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EU condemns jail, hard labour sentence for Myanmar’s Suu Kyi

BRUSSELS: The European Union condemned on Sunday the sentencing of Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to jail with hard labour, after...

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi handed 5 year jail term for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in...

Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election fraud”, handing power to military chief Min Aung Hlaing and imposing a state of emergency for one year.

Suu Kyi’s party slapped down in by-election

YANGON: The party of Myanmar’s embattled head of state Aung San Suu Kyi said on Sunday they were defeated in six constituencies in a...

Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

OTTAWA: Canada's parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the Rohingya...

Suu Kyi should have ‘resigned’ on Rohingya crackdown: UN

BANGKOK: Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned as Myanmar’s de facto leader over last year’s brutal army campaign against the Rohingya,...

Aung San Suu Kyi won’t be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize: committee

The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya.

Key member resigns from Myanmar advisory panel on Rohingya crisis

A key member of an international advisory panel on Myanmar´s crisis-hit Rakhine state has resigned, telling AFP on Saturday that the Aung San Suu...

Bono, former Suu Kyi campaigner, says she should quit

U2 frontman Bono, a leading campaigner for Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she was under house arrest, has called on her to...

Pope urges respect for human rights in Myanmar, avoids ‘Rohingya’ row

NAYPYITAW: Pope Francis on Tuesday urged the leaders of majority-Buddhist Myanmar, mired in a crisis over the fate of Muslim Rohingya people, to commit...

Aung San Suu Kyi loses ‘Freedom of Oxford’ award over Rohingya crisis

YANGON: Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the honour granting her the Freedom of the City of Oxford because of her...

EU to discuss Rohingya crisis with Myanmar’s Suu Kyi

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: The EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Sunday she would discuss ways to end the Rohingya crisis with Aung San...

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi meets Tillerson, UN chief on Rohingya crisis

MANILA: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced rising global pressure Tuesday to solve the crisis for her nation's displaced Rohingya Muslim minority, meeting...

Rohingya genocide: Bob Geldof hands back Dublin honor shared with Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

DUBLIN: Irish musician and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof will return his ‘Freedom of the City of Dublin’ award to his hometown on Monday, saying...