Refugees

Snow has arrived in Lebanon's mountains, making life harder for the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees living in the Bekaa Valley. Just under half of the refugees rely on cash assistance from aid agencies, but Lebanon's economic crisis has made it difficult for them to access those funds. And…

For Samar, 24, life has all been about survival. She was still a teenager seven years ago when, with the war in Syria raging, she decided to flee her country in the hope of a better future. She first sought refuge in Lebanon, then in Egypt and Turkey, before embarking…

They are sometimes described as the people of a forgotten war. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees are either living in Syria or have sought refuge in Lebanon or Jordan since the Syrian war began in 2011. And the so-called "right of return" of Palestinians to their homeland remains as…

Around 200 refugees and migrants have amassed at Serbia's border with Hungary asking to be let through as they seek entry into more prosperous Western European countries. But Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban ordered a fence to be put up five years ago, saying they were not welcome. Thousands of…

Madrid, Spain - When, as a 13-year-old in 1939, Lina Arconada became one of half a million Spanish Civil War refugees fleeing the troops of the victorious General Franco, she had no idea it would be more than four decades before she could return from France to her home country.…

The restrictions are set to take effect next month. January 31, 2020, 11:42 PM5 min read President Donald Trump on Friday signed an order to impose travel restrictions on a new group of six countries, adding to the current travel ban, according to three senior administration officials. The U.S. will…

Once again, a tawdry deal has been done over the heads of the Palestinians, in their absence, and ignoring their rights indeed their very existence as a people. As with the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and UN Security Council resolution 242 of 1967, the greate…

Facebook has taken down the profile of Rambhakt Gopal, a person who allegedly opened fire at students in New Delhi. His profile featured a few live videos uploaded before the incident and posts asking his friends to take care of his family. Earlier this afternoon, the person began shooting at…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s conservative government on Thursday defended its decision to use a detention center thousands of kilometers from the mainland to quarantine locals evacuated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China. Austr…

RIYADH/CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab powers appear to be prioritizing close ties with the United States that are vital to countering Iran over traditional unswerving support for the Palestinians in their reaction to President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan. …