Burma

More than 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since October.

The military launched an offensive against the minority group in October.

Troops were "slaughtering children, raping women, burning and looting houses."

The Myanmar army initiated a crackdown on purported Rohingya militants in October.

Htin Kyaw becomes Myanmar's first civilian president in more than 50 years.

After winning a historic election, the Nobel winner needs to bring peace to all of Myanmar.

Burma benefited economically from its ties with China, but resentment was palpable.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims were excluded from the electoral process by Myanmar's military-backed government.

Aung San Suu Kyi's party is leading in nearly all the districts where vote counting has been completed.

Ahead of Myanmar's historic elections, a new report finds evidence of ongoing genocide against the Muslim minority group.

Myanmar is holding its historic elections in a matter of weeks.

Up to 8,000 Rohingya were trapped in the Andaman Sea earlier this year.

Burma's Rohingya Muslims have suffered systematic persecution for decades.

More than a quarter of a million refugees and migrants have arrived in Greece this year.

Military uses veto to prevent changes to constitution allowing opposition leader to run.

"The parallels to the Nazi genocide are alarming. Fortunately, we have not reached a stage of mass killing."

With thousands of migrants coming ashore, the destination countries have come up with a plan.

Southeast Asian governments are scrambling to resolve the maritime migrant crisis.

Fleeing persecution, Rohingya migrants are being kept at sea by countries that don't want them.

The Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority in Myanmar, were among the hundreds of refugees rescued in Malaysia and Indonesia this weekend.

A court in Yangon sentenced the men for denigrating Buddhism.

Observers say genocidal killings are being carried out by armed Buddhist police in the internment camps housing the Rohingya Muslims, one of the most persecuted communities in the world, according to the UN

The decision to punish journalists represents a huge step back in the country's effort to expand press freedom.

"Emotionally, they need the support of wives and children. When morale is good, they are better fighters."

Ismail Razali pushed hard for a meeting with the head of Burma's military government. The U.N. secretary-general's special envoy hoped to restart talks between the regime and Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader released in May from house arrest after months of intense diplomacy.