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Two die and three are hurt in a series of attacks on telecom facilities in Sopore, North Kashmir.

Charter referendum holds key to electoral timeframe, junta chief says.

Thailand on Friday will host the region’s first meeting on human trafficking, illegal migration.

Critics accuse the government of trying to deflect attention from the real causes of extremism: poverty, lawlessness and unemployment.

The minority has yet to see any improvements a year into the prime minister’s tenure.

Malaysia Finds Graves, Smuggling Camps on Northern Border

Malaysia has announced the discovery of 28 people-smuggling camps on the steep hillsides of Bukit Wang Burma, a mountain in Perlis state.

So far, two bodies have been recovered from the jungle near southern Thailand.

After a traumatic journey by boat, 15-year-old does not want to go back to a refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Armed men took Salahuddin Ahmed from a Dhaka suburb and he vanished for two months, according to his wife.

Here are facts on who and where the migrants are.

The persecuted and stateless Muslim minority has been in the region for a long time.

Illegal practices threaten a vital industry that provides both food and livelihood to tens of millions in the region.

The newly formed state government says it needs more time to look into their grievances.

Illegal migration by sea has surged because job seekers find it hard to emigrate legally, one expert says.

Myanmar, meanwhile, says it will work with other governments in the region to stem illegal boat journeys.

Thailand turned away their boat three times, and Malaysian sailors threatened to shoot them if they did not leave territorial waters, passengers say.

But Thailand opts out of agreeing to take in thousands of migrants stranded at sea.

A new group, the Pritilata Brigade, looks to empower women in the fight against sexual harassment.

Critics call on the Indonesian and Malaysian governments to help the Muslim migrants.

India is home to more than 200,000 foreigners who fled conflict in other countries.

Diplomatic activity is picking up speed, but no solution is in sight for migrants adrift at sea.

Once it acquires an airplane, Fatonee Airlines will cater to Muslims and enable pilgrims from the Deep South to fly directly to Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. Marine UH-1Y was carrying six Americans and two Nepalese.

“There is no Rohingya in Myanmar,” official says, as fishermen pull hundreds from the sea near Indonesia.

Migrants in a boat found by fishermen Friday say they had been towed out to sea by both the Malaysian and Indonesian navies.

Such tests have nothing do to with national security and discriminate against women, human rights activists say.

But the government’s job stimulus plans may not succeed unless the core issue of land acquisition is resolved, analysts say.

Rohingya Migrants Found Adrift in Thai Waters

The Rohingya Muslims were fleeing Myanmar, where they often face persecution.

A military official says the Yala bombings were in retaliation for the killing of an insurgent.

Activists, religious leaders outraged as migrants from Bangladesh and Burma are turned away.