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Solar power energising health aid for ailing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
UN Migration Agency IOM estimates nearly one million Rohingya Muslims have so far taken refuge in makeshift settlements in different parts of Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar area.
The 100 most powerful images of the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis
The 100 most powerful images of the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis
US declares Myanmar violence against Rohingya Muslims is 'ethnic cleansing'
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson blamed Myanmar's security forces and "local vigilantes" for what he called "intolerable suffering" by the Rohingya.
Huddled masses: Haunting Rohingya refugee photos the world cannot ignore
Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer has returned to Bangladesh to document the hardships faced by the refugees, 60% of whom are children.
Poignant portraits of Rohingya Muslim refugees injured while fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar
Rohingya Muslims who were injured while fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state showed their wounds to Reuters photographer Jorge Silva at refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.
Iraqi man who took Spice for the first time beat to death fellow inmate in detention centre
Zana Yusif has been jailed for 15 years after he killed vulnerable Bangladeshi grandfather Tarek Chowdhury, 64, in a cell at the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in London.
Desperate Rohingya Muslims risk flimsy rafts or swim 2.5 miles from Myanmar to Bangladesh
Rohingya Muslims are so desperate to leave Myanmar they are willing to risk their lives by crossing a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) stretch of water on flimsy makeshift rafts or even swimming to Bangladesh.
More than 50 arrested after Muslim mob of 20,000 burns down Hindu village in Bangladesh for Facebook post
A young Hindu man reportedly wrote a "blasphemous" post on Facebook, infuriating the Muslims in the area.
Auto-rickshaw driver sues Bangladeshi film star for using his phone number in movie
Shakib Khan had erroneously used Ijajul Mia's number in a film that led to him being flooded with calls from the actor's admiring female fans.
Pictures of the week 21 to 27 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best news and sports photos, from autumn and Halloween to the King of Thailand's funeral and the end of the sieges of Raqqa and Marawi.
Pictures of the week 14 to 20 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best photojournalism, from the battles for Raqqa and Kirkuk, to forest fires in Portugal and Spain and Storm Ophelia's yellow skies over Britain.
'Hell on Earth' for Rohingya children in refugee camps without enough food and clean water
One in five Rohingya children in Bangladesh's refugee camps are "acutely malnourished" and require medical attention, says Unicef report, Outcast and Desperate.
Haunting black and white photos of Rohingya refugees that the whole world needs to see
Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer spent two weeks in Bangladesh documenting the lives of some of the more than half a million Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar since late August.
Pictures of the week 7 to 13 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best news and sport photos, from California wildfires and Vietnam floods, to the battle for Raqqa, Kenya election protests and Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis.
Endless tide of humanity: Photos show the overwhelming scale of the Rohingya refugee crisis
By day and by night they come, an endless tide of humanity streaming out of Myanmar into Bangladesh. Rohingya Muslim men, women and children hoping to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country.
Photos: Sudden surge of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence and starvation in Myanmar
More Rohingya refugees have chosen to trek for days in monsoon weather to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country. Yet the Myanmar government denies ethnic cleansing and says "clearance operations" have ended.
Another Rwanda: Nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar in four weeks
The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh since 25 August has been estimated at 480,000 – 60% of them children.
Rohingya Muslim children's drawings depict horrific acts of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar military
Young Rohingya refugees' drawings are filled with traumatic scenes such as people being shot or burned alive by the military.
These heartbreaking photos show the living hell faced by Rohingya women and child refugees
A family with a tiny baby living in a concrete pipe, and another family burying a 70-year-old woman who died just days after they'd carried her all the way from Myanmar.
Bangladesh accuses Myanmar of violating its airspace amid Rohingya exodus
Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that Myanmar drones and helicopters flew into Bangladeshi airspace.
Harrowing photos of Rohingya refugees fleeing 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar
Award-winning British photojournalist Dan Kitwood has spent several days in Bangladesh covering the Rohingya refugee crisis. His photos show the scale of the exodus as wave after wave of desperate people arrive by land, river and sea.
UN voices concern over 'excessive violence' against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
The UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting on the Rohingya crisis at the behest of Britain and Sweden.
Bangladesh PM condemns Myanmar 'atrocities', visits Rohingya refugees and promises support
"We will not tolerate injustice," said Sheikh Hasina.
Holocaust Museum 'horrified' by Rohingya attacks and 'absent' Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
Thousands have fled from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh.
270,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar in just two weeks
Exodus from Myanmar's northern Rakhine state began 25 August after Rohingya insurgents attacked police posts.
Rohingya refugee crisis: UN Secretary-General warns of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of possible ethnic cleansing and a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
At least 40 patients die in Bangladesh hospital as doctors enjoy Eid holiday
According to reports, at least 224 patients were also forced to leave the hospital during the three-day break.
Who are the Rohingya and why are they desperate to flee Myanmar?
The Rohingya are effectively stateless. Neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar recognises them as citizens. They live in apartheid-like conditions.
Stranded in no man's land: Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar turned away by Bangladesh
"Myanmar doesn't distinguish between the terrorists and civilians. They are hunting all the Rohingya."
The legacy of Partition: 70 years of tensions between India and Pakistan
As we reach the 70th anniversary of partition, relations between the two nations are as broken as ever.