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21 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan caught in Jambi

Twenty one illegal immigrants from Afghanistan caught by police in Jambi, Sumatra, on Friday are being accommodated at ...

Rape "significant" factor in Syria conflict: Watchdog

Rape has been a "significant" weapon of war in the conflict raging in Syria since March 2011 and is the "primary" ...

UN extends DR Congo mission ahead of elections

The UN Security Council on Tuesday decided to extend by one year its MONUSCO peacekeeping mission in the Democratic ...

Poor countries host 80% of world`s refugees: UN report

An estimated 80 per cent of the world?s refugees now live in developing countries and yet anti-refugee sentiment is ...

14,000 have fled to Italy, Malta from Libya - UNHCR

Some 14,000 people have fled to Italy or Malta by boat from Libya since the beginning of the conflict and thousands ...

Gaddafi defiant as west mulls action

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi stood firm Wednesday, accusing the West of plotting to seize his country`s oil and the ...

Kadhafi seeks UN, AU probe into Libyan unrest

Moamer Kadhafi said he wanted the United Nations or the African Union to probe the unrest rocking Libya and promised ...

Some 100,000 Flee to Libya Neighbors in Past Week: UNHCR

The UN refugee agency said Sunday that close to 100,000 people, mainly foreign migrants, have fled Libya to ...

Libya`s food chain at risk of collapse: UN agency

The UN`s World Food Programme warned on Friday that Libya`s food supply chain was "at risk of collapsing", as aid ...

UN flying staff, families out of Egypt to Cyprus

Around 600 United Nations staff and their families are to be airlifted to Cyprus on Thursday as the security situation ...