Myanmar's government says it has ordered the military to "crush" rebels in the western state of Rakhine, following raids by insurgents that killed 13 police officers earlier this month.

Explainer: The insurgents plunging Myanmar's Rakhine back into chaos

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was due to visit last week but Myanmar authorities scrapped the trip to Rakhine.

Myanmar delays United Nation refugee chief Filippo Grandi's visit

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar since a military crackdown started in 2017 - most to sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh — but many have been living in limbo on the border.

New Myanmar unrest panics Rohingya in border limbo

'The president's office has instructed the military to launch an operation to crush the terrorists,' Zaw Htay told a news conference.

Myanmar civilian, military leaders meet; vow to 'crush' Rakhine rebels

Myanmar has called on its military to "launch operations" against ethnic Rakhine rebels behind a deadly attack on four police stations last week, a government spokesman said Monday, as a surge of violence forces thousands more from their homes.

Myanmar army to launch 'crackdown' on Rakhine rebels: Government

Rakhine insurgents killed 13 policemen and injured nine in attacks on four police posts in Myanmar's Rakhine state on Friday as the country marked Independence Day, the official news agency said.

Rakhine rebels kill 13 in Independence Day attack on Myanmar police posts

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

A Myanmar court heard arguments on Monday in the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act.

Myanmar court hears arguments of jailed Reuters reporters

The bullet-riddled body of a Myanmar policeman was found in northern Rakhine state, government media said Sunday, as tensions rise in the hotspot where the Rohingya crisis erupted last year.

Myanmar: Missing policeman found killed in northern Rakhine state

Fleeing Rohingya Muslims sold ration books to help pay hundreds of dollars to traffickers in order to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat, only to be stopped at sea and forced back destitute, the refugees told AFP on Friday.

Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps hungry and in debt

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday agreed upon the importance of conducting an independent investigation over the Rakhine state issue.

Japan, Myanmar reaffirm importance of independent investigation in Rakhine State

Kyaukpyu is located in west Myanmar's Rakhine Province. That port offers China a direct path to the Indian Ocean from Southwest China, bypassing the Strait of Malacca

Myanmar keen not to lose Kyaukpyu Port to China

Over 700,000 members of the Rohingya ethnic minority have fled Myanmar's western Rakhine state, escaping sectarian violence between rebels and the security forces.

EU trade, aid conditional on Myanmar respecting rights, ambassador says

Ramzan is expected to start this week, subject to the sighting of the moon. Rohingya Muslims residing in refugee camps have also been getting ready for the start of the holy month by repairing their shelters

Rohingya Muslim refugee worries about food for breaking fast during Ramzan

The council is continuing its mission to Bangladesh and Myanmar, taking a first-hand look at the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas

UNSC members to visit Rakhine state today

"We hope the UNSC will probe and settle our difficulties," said Abdul Rahim one of the few dozen rally participants at the Kutupalong camp

Rohingya rally seeking guarantees for safe return as UNSC visits Bangladesh camps

The group is reported to have faced intense persecution in Myanmar

Rohingya refugees rescued after drifting at sea for over a week

The United Nations and rights groups say a Myanmar military operation in the country's northwest in August has sent nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh. Most live in flimsy, bamboo-and-plastic structures perched on hills around Cox's Bazar, in southern Bangladesh

Myanmar minister says conditions in Rohingya refugee camps 'very poor'

Myanmar on Saturday repatriated the first Rohingya family from nearly 700,000 refugees who have fled to Bangladesh, after months of fraught talks with Dhaka and amid the United Nations' warnings that the country is not ready for their return

Myanmar repatriates first Rohingya refugee family: Government

Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, spoke to WION's Bangladesh bureau chief Saad Hammadi

Rohingya crisis: Impose sanctions, cut off investment, then Myanmar Army will come to its senses, says adviser to Bangladesh PM 

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will hear the case

Supreme Court verdict on Rohingya case likely today

About 50 families from remote hill and forest areas on the Bangladesh side have moved to Rakhine state in mainly Buddhist Myanmar

Myanmar lures Bangladesh Buddhists to take over Rohingya land: Officials

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to continue pressurising Myanmar to take Rohingya refugees back as soon as possible

Bangladesh calls for global pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingyas

Dhaka's home minister Asaduzzaman Khan formally gave the list to his Myanmar counterpart Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe after officials of the two nations held a meeting in the Bangladeshi capital

Bangladesh hands over list of 8,000 Rohingyas, Myanmar says will start repatriation

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