Refugees

In 1948, about 450 Palestinian villages were razed to the ground by Israeli forces and about 770,000 people - including about 20,000 Jews expelled by Arab militias from Hebron, Jerusalem, Jenin, and Gaza - were evicted in a matter of few days and then forcibl…

Image copyrightReCompulsive BehavioursImage caption This is the image confronting Greeks from an Athenian drain "Hello, I live in the sewers of Athens," says the cockroach. "Yes, me too," says an Athenian walking past, apparently unfazed by the idea of an …

Rome, Italy - Hatem Shabaan hopes justice is near. Six years ago, he lost his wife and two of his four children at sea. They were on board a refugee boat that capsized near Italy in October 2013, after they had called for help for hours. Rescuers arrived lat…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Lübcke's funeral took place in Kassel on 13 June Walter Lübcke knew how it felt to receive death threats. A senior politician from Angela Merkel's CDU party in Hesse, the 65-year-old was well known in the region for his …

WASHINGTON — The White House on Saturday unveiled a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal aimed at supporting its much-anticipated but still unreleased “deal of the century” Middle East peace plan. The scheme, which calls for a mix o…

The opposition in Syria is accusing the government of using "siege and starve" tactics, to force war refugees from a camp in the desert. Around 14,000 people have left Rukban camp in the past three months. Its unclear how many of the remaining 27,000 are re…

Kampala, Uganda - In July last year, Maska Wizine's brother-in-law, a journalist, was killed when rebels attacked a radio station he worked at in the Beni area of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the only person in the station that …

America is no longer the global leader in providing safe haven for people fleeing conflict and persecution. Canada has knocked the United States from its perch as the top resettler of refugees — the first time the United States has not held the top spot since…

While the number of countries criminalizing homosexuality has dropped dramatically in the past 50 years, the number of LGBTQ refugees has risen, according to the United Nations. Members of the LGBTQ community overcome extraordinary risks to escape violent re…

Angelina Jolie is writing. First, TIME magazine announced Jolie was joining the publication as a contributing editor, reporting that she would be writing monthly TV recaps for on various Bravo franchises. Just kidding! Shell be writing pieces primarily on d…