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Human Welfare

New hope for Yazidi women raped and tortured by IS fighters

Feb 22, 2017

A new psychological trauma institute is being established at the university of Dohuk in Iraq, the first in the entire region

The Latest: Far-right protests as refugee kids go to school

Feb 21, 2017

Greek authorities have blocked access to a northern primary school after threatening far-right protests over a handful of refugee children attending afternoon classes there

Pakistan says airstrikes have killed 'dozens' of militants

Feb 20, 2017

Pakistan's military says its airstrikes have killed "dozens" of militants in a tribal region along the Afghan border

Feb 18, 2017

Pakistan shuts key border crossing in wake of shrine attack

Pakistani authorities have shut down a second key border crossing into Afghanistan, halting trade supplies to the neighboring landlocked country and increasing tension between the two nations

Rights group says Pakistan forcing Afghan refugees home

Feb 13, 2017

Rights group says Pakistan is forcing refugees home to an uncertain future and war, while the U.N. refugee agency is complicit, giving them money to return and adding to the pressure to leave the relative safety of Pakistan

UN: Yemen fighting displaced tens of thousands more people

Feb 10, 2017

UN refugee agency says tens of thousands displaced as fighting intensified along Yemen's western coastline

Pakistan says Afghan refugees can stay through December

Feb 7, 2017

Pakistan has extended the deadline for its 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees to return home, saying they can remain through the end of this year

Feb 6, 2017

UN: More than 900 children killed in Afghanistan in 2016

The United Nations says more than 900 children were killed in Afghanistan's conflict last year, calling it the most violent year for children since it started keeping records

Afghan children direct traffic on mountain pass for $4 a day

Feb 3, 2017

On a mountain pass outside Afghanistan's capital, trucks barreling down the highway slow down when 11-year-old Sedaqat waves his homemade sign to warn of a hairpin turn

The Latest: Vatican expands criticism of Trump's travel ban

Feb 1, 2017

The Latest: Vatican criticizes Trump's travel ban, newspaper says walls, travel bans go against American interest