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Pope Francis meets Aung San Suu Kyi

Max Rossi, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 07:18 PM

Pope Francis shakes hands with Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Tuesday.  Read more »

Oxford strips Suu Kyi of city's freedom award

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 28 10:23 PM

LONDON, United Kingdom - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the honorific freedom of Oxford, the British city where she studied and raised her children, over her "inaction" in the Rohingya crisis. Read more »

Pope to meet Myanmar's leader Suu Kyi

Reuben Easey, Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 28 03:19 PM

Pope Francis will hold talks with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, a key moment of a tour aimed at alleviating religious and ethnic hatreds that have driven huge numbers of Muslim Rohingya from the country.    Read more »

Pope meets Myanmar's military chief in shadow of Rohingya crisis

Philip Pullella and Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 07:04 AM

Pope Francis held talks on Monday with Myanmar's military chief at the start of a delicate visit to a majority-Buddhist country that the United States has accused of "ethnic cleansing" against its Muslim Rohingya people. Read more »

Pope Francis, army chief discuss 'responsibility' of Myanmar's leaders

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 27 11:11 PM

Pope Francis met Myanmar's powerful army chief Monday at the start of a highly sensitive trip to the majority-Buddhist country, which is under fire internationally for a brutal army crackdown that sparked an exodus of Rohingya Muslims. Read more »

The Day in Photos: 27 November 2017

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 07:13 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis arrives in Myanmar

Vincenzo Pinto, AFP
Posted at Nov 27 05:51 PM

Pope Francis is greeted by children in traditional clothing upon his arrival at Yangon International Airport on Monday. Read more »

Pope starts Myanmar trip in shadow of Rohingya crisis

Philip Pullella and Thu Thu Aung, Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 04:50 PM

YANGON - Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the leader of the Roman Catholic church to majority-Buddhist Myanmar, which the United States has accused of conducting "ethnic cleansing" against its Muslim Rohingya people. Read more »

Bangladesh agrees with Myanmar for UNHCR to assist Rohingya's return

Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 08:05 PM

The two governments signed a pact on Thursday agreeing that the return of the Rohingya to Myanmar should start in two months. Read more »

Pope Francis faces diplomatic dilemma in Myanmar visit

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 05:10 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis visits Myanmar next week, a delicate trip for the world's most senior Christian to a majority Buddhist country accused by Washington of the "ethnic cleansing" of Muslim Rohingya people. Read more »

Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to start Rohingya return

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 04:08 AM

Bangladesh and Myanmar will start repatriating refugees in two months, Dhaka said Thursday, as global pressure mounts over a crisis that has forced more than half a million Rohingya to flee across the border.    Read more »

China tells Myanmar military it wants closer ties

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 09:37 AM

BEIJING - China wants closer ties with Myanmar's military to help protect regional peace and security, a senior Chinese general told the visiting head of the southeast Asian country's army. Read more »

Pope Francis to meet head of Myanmar army, Rohingya refugees

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 12:29 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will meet the head of Myanmar's army and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, both late additions to a tour of the two countries next week. Read more »

U.S. calls Myanmar operation against Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing'

Arshad Mohammed and David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 12:28 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday labeled the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population "ethnic cleansing" and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what it described as "horrendous atrocities." Read more »

Amnesty Int’l, inakusahan ang Myanmar ng diskriminasyon sa mga Rohingya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 02:23 AM

Inaakusahan ng grupong Amnesty International ang gobyerno ng Myanmar ng diskriminasyon sa mga Rohingya. Read more »

Cayetano defends PH's 'no' vote on UN draft resolution on Myanmar

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 01:22 PM

Cayetano said the "no" vote was the call of the Philippine contingent in New York based on the country's "historical voting trends," but there is an ongoing internal discussion with some experts "whether the no or the abstain would be the better vote." Read more »

Locsin: Myanmar's Suu Kyi deserved her Nobel Peace Prize

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 11:34 PM

Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Teddy Locsin Jr. on Monday said Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi deserved her Nobel Peace Prize, which she won in 1991. Read more »

Locsin says PH should have abstained from vote on draft UN Rohingya resolution

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 05:50 PM

Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. on Saturday said the country should have abstained instead of voting against a United Nations General Assembly committee draft resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar. Read more »

PH votes against U.N. draft resolution on Rohingya in Myanmar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 12:41 AM

The Philippines on Thursday voted against a United Nations General Assembly committee draft resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar. Read more »

1 injured as Myanmar military trucks hit landmines in troubled Rakhine

Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 01:59 PM

One person was injured when military trucks hit landmines in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine State this week, state media said Friday, amid ethnic tension following an army crackdown that has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee. Read more »