Burma
On August 26, many important events took place.
Officials believe up to 100 people could still be missing.
Al Azhar grand imam Ahmed el Tayyeb wished a peaceful year for all mankind in 2018.
Human rights groups called on Friday .
Ahead is a river they can't afford to cross, behind is hunger and hostility. So hundreds of Rohingya encamped on a black sand beach in Myanmar's Maungdaw cling.
Egyptian Ambassador to the UN, Amr Abu Al-Atta called on the Burmese government to adopt urgent measures against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
Burmese security forces have laid landmines during attacks on villages and along the Bangladesh border.
Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina Wazed on Friday urged the UN to send an international mission to Burma to ensure Rohingya are able to return to homes in Myanmar.
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back the some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims.
Pressure tightened on Myanmar Monday as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on the country's military.
The unfortunate persecution of Rohingya Muslims on the hands of Buddhist in Myanmar has ancient roots, said Egypt's ambassador to Myanmar, Khalid Abdel Rahman.
For three weeks Dil Mohammad and his family have been stranded on a thin sliver of land between Bangladesh and their native Myanmar with thousands of other Rohingya.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina headed for the UN General Assembly on Saturday to plead for global help coping with the Rohingya crisis.
Every day Sunabhan joins thousands of other Rohingya refugees by the roadside near her settlement in southern Bangladesh.
Bangladesh will build 14,000 new shelters to house the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees camping on roadsides.
“Muslim Brotherhood is trying to exploit events in Burma to raise funds,” Egyptian cleric Khaled el-Gendy.
Three different scenarios for the current crisis of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar were suggested by the latest study issued by Egypt’s Future Research Center.
The Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit denounces the humanitarian violations committed against Rohingya Muslims.
Notorious Burmese Buddhist monk, Ashin Wirathu, is the subject of a documentary to be screened at Melbourne International Film Festival.
