US to declare Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya

Designation could lead to further global pressure on military-led government, which faces accusations at international court of justice The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar's years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a "genocide," US officials said Sunday. The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, plans to make the long-anticipated designation on Monday at an event at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, according to the officials who spoke on condition of anonymi...