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Myanmar elections: Persecuted ethnic Rohingya Muslims completely isolated from 'historic process'
Rohingyas are not allowed to vote nor can their candidates run in the elections scheduled to be held on 8 November.
Myanmar: International community 'prepared to stand and watch genocide' of Rohingya, claim activists
Fortify Rights report claims Myanmar government is responsible for genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
Malaysia finds mass graves with 24 bodies near Thai border
Corpses found in Thai-Malaysia border suspected to be of human trafficking victims.
Heavy flooding in Myanmar leaves 27 dead, thousands displaced with more downpours expected
Heavy floods across Myanmar leaves 27 dead as rescue efforts hampered by torrential rains and landslides
Buddhist monks call for Myanmar school ban on Muslim hijabs
It's one more burden for nation's persecuted Rohingyas.
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi says Rohingya issue needs careful handling
The opposition leader speaks out for the first time about the Rohingya community in Myanmar.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi heads to China for debut visit
Myanmar's opposition leader to meet Chinese president and premier during her visit ahead of November elections.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to head delegation to China from 10-14 June
China says visit is part of an important 'party-to-party' exchange.
In Focus: Rohingya persecution in Myanmar 'is ethnic cleansing'
IBTimes UK interviews Burma Campaign UK as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar escaping persecution.
Rohingya refugees 'gang-raped at Thailand-Malaysia camps'
Reports of sexual violence in human-trafficking camps at the border between Thailand and Malaysia.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea: No home for Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims [Photo report]
Rohingya who tried to flee Myanmar in search of a better life are returning to the squalid camps they are forced to live in.
Indonesia: Weak, starving and dehydrated Rohingya and Bangladeshi boat migrants rescued
In pictures: Indonesian fishermen rescue more than 430 migrants who had been stranded at sea.
Southeast Asian migrant crisis: 'Ghost ship' carrying 350 starving Rohingya Muslims vanishes off Thailand
Wooden fishing boat crowded with starving Rohingya gone missing on the way to Indonesia's Aceh
Southeast Asia migrant crisis: Malaysia and Bangladesh to hold key talks
Foreign ministers of Malaysia and Bangladesh will discuss worsening migrant crisis as Myanmar bristles.
Malaysia: New boat with 500 desperate Rohingyas located off Penang
Emergency off Malaysian coast as fate of migrants' boats is unclear.
Indonesia turns away boat with Rohingya Muslim migrants
Navy tows away vessel carrying migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar off Aceh coast.
Rohingya Muslims: Boats with 1,600 migrants land in Malaysia and Indonesia
New migrant arrivals in Malaysia and Indonesia, as thousands are stranded in international waters.
Thailand finds more mass migrant graves of suspected Rohingya Muslims
Thai authorities find 30 more graves in border areas as authorities crack down on police officers linked to human traffickers.
Thailand: Police find mass graves of suspected Rohingya migrants in jungle camp
Authorities exhume decaying bodies from migrant graveyard near Malaysia-Thailand border.
Myanmar: 50 feared dead as overcrowded ferry capsizes
Aung Tagun 3 sailing from Taunggok to Sittwe said to have been carrying more than 200 people.
Myanmar: Heartbreaking reunions and ransoms in a Rohingya camp internet hut [Photo report]
Rohingya people speak to relatives and plead with human traffickers from a bamboo internet hut.
Thailand: Armed vigilantes tackle human trafficking of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims
Thai civilians track down human traffickers on one of Asia's busiest smuggling routes.
Myanmar to investigate extremist Buddhist monk Wirathu for 'whore' comment on UN envoy
Ultra-nationalist monk called UN's Yanghee Lee 'a whore' for defending stateless Rohingya Muslims.
Myanmar Exodus: Even Ethnic Rakhine Buddhists Leaving Country in Pursuit of Jobs
A scarcity of jobs at home is forcing even the Rakhine majority to leave Myanmar and go abroad.
US President Barack Obama Urged to Visit Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to Halt 'Appalling' Persecution
Rohingya Muslims have been defined by the UN as 'one of the most persecuted minorities worldwide'.
Aung San Suu Kyi Attacks Myanmar Government Reforms
Myanmar opposition leader criticises two years without significant reforms
Myanmar Rivals Hold Landmark Political Talks over Reforms and Elections
Participants in round-table conference include leaders of military, ethnic groups, and opposition.
100,000 Minority Rohingya Muslims Flee Persecution in Myanmar
Rohingya flee homes in Rakhine state and escape to Thailand, Bangladesh and India.
Myanmar Rohingya Muslims Beaten and Arrested for Refusing to Register as Bengali Immigrants
Myanmar government refuses to recognise Rohingya Muslims as citizens, claiming they are Bengali.
'Sri Lankan Hackers' Target Myanmar News Site for Wirathu Article
Radical anti-Muslim Buddhist monk attended controversial Sri Lanka meeting last month