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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 ...

25 killed as Syrian tanks storm Daraa: activists

Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa on Monday killing at least 25 people, ...

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 rights chief starts trip to Israel, Palestinians

United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay arrived in Israel on Sunday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian ...

UN rights chief urges Egypt to end violence, free those detained

The United Nations human rights chief called for an end to the "shocking" violence in Egypt and the immediate release ...

UN rights chief urges Egypt to probe clashes

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday that Egypt must carry out a "transparent and impartial" investigation ...

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 ...

Estimated 300 deaths in Egypt unrest--UN

As many as 300 people may have died in anti-government unrest in Egypt and the role of the security forces in the ...