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Fire in refugee camp kills 4 in Syria: report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people, including a child, were killed and 18 others were injured by a fire that broke out at a refugee camp in northeastern Syria on Saturday, state news agency SANA reported.
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Indian Coast Guard found boat carrying Rohingya refugees; 8 dead: MEA
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Indian coast guard has found a boat adrift in the Andaman Sea carrying Rohingya refugees, including eight people who had died, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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Germany convicts Syrian regime officer of crimes against humanity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 24 (ANI): A court in Germany convicted a former Syrian security officer on Wednesday of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity for his role in arresting and transporting protesters to an interrogation center known for torture.
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US, Canada to align policies, goals to achieve net zero emissions by 2050,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): The US and Canada will align policies and goals to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, said US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) during his first bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Centre committed to ensuring Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Salem (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 21 (ANI): Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a "personal relationship" with Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the central government is committed to ensuring that Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace, eq
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Abducted UNHCR aid worker pleads for his rescue in video released by Boko
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Maiduguri [Nigeria], February 21 (ANI): An aid worker of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), who has been abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from a major highway in northeast Borno State, has pleaded the authorities to rescue him in a video released by the Boko Haram terr
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CAA won't be implemented in Kerala, reiterates Vijayan after Amit Shah's r
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kasargod (Kerala) [India], February 14 (ANI): Days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the process of granting citizenship to refugees under the CAA would start as soon as COVID-19 vaccination concludes, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has reiterated that the Citizenship Amendmen
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Refugees from West Pakistan, PoK given domicile certificates in J-K: Amit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said refugees from West Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been provided domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir.
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More than 90 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said that more than 90 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.
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A ride for humanity by Kiran Chukkapalli
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 12 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Every year, thousands of people from South Asian countries are forced to flee their homes because of persecution and conflict and enter India in search of a safe life.
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