling over Brit killings in Thailand

'Miracle' Rohingya baby turns two on crackdown anniversary

Bangladesh police shoot dead two Rohingya in refugee camp

Bangladesh bid to repatriate Rohingya stalls as refugees refuse to return to Myanmar

Myanmar citizens deported from Singapore over alleged insurgent ties remanded in custody

India donates houses to displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine state

India donates houses to displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Myanmar orders internet shutdown in conflict-torn Rakhine state: Report

World Bank under fire for development plan in Myanmar's divided Rakhine

'People are dying': U.N official urges Myanmar to grant aid access to Rakhine state

Rohingya violinist finds solace in music

Myanmar villagers, lawmaker say 'helicopter attack' kills five Rohingya, wounds 13

Former Blackwater contractor Erik Prince in Myanmar security venture

Myanmar court jails Arakan National Party's former chairman Aye Maung for 20 years for treason

Nine policemen killed in militant attack in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Bangladesh virtually seals off border with Myanmar amid fresh influx of refugees

Bangladesh protests to Myanmar over new arrivals from Rakhine state

Myanmar's Rakhine rebels attack police posts in pre-dawn raids

India sends another tranche of relief assistance to Rohingyas in Bangladesh

US senators call on Pompeo to label Myanmar killings 'genocide'

Myanmar's president praises Rakhine state for 'auspicious' year on 44th anniversary

Myanmar says 2,000 Rohingya to arrive in November despite doubts