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2019/07/31

European countries have come to an agreement on how to share responsibility for 131 migrants who were blocked on board...

US Withholds $65 Million in Palestinian Aid

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Swiss Suspend Funding to Crisis-Hit UN Agency for Palestinians

UNRWA provides vital schooling and medical services to millions of impoverished refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and the Palestinian territories.

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on March 20, 2018.

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Congressional Report Details Foreign, Corporate Influence in Trump’s White House

by Alex Graf

A top advisor to then-candidate Donald Trump allowed senior officials from the United Arab Emirates to review and add language...

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Deported from Turkey, Syrians Return to Unfamiliar Country

Turkish officials have rounded up thousands of Syrian refugees in recent weeks, deporting many back to still-dangerous areas in Syria...

A Russian opposition rally in March, 2019.

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Russia Investigators Launch Probe into ‘Mass Unrest’ After Rally

On Saturday, nearly 1,400 people were arrested at an unauthorized protest in Moscow against the exclusion of opposition politicians from...

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UK’s Johnson Promises Irish PM No Physical Border Checks

After Brexit, that border will become part of the E.U.'s external frontier and should therefore be policed accordingly.

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil after clearcutting.

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Murder of Brazilian Tribal Leader Linked to Bolsonaro’s Amazon Agenda: UN Rights Chief

2019/07/29

Bachelet said the "proposed policy to open up more areas of the Amazon to mining could lead to incidents of...

Sudanese protesters rally outside the army complex in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 18, 2019

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Five Sudanese Protesters Shot Dead Ahead of Talks

2019/07/29

Five Sudanese demonstrators including students were shot dead Monday during a rally attended by school children against a shortage of...

Following the armed insurgency that broke out in the late 1980s against Indian rule, tens of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus, locally known as Pandits, migrated to Jammu and other Indian states.

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In Kashmir, Abandoned Hindu Homes Are Dying a Slow Death

by Aamir Ali Bhat

Tens of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus migrated from Indian-administered Kashmir following armed insurgency in the 1990s. They left behind their...

The Westminster district of the United Kingdom's capital, London.

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UK Regulator Fines Russia’s RT over ‘Failures’ in Press Coverage

RT immediately denounced the penalty as "astonishing." The international broadcaster is seeking a judicial review against the investigation at London's...

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Trump Emboldened Israel to Target HRW Country Chief, Group Says

Israel has been trying to expel HRW's American director for Israel and Palestine, Omar Shakir, after accusing him of advocating...

The 8-year-old Mark (L) and 9-year-old Lehor from Eastern Ukraine in the boxing ring, where they help rebuild personal relations

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In Eastern Ukraine, Children Box to Heal the Wounds of War

by Fermín Torrano Echeandía

In Svitlodarsk and Novoluhanske, two villages in Ukraine’s contested Donetsk Region, a coach is helping children and teens to rebuild...

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Salvini Demands Europe Take Migrants Held by Italy Coastguard

Far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday ordered 135 migrants and refugees rescued in the Mediterranean to remain aboard an...

Migrants hang from a boat as they wait to be rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical miles north of Libya,

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More Than 100 Migrants Missing off Libyan Coast: NGOs

2019/07/25

More than 100 migrants were missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya in what might be the...

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NGO Demands Release of Nigeria Aid Workers Kidnapped by Jihadists

2019/07/25

"These are humanitarian workers who chose to devote their lives to helping the most vulnerable communities in Nigeria and they...

Scottish independence activists rally to call for a second referendum, 2016.

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Scottish Leader Threatens Independence Referendum in Case of No Deal Brexit

2019/07/25

Ian Blackford, the SNP's leader in the British parliament, called Johnson the "last prime minister of the United Kingdom" in...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan shakes hands with US President Donald Trump in the White House.

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Why Charm Alone is Unlikely to Repair Strained US-Pakistan Relations

by Imogen Francis

2019/07/24