New York: The Pakistan government should reduce rights violations against Afghan refugees by extending their legal residency status until at least end of 2017, Human Rights Watch...
Istanbul: At least 22 migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Mugla province on Tuesday. The 22 migrants included four children and 11...
Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday that the country will permanently take 12,000 refugees from war-torn Syria and will expand its bombing mission...
United Nations: After a visit to Jordan and Lebanon, World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Ertharin Cousin has called upon the international community to continue to support...
United Nations: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that it was extremely concerned about the situation in Greece, which has been hosting more than 100,000 refugees this...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions Lt. General Abdul Qadir Baloch has dismissed as unfounded the fear among Afghan refugees that they will...
Tehran: Countries supporting terrorism in the Middle East have made a “big mistake”, says Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, as per reported. “The states that back...
Abuja: A Nigerian military court has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram terrorists. The soldiers’ lawyer said a general court martial...
