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Human Welfare

Apr 9, 2017

Syrian refugees see glimmer of hope in Trump's policy shift

For the millions of Syrian refugees scattered across camps and illegal settlements, the chemical attack on a town in northern Syria and subsequent U.S. strike have prompted mixed and often contradictory feelings

Apr 8, 2017

In Istanbul's 'Little Syria,' refugees want more from US

The fast-moving developments in Syria are never far from people's minds in an Istanbul neighborhood that is home to thousands of refugees from the country's civil war

German tourist raped in south India; police search for 2 men

Apr 3, 2017

Indian police say they are searching for two men suspected of raping a German tourist in the beach town of Mamallapuram in southern India

Pakistan sets up unique helpline for women in need

Apr 2, 2017

In a conservative corner of Pakistan where women still fight for laws to outlaw domestic violence, a helpline with direct access to provincial parliamentarians is operating to help women with everything from death threats to stolen property

Jailed pro-Kurdish party leader begins hunger strike

Mar 31, 2017

The jailed leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party says he is embarking on a hunger strike to protest prison conditions

Report examines grim Bangladesh leather trade, links to West

Mar 25, 2017

Hazardous, heavily polluting tanneries, with workers as young as 14, supplied leather to companies that make shoes and handbags for Western brands, a nonprofit group that investigates supply chains says

Syrian refugees in Turkey mark anniversary of uprising

Mar 20, 2017

Syrian refugees in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep have marked the sixth anniversary of the start of the Syrian civil war with songs, speeches and a martial arts show

Military attack kills 42 Somali refugees off Yemen's coast

Mar 17, 2017

A military vessel and a helicopter gunship attacked a boat packed with Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen in the pre-dawn hours Friday, killing at least 42 people

Turkey threatens to end migrant deal with EU amid spat

Mar 16, 2017

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Thursday to scrap a deal with the European Union to readmit migrants who have crossed illegally into Europe

Nepalese police tear down earthquake victim camp in capital

Mar 14, 2017

Nepalese police have torn down hundreds of temporary huts housing 2,000 people made homeless in a 2015 earthquake