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- Middle East
Kuwaiti Youtuber raises 1M dollars for refugees in just 28 hours
A Youtube star from Kuwait, who is famously known in the Arab world as Abo Flah, has raised more than one million dollars for refugees in the region with a donation campaign…
- World
Donors pledge $1.2 billion in emergency funds for Afghans
Geneva: The United Nations drummed up more than USD 1.2 billion in emergency pledges Monday for helping 11 million Afghans facing an escalating humanitarian crisis in their homeland and millions more elsewhere…
- Middle East
Over 42,000 refugees, asylum-seekers in Libya: UNHCR
Tripoli: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) announced that there are currently 42,210 registered refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya. So far in 2021, a total of 20,799 refugees and immigrants have been rescued at…
- World
UNHCR warns of imminent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Geneva: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating conflict brings increased human suffering and civilian displacement. Around 270,000 Afghans have been newly…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two Myanmar nationals held for staying illegally
Hyderabad: The Rajendra Nagar police on Tuesday arrested two Myanmar nationals for illegally staying and also obtaining the Indian national Identity cards fraudulently. According to the DCP Shamshabad N Prakash Reddy, Abdul…
- Middle East
Over 1,000 illegal migrants returned to Libya: UNHCR
Tripoli: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that more than 1,000 illegal migrants were returned to Libya. “Record number in returns of refugees and migrants to Libya today. Over 1,000 persons were…
- World
UNHCR chief tests COVID positive
Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Wednesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19. He revealed in a tweet that he is mildly symptomatic. “I am engaging…
- Technology
Google donates additional $300K to help displaced persons
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has announced an additional $300,000 grant to help the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) further prepare refugees for the changing nature of work. Google.org would host online training to help…
- Syria
Syrian man sets himself on fire outside UN building: police
GENEVA: A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency and was receiving treatment for his injuries, police told AFP. The 31-year-old German…
- Middle East
Over 130 refugees airlifted to Niger from Libyan capital
Tripoli:A total of 131 refugees were evacuated to Niger from Tripoli, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday – tge World Refugee Day – urging states to help it airlift thousands…
- World
More than 70 mn forcibly displaced worldwide: UNHCR
Geneva: The number of people fleeing violence, persecution and conflict in 2018 has exceeded 70 million globally – the highest number in the UN refugee agency’s almost 70 years of operations. The…
- News
Angelina Jolie seeks more international support for Venezuela
Bogota [Colombia]: Hollywood star and special envoy for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie on Saturday urged the international community to provide more support to Venezuela, from where the…
- News
Saudi sisters plead for help after fleeing to Georgia
Tbilisi: Two Saudi sisters have issued a plea for international protection after fleeing to ex-Soviet Georgia in the latest case of women fleeing oppression in the ultra-conservative kingdom. In a post on…
- Middle East
At least 174 killed in fight for Libya’s Tripoli: WHO
Tripoli: At least 174 people have been killed and 758 wounded in the battle for control over the Libyan capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Fighting broke out on April…
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