Todd Pitman, Author at Valley News

A Rohingya Muslims girl rests on a pile of bags, as she waits with others to walk towards a camp for refugees after crossing into Bangladesh from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. More than a month after Myanmar's refugees began spilling across the border, the U.N. says more than half a million have arrived. The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country's notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

An Exodus on a Biblical Scale

by Todd Pitman Associated PressSeptember 29, 2017

Teknaf, Bangladesh — He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Mohamed Rafiq could go no further.He…

In this Dec. 31, 2015, photo, a Buddhist monk looks out on the beach in the resort town of Hua Hin, 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of Bangkok, Thailand. Police on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, have confirmed that another person has died in a new bomb blast in the southern resort city of Hua Hin, hours after twin explosions killed one woman and wounded several others late Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Bombings in Thailand Kill 4

by Penny Wang Associated Press, and Todd Pitman Associated PressAugust 12, 2016