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EU approves 2.4 billion euros in aid for migrant crisis

Searching for solutions to the migrant crisis in Europe, Brussels has approved 2.4 billion euros in aid for countries struggling to cope with the

Greece

Greece buckling under pressure of migrant arrivals on its shores

Greek infrastructure is buckling under the pressure of dealing with the thousands of people arriving on their shores. The UN’s refugee agency said

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Migrant crisis: five arrested after vessel capsizes off Libya

More than 380 migrants were brought safely ashore on Friday morning in the Italian port of Pozzallo. They were rescued off the coast of Libya. Early

Gaza

Amnesty International claims Israeli military committed war crimes during Gaza conflict

There is “strong evidence” of war crimes commissioned and committed by the Israeli military during the conflict in Gaza last year. That’s a

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Italy

Mediterranean crisis: 14 migrants die as hundreds reach Sicily shores

The bodies of 14 migrants have been brought to shore in Sicily, unloaded from an Irish Navy ship which rescued nearly 500 others seeking a better

Yemen

UN brokers brief humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Yemen

Yemen’s warring factions have agreed to a United Nations-brokered temporary ceasefire to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to some 21 million

Italy

Status approved, but nowhere to go: refugees form makeshift camp in Italy

Home is where you lay your head, or so it seems for a group of people in southern Italy. Dozens have set up camp near the Crotone railway station in

Iraq

Mosul, turning point in a 'spiral of horrific crimes'

One year ago, ISIL took Mosul, and the world started to take the radical Islamist movement more seriously. It was a turning point. Government forces

Italy

Nearly 6,000 migrants rescued this weekend, Italy feels overstretched

According to the Royal Navy, up to 500,000 migrants are currently waiting along the Libyan coast to try to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe.

Thailand

Myanmar refuses sole responsibility in Rohingya migrant crisis

Myanmar has rejected exclusive responsibility for the Rohingya crisis, at an international meeting in Bangkok. Indonesia and Malaysia in recent weeks

Yemen

'Deadliest day': reports of 80 killed in Saudi-led strikes across Yemen

More than 80 people reported killed in what could be Yemen's deadliest day of bombing in over two months. Oxfam claims the country is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.

World News

Malaysia and Indonesia offer shelter to 7,000 'boat people'

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they will offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants at sea but that is the limit. They said it is on the

World News

Cast adrift in floating prisons: The tragedy of Asia's new 'boat people'

They’re a new wave of Asian ‘boat people’. Cast adrift by human traffickers, thousands are thought to be seeking refuge in Malaysia, Thailand and

Nepal

Nepalese PM visits quake zone and takes woman to hospital in his helicopter

The Nepalese Prime Minister has visited some of the areas worst affected by the country’s two massive earthquakes. And someone’s life may have been

Nepal

Nepalese camp outside, too scared to return to quake-damaged homes

Relief aid is slowly being distributed to people affected by two large quakes in three weeks

Yemen

Truce comes into force in Yemen, but concern remains about ongoing fighting

A truce to allow for humanitarian aid to be distributed in Yemen has officially come into force, but there are concerns about ongoing fighting

Nepal

Deadly new quake in Nepal adds to misery for exhausted residents

At least 40 people are dead in the latest 7.3 magnitude tremor and hundreds more have been injured

Nepal

Panic in Kathmandu and New Delhi as new quake strikes

The new earthquake sent people in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu running out into open ground. They had already been staying in temporary housing and

Yemen

Yemen humanitarian truce under threat from intense border clashes

As the Saudi military reinforces security along the border with Yemen, Morocco reports that one of its fighter jets has gone missing over the

Nepal

Nepal: 2% loans for destroyed homes, earthquake survivors brace for monsoon

The death toll from Nepal’s earthquake more than two weeks ago has passed 8,000 and the injured are nearly 18,000. The government is overwhelmed