migration
At least 57 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia -Tunisian Red Crescent
Middle East
May 18, 2021
At least 57 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia -Tunisian Red Crescent
At least 57 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to…
Ethiopians head home after Yemen migrant life becomes untenable
Middle East
April 14, 2021
Ethiopians head home after Yemen migrant life becomes untenable
ADEN (Reuters) – When Ethiopian migrant Jamal Hussein boarded a UN-run repatriation flight out of Yemen, he ended a journey…
Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus
Middle East
April 13, 2021
Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus
Aya Abo Daher had just graduated high school in the Danish town of Nyborg and was looking forward to celebrating the…
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
Middle East
April 13, 2021
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities released one of the country’s most wanted human traffickers less than four months after his…
Hundreds of migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya
Middle East
March 30, 2021
Hundreds of migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya
CAIRO (AP) — At least 480 migrants were intercepted off Libya by local coast guard forces over the weekend, according…
Yemen: Several killed in migrant detention center fire
Middle East
March 8, 2021
Yemen: Several killed in migrant detention center fire
At least eight people were killed and 170 more injured in a fire at a migrant detention center in the Yemeni capital…
In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes
Middle East
February 3, 2021
In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes
BAGHDAD (AP) — From the outside, the building seems just one of the many in central Baghdad that are decaying…
Tentative start to Turkey-Greece talks after year of strife
Middle East
January 26, 2021
Tentative start to Turkey-Greece talks after year of strife
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The first high-level talks aimed at reducing tensions between Turkey and Greece in five years took…
After Arab Spring, a decade of upheaval and lost hopes
Middle East
December 15, 2020
After Arab Spring, a decade of upheaval and lost hopes
CAIRO (AP) — Was it real? It’s all been erased so completely, so much blood has been shed and destruction…
‘We lost everything:’ Central Americans flee north after back-to-back hurricanes
World
December 4, 2020
‘We lost everything:’ Central Americans flee north after back-to-back hurricanes
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – It took Luis Salgado years of manual labor to save enough money to open a small…