Myanmar says it has repatriated the first group of Rohingya from among nearly 700,000 who fled last year.

A United Nations report has blacklisted Myanmar's military for carrying out widespread sexual violence against Rohingya Muslims.

Myanmar has sentenced seven soldiers to 10 years in prison over the massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslims last September, after increased media attention to the killings.

Myanmar had already resettled thousands of Buddhists in Rakhine by using a rsettlement scheme that offers free food, homes, cows and cash.

Myanmar is shuttling Buddhists to repopulate the north of Rakhine State, which used to be dominated by minority Rohingya Muslims before they were driven out or killed in state-sponsored violence.

The UN adviser on preventing genocide says evidence shows that Myanmar government tried to destroy the Rohingya Muslims.

The UN chief calls for "unfettered humanitarian access" in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, where the government has been cracking down on Rohingya Muslims with a heavy hand.

Myanmar’s MPs approve a budget of nearly $15 million to erect a fence along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine, where the government has been cracking down on Rohingya Muslims with a heavy hand.

The British foreign secretary has urged Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow an independent probe into the Rohingya crisis.

Myanmar says it will take unspecified action against a number of security forces and civilian individuals in connection with a recent massacre in a Rohingya Muslim village.