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More than 152 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance globally — and at least 64 million have been forced to flee their homes. While humanitarian organizations race to provide lifesaving efforts, the funding levels are faltering. In fact, … Read More

One in 40. This is the dreadful death rate facing refugees attempting the perilous crossing from Libya to Italy in overloaded rubber dinghies. It has trebled since late 2015, when European search and rescue efforts in the central Mediterranean were … Read More

In 2015, at the height of the refugee crisis, Sweden took in more migrants per capita than any other European country. Then on April 7 this year, a terrorist attack, in which an Uzbek man, who was a rejected asylum … Read More

9 July marks the sixth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, but the promise of the world’s youngest country is marred by hunger and conflict, as millions of people still face starvation. After more than three years of conflict and insecurity, … Read More

(CNN) A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Thursday off Guatemala’s Pacific coast, the US Geological Survey reported, causing some minor damage. The quake was recorded at about 24 miles (38 kilometers) from the city of Puerto San Jose, according to the … Read More

(CNN) A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has struck the central Philippines, according to the US Geological Survey. A 42-year-old man was killed, according to Rowena Codilla, the mayor of Kananga, one of the cities affected by the earthquake. The quake’s epicenter was … Read More

Tehran: After Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s re-election, talk in Iran has turned to the future of an even larger political figure: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Although the topic is taboo in Iran, the question of who will succeed Ayatollah … Read More

(Benjamin Weinthal is a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies) Startling new evidence from German intelligence reports shows the Tehran regime is working to illegally obtain technology and know-how to advance its nuclear weapons and missile programs, despite … Read More

The Saudi-led bloc of Arab states which also includes Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, has announced that negotiations with Qatar have broken down because of Doha’s failure to meet their demands. As a result, the four states have … Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted on Thursday a protocol to an agreement with Syria on the deployment of the Russian Armed Forces aviation group for the lower chamber of parliament’s ratification. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The protocol submitted to the State … Read More

Vladimir Putin said he hopes an active dialogue with Japan will help resolve decades-old problems. HAMBURG, /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he hopes an active dialogue with Japan will help resolve decades-old problems and will give a … Read More

HAMBURG, /TASS/. The conversation between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was very specific, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following the meeting between the Russian and US presidents. “That was a very lengthy, very specific conversation,” … Read More

In an article published in the Russian newspaper Izvestia on Tuesday, Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev wrote that the Western mass media distorts information about the intentions of countries as the main weapon in their information war. According to Kosachev, the … Read More

Chinese President Xi Jinpingattends the 12th Summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) HAMBURG, Germany, July 7 — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on members of the Group … Read More

China and Pakistan this week each demonstrated their military might at a time of heightened tensions with neighboring India. The Chinese and Pakistani governments have close military and economic ties, and both are involved in border disputes with India: The … Read More