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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 ...

US says reports credible of Syria firing on Palestinians

The United States said Wednesday it found "credible" reports that Syrian forces fired into a Palestinian refugee camp ...

Mt Lokon in N Sulawesi erupts again

Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi Province once again erupted at 1.25 pm local time and spewed volcanic ashes. "The ...

Jordan king says Israeli settlements undermine peace

King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Sunday continued Israeli settlement activities undermine peace efforts and hamper ...

Fire destroys 62 houses, 40 tons of rice in Banten

A fire that broke out in Cigemblong and Mugijaya villages, Banten, last Monday (August 2) destroyed at least 62 houses ...

25 people found dead on Italy refugee boat

Italian coast guards found 25 dead bodies in the hold of a refugee boat with 271 people crammed on board that arrived ...

Up to 100,000 flee Pakistan border offensive

Up to 100,000 people have fled their homes in a district of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan after the military launched ...