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Senior general-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing inspects a parade marking Myanmar’s 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
October 8, 2026, 10:22 am
US opens direct talks with Myanmar, reversing years of isolation amid deadly civil war
Leader of Southeast Asian country remains under sanctions for human rights abuses, but State Department says engagement is only path forward: ‘You don’t solve problems by ignoring them’
By Simon Lewis
In this September 7, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from a burned house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, where the vast majority of Myanmar's 1.1 million Rohingya lived. (AP Photo, File)
January 12, 2026, 10:28 am
UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya
ICJ may use case to broaden definition of genocide in international law, which could influence dispute between South Africa and Israel over war in Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 file photo skulls of Ovaherero and Nama people are displayed during a devotion attended by representatives of the tribes from Namibia in Berlin, Germany. Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people and commit to spending a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
May 29, 2021, 9:10 am
Namibia: The first in a dark century of massacres
1948 UN convention says genocide is ‘act committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group’; many massacres still not recognized
By AFP
Ari Ben-Menashe. (YouTube screenshot)
March 10, 2021, 11:13 am
Israeli lobbyist paid $2m by Myanmar junta to defend coup, get sanctions lifted
Ari Ben-Menashe’s firm agrees to lobby the US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Russia and other countries as well as the UN and African Union on behalf of those behind putsch
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ari Ben-Menashe. (YouTube screenshot)
March 7, 2021, 7:41 pm
Myanmar junta hires Israeli-Canadian lobbyist to explain coup
Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli Military Intelligence official, claims generals will leave politics soon, seek to improve ties with US
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Jamila Begum, 35, cries when talking about how members of Myanmar's armed forces accused of massacring civilians in her village Maung Nu, in Myanmar's Rakhine State, killed her son and husband, in an interview with The Associated Press in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, November 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
December 23, 2020, 1:22 pm
Myanmar activists accuse Israeli firm of abetting military’s Rohingya atrocities
Report highlights alleged role of Gilat Satellite Networks in helping Myanmar military set up telecom company, spread anti-Muslim propaganda before 2017 rule banning exports
By Simona Weinglass
Jaivet Ealom is now a political science student at the University of Toronto. (Cole Burston/ via JTA)
July 24, 2020, 10:45 pm
Holocaust survivor’s book spurs Rohingyan refugee to escape Australian detention
‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl allowed Jaivet Ealom to hold onto hope and flee a notoriously brutal Manus Island facility, and finally against the odds reach Canada
By Amanda Levinson
Displaced Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state in Myanmar walk near Ukhia, at the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, as they flee violence on September 4, 2017. (AFP/K.M. Asad)
January 23, 2020, 3:29 pm
UN’s top court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
Lawyers for Myanmar’s accusers use maps, satellite images and graphic photos to detail what they call a campaign of murder, rape and destruction amounting to genocide
By AP
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers her address before students of Yangon University general assembly in Yangon on August 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ye Aung Thu)
December 10, 2019, 11:27 am
Aung San Suu Kyi faces Rohingya genocide charge at UN court
Myanmar leader expected in The Hague; over 700,000 Muslims fled to Bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign of rapes, killings, torching of homes
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Rohingya women cry and shout slogans during a protest rally to commemorate the first anniversary of Myanmar army's crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, August 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
November 28, 2019, 6:34 pm
Israel denounces atrocities against Rohingya in Myanmar after diplomat’s tweet
Ambassador Ronen Gilor publicly wished ‘good luck’ to southeast Asian nation’s officials facing a genocide trial in international court, then deleted message
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government organized media tour to a no-man's land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Taungpyolatyar village, Maung Daw, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, June 29, 2018. (Min Kyi Thein/AP)
November 28, 2019, 6:28 am
Israeli envoy wishes Myanmar success in trial over alleged genocide
Ambassador, who has maintained friendly ties with Naypyitaw despite condemnation over crackdown on Rohingya, deletes tweets but expresses befuddlement over controversy
By ToI Staff
People walk by a poster from the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) depicting a woman wearing a burqa in front of a Swiss flag upon which are minarets which resemble missiles, at the central station in Geneva, Switzerland, November 4, 2009. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone/AP)
July 16, 2019, 1:45 pm
Government restrictions on religion increasing worldwide, survey shows
Biggest rise in limitations during 2007-2017 was in Europe, with clampdowns on religious dress; European Jewish and Muslim groups complain of attempts to criminalize circumcision
By David Crary
Reuters journalists Wa Lone, left, and Kyaw She Oo wave as they walk out from Insein Prison after being released in Yangon, Myanmar, May 7, 2019 (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
May 7, 2019, 9:24 am
Myanmar frees Reuters reporters jailed for reporting on security forces’ abuses
Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo released early, were reportedly jailed using evidence collected with Israeli tech
By AP and ToI Staff
Rohingya refugees wait after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang, October 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR)
April 13, 2019, 2:56 am
Jewish groups praise bill to sanction Burma for persecution of Rohingya Muslims
19 US organizations lobby in support of bill; American rabbis previously spoke to congressional representatives pushing for action against Burmese government
By Josefin Dolsten
Rohingya Muslim refugees crowd a canal as they flee over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, November 1, 2017. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images/via JTA)
February 6, 2019, 11:12 am
Israel maintains warm ties with Myanmar, downplaying a human rights controversy
The Jewish state continues to claim its ‘first friend’ in Asia is kosher, despite widespread violence by the government against Rohingya Muslims
By Charles Dunst
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