Burma’s quasi-civilian government has been hit by allegations of “ethnic cleansing” and “crimes against humanity” this week as Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its report into the sectarian violence ...

MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) – A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday _ one of them to a life term _ in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was ...

The White House condemned the violence occurring against Muslims in the primarily-Buddhist nation of Burma, which has caused at least 300,000 people to evacuate their homes in response to the attacks ...

Armed police secure the compound of Ekayana Buddhist Centre in Jakarta in the early morning of Aug. 5, 2013, hours after a bombing attack hit the temple in the evening of Aug. 4ROMEO GACAD / AFP / ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent violence has sent nearly 90,000 ...

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said rescuers found another survivor and recovered eight more bodies on Tuesday off ...

Earlier this month, India deported a group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, the first such deportation since the government last year ordered the expulsion of members of the Myanmar minority group and ...

Muslims in Asia are increasingly angry, frustrated and disappointed with the lack of action from the Myanmar government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in dealing with the massive exodus of Rohingya from ...

One of Myanmar's five million young adults, May Thandar Maung had been excited to cast her ballot for the very first time in November's election. Myanmar Muslim May Thandar Maung says she hasn't been ...

A boat carrying about 300 migrants from Myanmar capsized last week in the Indian Ocean close to the maritime border between ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar (Reuters) - The city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar is a Buddhist religious centre so crowded with temples, monasteries and monks that they can sometimes seem innumerable. Much ...