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Aung San Suu Kyi defends policies toward Rohingya Muslims

By DEREK CAI - Associated Press

People whose names were left out in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft stand to collect forms to file appeals in Mayong, 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. A draft list of citizens in Assam, released in July, put nearly 4 million people on edge to prove their Indian nationality. Nativist anger churns through Assam, just across the border from Bangladesh, with many believing the state is overrun with illegal migrants. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Millions in limbo as nativist anger roils Indian state

By RISHI LEKHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wade past a waterlogged path leading to the Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. Myanmar on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country's culpability for activities that caused about 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety. The office of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's leader, said in a statement posted online that the court in the Netherlands has no jurisdiction over Myanmar because it is not a member state. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Myanmar snubs Hague court’s intervention in Rohingya crisis

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UN asks Myanmar to work harder on Rohingya repatriation deal

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Bangladesh court accepts murder charges for 2016 attack

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FILE- In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, a Rohingya Muslim child who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, plays in front of her makeshift tent at Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. The human rights group Human Rights Watch is calling on Bangladesh's government to abandon controversial plans to relocate Rohingya refugees to a small, uninhabited island said to be at severe risk of serious flooding. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh says Myanmar isn’t tackling Rohingya concerns

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Bangladeshi students stop a car to check its license as they block a road during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Five days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two of their colleagues have largely cut off the capital Dhaka from the rest of Bangladesh, as the demonstrators pressed their demand for safer roads. (AP Photo/A. M. Ahad)

Global rights group slams Bangladesh government for attacks

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2018, file photo, Rohingya Muslim women with their children stand in a queue outside a food distribution center at Balukhali refugee camp 50 kilometers (32 miles) from, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The human rights group Human Rights Watch is calling on Bangladesh's government to abandon controversial plans to relocate Rohingya refugees to a small, uninhabited island said to be at severe risk of serious flooding. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Human rights group opposes moving Rohingya to island camp

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Bangladeshi students participate in a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Five days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two of their colleagues have largely cut off the capital Dhaka from the rest of Bangladesh, as the demonstrators pressed their demand for safer roads. (AP Photo/A. M. Ahad)

Student protests surge in Bangladesh capital

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Bangladeshi students shout slogans as they block a road during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Five days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two of their colleagues have largely cut off the capital Dhaka from the rest of Bangladesh, as the demonstrators pressed their demand for safer roads. (AP Photo/A. M. Ahad)

Police, protesters clash in Bangladesh capital; many injured

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladeshi students shout slogans as they block a road during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. Students blocked several main streets in the capital, protesting the death of two college students in a bus accident in Dhaka. (AP Photo/A. M. Ahad)

Mass protests over traffic deaths paralyze Dhaka for 5 days

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this Jan. 21, 2018, photo, a life sizes mural is seen on the wall of a makeshift school for Rohingya refugee children at Kutupalong Refugee Camp near Cox's bazar, Bangladesh. The mural is created by a public art organization called Artolution, who collaborate with refugees to create large pieces of art and use art as therapy in conflict zones around the world. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

UN council to commemorate Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

India asks 4 million to prove their nationality in northeast

By WASBIR HUSSAIN - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, photo, Rohingya refugee children kick a soccer ball outside their makeshift school in the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's bazar, Bangladesh. The school walls are covered with mural created by public art organization called Artolution, who collaborate with refugees to create large pieces of art and use art as therapy in conflict zones around the world. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

2 New Yorker artists bring colors, smiles to Rohingya camps

By RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Women create nonprofit to support refugees in Bangladesh

By KELSEY BODE - Associated Press

Fake Disappearances Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The ‘disappeared’ of Bangladesh is based on a lie

By Sajeeb Wazed

UN agencies agree to help in return of Rohingya to Myanmar

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Priyanka Chopra, Indian Bollywood actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Actress Priyanka Chopra visits Rohingya kids in Bangladesh

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This image made available by SpaceX shows the company's Falcon 9 rocket booster after it landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, May 11, 2018. Bangladesh's first satellite was lifted into orbit in the mission. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX’s upgraded rocket soars with satellite for Bangladesh

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Kansas chemist facing deportation says US is his home

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