Syria Kurds Warn of Regime Pressure, Aid Shortages After UN Vote
Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria warned Tuesday that a U.N. vote to scrap a key entry point for cross-border aid ...
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UN Targets Electrifying All of World’s Refugee Camps
The U.N. set itself a daunting challenge this week aimed at improving the lives of displaced people, reining in climate ...
Italy Faces Complaint at UN Over ‘Abusive’ Libya Asylum Returns
The complaint maintains that Italy and other states have turned private merchant vessels into instruments of so-called refoulement - returning ...
UN Urges Probe into ‘Excessive Force’ Against Lebanon Protesters
The U.N. envoy to Lebanon Monday called for an investigation into alleged "excessive force" used against demonstrators after largely peaceful ...
Thunberg Slams ‘Misleading’ Climate Pledges at Chaotic UN Summit
"Countries are finding clever ways around having to take real action."
2010s Hottest Decade in History, UN Says as Emissions Rise Again
The U.N. said last week in its annual "emissions gap" assessment that the world needed to cut carbon emissions by ...
The Fight for Justice Over Myanmar’s Rohingya ‘Genocide’
U.N. investigators last year branded the bloody expulsion a genocide, and called for the prosecution of top generals - including ...
1,500 Flee Homes in South Africa Amid Xenophobic Violence: UN
At least 1,500 foreign nationals have been forced to flee their homes in South Africa amid a surge in deadly ...
UN Calls for End to Migrant Child Detention Worldwide
Effects of detention on migrant children include nightmares, insomnia, depression and anxiety.
Italy Arrests ‘Torturers’ After Migrants Denounce Libya Camp Horrors
Their accusers described a catalog of abuse including the systematic rape of women and the murder of some migrants
UN Warns Italy Over Criminalizing Migrant Rescue Boats
NGO boats involved in search and rescue operations can be confiscated and captains fined up to one million euros ($1.1 ...
UN Condemns ‘Indifference’ as Over 400,000 Displaced in Northwest Syria
"Airstrikes kill and maim significant numbers of civilians several times a week, and the response seems to be a collective ...
Venezuelan Migrants Face Danger, Economic Exploitation: UN Report
A lack of economic opportunity for Venezuelan refugees has contributed to people turning to begging, sex work, and underage labor.
UN Calls on Malawi to Free Protest Organizers
Trapence and Sembereka are members of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition and have been at the forefront of the nationwide ...
Amnesty Urges UN Probe of ‘Systematic’ Philippine Drug War Killings
Amnesty said the press has lost interest, which has had the "effect of creating a climate of total impunity in ...
World Faces ‘Climate Apartheid:’ UN Expert
"We risk a 'climate apartheid' scenario where the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger and conflict while the rest of ...
As Conditions Worsen, Almost 300 Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast
Their already precarious situation has worsened since strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an assault on Tripoli on April 4, seeking to ...
Nearly 8,000 Refugees Return to Syria Since Start of 2019: UN
While the country’s devastating conflict continues to wind down, returnees can face a whole host of obstacles, such as a ...
Some 250,000 Rohingya Refugees Receive First IDs: UN
The U.N. has registered more than 250,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, providing many with their first ever identification cards.
Eight Migrants Die Under ‘Inhumane Conditions’ in Yemen: UN
Eight Africa migrants have died in makeshift camps in war-hit Yemen, the U.N. said Thursday, warning thousands were living under ...
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