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U.S. expresses concern over Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 18 (ANI): United States' Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday said that the U.S. was concerned about the mass exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine region, and held the country's military leadership accountable for the humanitarian cris
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Ricky Martin, Luis Fonsi head to Puerto Rico to aid Hurricane Maria victim
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 3 (ANI): It now seems that celebrities are taking the matter in their own hands when it comes to provide aid to Puerto Rico.
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UN Chief proposes solution to Myanmar to address Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], September 29 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has termed massive exodus of Rohingya Muslim minority as the 'world's fastest-developing refugee emergency' and proposed three things for the Myanmar government to address the humanitarian crisis.
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Suu Kyi to deliver State of the Union address on Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nay Pyi Taw [Myanmar], Sept19 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will be delivering a State of the Union Address to the citizens of Myanmar and is expected to take questions from both domestic and foreign media on the humanitarian crisis posed by the coercive evacuation of over
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Bangladesh charges Myanmar with violating its air space
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sept.16 (ANI): The Government of Bangladesh has charged Myanmar with violating its air space on three occasions this month and reportedly warned Yangon that such acts of provocation can lead to strained bilateral ties between the two countries.
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Rohingya refugees in B'desh suffer from lack of food, medicines, clean wat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 15 (ANI): The Rohingya Muslims, who have taken refuge in Cox's Bazar and Teknaf border areas in Bangladesh after they fled the barbarous persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine State, are now suffering due to an absence of food, shelters, medicines, sanitation facil
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India to send consignments of humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugee
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): New Delhi has decided to send consignments of humanitarian assistance to Dhaka, in response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of refugees into Bangladesh.
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George Clooney feels 'People can make a difference' amid Humanit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Los Angeles [USA], May 30 (ANI): Hollywood actor and activist George Clooney renewed his endorsement of a million- dollar peace prize by speaking about the power of 'individuals to make a difference,' while addressing various humanitarian crisis of the world.
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IOM to launch displacement tracking system in Afghanistan as humanitarian
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 28 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new displacement tracking system in Afghanistan to better understand population movements and needs amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds o
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UNSC approves monitors for Aleppo evacuation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 20. (ANI): Alarmed at the "devastating" humanitarian crisis in Aleppo, where perhaps thousands of civilians remain trapped, the Security Council has requested the United Nations and other relevant institutions to carry out "adequate, neutral moni
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Indo-Pak turbulence has triggered a humanitarian crisis in JK: Mehbooba Mu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): Expressing deep anguish over killing of civilians in border shelling, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday called for immediate political dialogue between India and Pakistan to de-escalate the situation in the Valley, adding that the severe hostile ties be
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Kashmir unrest: Pak PM Nawaz Sharif offers treatment for civilians injured
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore, Aug 7 (ANI): Days after Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the SAARC meeting in Islamabad called to stop the glorifying terrorists as 'martyrs', Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif described the Kashmir situation as an "ongoing humanitarian crisis" and swore to offer
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