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Gamalama eruption refugees want emergency response extended

The refugees of Gamalama volcanic eruption at various locations in Ternte, North Maluku, has asked the local ...

China deports 5,000 N. Korea refugees annually

China repatriates about 5,000 North Korean refugees each year even though they often face harsh punishment on their ...

Car bomb kills senior Yemen policeman

A senior Yemeni police commander was killed in a car bomb attack in south Yemen on Friday, a security official said, ...

Somali Islamists deny being behind Kenya kidnappings

Somalia`s Islamist Shebab rebels Monday denied being behind the recent kidnappings of foreigners in Kenya following ...

Public housing minister resigns

Public Housing Minister Suharso Monoarfa has sent a letter of resignation to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. ...

Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels: government

Kenyan troops have crossed the border into war-torn Somalia to attack Islamist Shebab rebels they accuse of being ...

Aid agency MSF pulls foreign staff from Kenyan camp

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said Friday it has pulled all its foreign staff from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp ...

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

Somali Islamist Shebab rebels on Thursday kidnapped two female Spanish aid workers from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp, ...

Jordan allows Hamas leader to visit ailing mother

Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Islamist group Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip, has been allowed into Jordan to visit ...

Tunisia arrests, jails former Libyan pm

Tunisia said Thursday it had arrested and jailed Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, Libya`s prime minister under fugitive ex-leader ...

Twenty-three Myanmarese apply for asylum seeker status

Twenty-three Myanmarese have applied for asylum seeker status to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ...

US concerned about African migrants in Libya

The United States is "deeply concerned" at the plight of black African migrants and refugees in Libya, citing reports ...

Sri Lankan immigrants in despair, finally surrender

Some 88 Sri Lankan immigrants who had been living in despair aboard their boat, the MV Alicia, since July 10, 2011, ...

Starving Sri Lankan immigrants finally disembark from boat

After stubbornly refusing to disembark from the MV Alicia since July 10, 2011, 84 illegal Sri Lankan immigrants on ...

RI team in Kenya to help Somalian famine refugees

A team of Indonesian humanitarian workers from ACT (Quick Response Action) is currently in Kenya to help Somalian ...