Predecessor resigns through illness

The UK"s foreign secretary and Myanmar's de facto leader meet to discuss the Rohingya crisis which has displaced nearly 700,000 people

The journalists had been arrested in connection with reporting on the situation in Rakhine state, where 688,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled an army crackdown on insurgents since late August, according to estimates by the United Nations.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were covering the country's Rohingya crisis, have been charged with violating the official secrets act.

A wildlife conservation craft group donated the blankets to help the animals deal with falling temperatures

At least 730 of those killed were children under the age of five

A senior UN official tells the Security Council of reports of horrific sexual violence against Rohingya minority in Myanmar and calls on the Council to visit the region. Myanmar says claims of crimes against humanity are unsubstantiated.

Media and medical sources substantiate claims of rape being used as instrument of terror in expulsion of Muslim Rohingyas from Buddhist Myanmar.

Pope Francis failed to mention Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority as he stood on stage with the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Whilst Pope Francis carefully avoids using the word "Rohingya" in his speech, a UN committee pulls no punches in calling for an "exceptional report".

Pope Francis has touched down in Myanmar where discussions are likely to focus on the 600,000 Rohingya Muslims displaced by ethnic violence

Pope Francis left Rome on Sunday (November 26) evening - his next stop Myanmar. Awaiting him in the staunchly Buddhist country, a small but eager Catholic community and a potential diplomatic minefield after the military's brutal crackdown on Myanmar's ethnic Rohinga.

Pope Francis is due to visit Myanmar amid international concerns over the plight of Rohingya Muslim refugees

Amnesty International says Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims amounts to apartheid, a crime against humanity.

Rohingya Muslims have been telling their horrifying accounts to Save the Children.

Geldof returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin Award because he did not want to be associated with fellow award-holder, Suu Kyi

The UN turns up the pressure on Myanmar and adopts unanimous statement demanding it stops violence against Rohingya

Thousands more Rohingyas arrive in Bangladesh as they flee "ethnic cleansing" in neighbouring Myanmar.